Majors at ECC: Liberal Arts Division

COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA ARTS - COMMUNICATION ARTS

Curriculum

 First Year, Fall Semester
EN 110  College Composition/1 (3 cr)
MT ___  Mathematics/2 (3-4 cr)
EN 290  Introduction to Mass Media (3 cr)
CA 120  Introduction to Rhetoric (3 cr)
______  LA/General Education Elective (3 cr)

 First Year, Spring Semester
EN 111  Composition and Interpretation of Literature (3 cr)
CA 121  Communication Theory (3 cr)
CA 220  Introduction to Broadcasting (3 cr)
CS 101  Computer Literacy (3 cr)
______  Communication Arts Elective (3 cr)
______  LA/General Ed. Elective/3 (3 cr)

 Second Year, Fall Semester
CA 210  Rhetoric of Vision and Sound (3 cr)
______  Film Analysis Elective (3)*
EN 426  Interpersonal Communication (3 cr)
TE 222  Television Production (4 cr)
______  LA/General Education/4 (3)

 Second Year, Spring Semester
CA 221  Writing for Media (3 cr)
EN 410  Public Speaking (3 cr)
______  Image Making Elective (3 cr)**
______  LA/General Education/4 (3-6 cr)
______  LA/General Education/4 (3 cr)

* Students must select at least one of the following courses to fulfill the Film Analysis Elective:
EN 285  Introduction to Film (3 cr)
EN 280  Literature and Film (3 cr)
EN 286  Contemporary Cinema (3 cr)
CA 998  Topics in Film (3 cr)

** Students must select at least one of the following courses to fulfill the Image Making Elective:
AT 200  Art Drawing
AT 210  Painting
AT 220  Photography
AT 260  Computer Art Design
CA 295  Video Postproduction
CA 299  Internship (permission of Department Chairperson required)

1. Student placement in an appropriate English course depends upon academic advisement and the results of a reading and writing placement test.

2. Student placement in an appropriate mathematics course depends upon academic advisement and the results of a mathematics pretest. Remedial mathematics courses cannot be used for degree credit.

3. Social Science: Anthropology (AN), Social Science (SS), Sociology (SO), Economics (EC), Geography (GP), Government (GO), History (HI), Psychology (PS), Human Service (HU).

4. Humanities and Arts: (EN 210-999), Music (MU), Dance (DA), Drama-Theatre (DT), Art (AT), Philosophy (PY), French (FR), Spanish (SP); Natural Sciences: Astronomy (AS), Biology (BI), Chemistry (CH), Physics (PH); American History/Western Civilization (HI).