Liberal Studies Communications - Mount Wachusett Community College

Liberal Studies Communications from Mount Wachusett Community College is a Campus Associate Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Become exposed to the field of communications and a variety of mass media subject areas. Courses such as Mass Media, Digital Photography, Journalism, Film Appreciation, and Electronic Page Layout provide an excellent overview of the communications field and a solid foundation for transfer to more specialized communications programs at four-year colleges and universities. Students will benefit from hands-on involvement in the college?s newspaper, learning communities within the concentration, and service learning/civic engagement opportunities that provide direct experience. Career options: After earning a bachelor?s degree , students can pursue communications careers in journalism, electronic media , advertising, and graphic design fields. Program Competencies Upon graduation from these programs, students shall have the ability to: 1. Formulate clear and precise questions about complex problems and ideas relevant to a variety of disciplines?math, science, the humanities, and the social sciences?and gather, assess, and interpret information to arrive at well-reasoned conclusions and solutions. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of complex written texts that demand an appreciation of subtext, irony, metaphor, and the subtlety and nuances of language. 3. Successfully complete a substantial research paper that demonstrates the ability to formulate a research question, conduct research using the library?s databases, and synthesize information from a variety of sources into a cohesive and in-depth analysis of a topic. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of historic, social, and cultural backgrounds necessary for understanding their own and other societies with an emphasis on important ideas and events that have shaped, and continue to shape, their world. 5. Demonstrate scientific literacy, which can be defined as the matrix of knowledge needed to understand enough about the universe to deal with issues that come across the horizon of the average citizen, in the news or elsewhere. 6. Demonstrate a broad exposure to, and an understanding of, the differences and similarities in the various academic disciplines within their Liberal Arts education. View more details on Mount Wachusett Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.