Communication Studies 2.0

Communication Studies 2.0

The Associate in Arts in Communication Studies 2.0 for transfer degree provides opportunity for students to transfer to a CSU with junior standing. The degree encourages students to examine and evaluate human communication across and within various contexts for the purpose of increasing competence.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Synthesize communication principles and theories to develop communication competence to improve human interaction.
• Apply and analyze rhetorical principles for a variety of purposes adapting to audience and context.
• Understand the theoretical and practical relationships between and among symbols, culture and gender to competently create, interpret and/or evaluate messages.

Communication Studies

Associate in Art for Transfer Degree

The Associate in Art in Communication Studies 2.0 for Transfer degree will be awarded upon completion of 60 California State University (CSU) transferable units including the above major requirements and the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) requirements and with a minimum grade point average of 2.0. All courses in the major must be completed with a grade of 'C' or better (or a 'P' if taken as Pass/No Pass).