Communication

Associate of Arts Degree

Earn a degree that can be utilized in any career! Communication can be a stand-alone degree or complement any other degree. Learn from courses that will enable efficient navigation through professional, social and personal circumstances that are inevitable throughout life. Skills obtained in this program will be immediately applicable in any endeavor whether it be continued education or starting a career.

According to a survey in 2010 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, "Communication skills are ranked first among a job candidate's 'must have' skills and qualities."

Not only is this program about the art of communication, it also shines a necessary light on the beauty of differences in humanity.

This program is intended as a transfer degree and should complete the first two years of requirements for a 4-year degree in Communication.

BADM 1020 OR ENGL 1020	Business Communications OR English Composition II	3 credits
COMM 2010	Public Speaking	3 credits
COMM 1030	Interpersonal Communication	3 credits
COMM 1040	Intro to Communication Theory	3 credits
COMM 2110	Nonverbal Communication	3 credits
COMM 2135	Gender Communication and Culture	3 credits
MDIA 1000	Intro to Mass Media	3 credits
MATH 1000 OR MATH 1400	Problem Solving OR College Algebra	3 credits
STAT 2050 OR STAT 2070	Fundamentals of Statistics OR Intro Statistics for the Social Sciences	4 credits

Students may take any three (3) elective credits from the following: Film, Media, or Communication.

Students must complete general education requirements that will provide students a general knowledge to help them complete a degree at CWC.

Course	Credits
Writing Level I	3
American & Wyoming Government	3
Arts	3
Lab Science	3
Social & Behavioral Science	3
University Studies	1

Total Credit Hours: 60-61

Communication

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Earn a degree that can be utilized in any career! Communication can be a stand-alone degree or complement any other degree. Learn from courses that will enable efficient navigation through professional, social and personal circumstances that are inevitable throughout life. Skills obtained in this program will be immediately applicable in any endeavor whether it be continued education or starting a career.

According to a survey in 2010 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, "Communication skills are ranked first among a job candidate's 'must have' skills and qualities."

Not only is this program about the art of communication, it also shines a necessary light on the beauty of differences in humanity.

This program is intended as a transfer degree and should complete the first two years of requirements for a 4-year degree in Communication.

Course Number	Course	Credits
BADM 1020 OR ENGL 2002	Business Communications OR Technical Writing	3 credits
MDIA 1000 OR MDIA 2100	Intro to Mass Media OR Media Writing	3 credits
COMM 2010 OR COMM 1030	Public Speaking OR Interpersonal Communication	3 credits
COMM 1040	Intro to Communication Theory	3 credits
COMM 2110	Nonverbal Communication	3 credits
COMM 2135	Gender Communication and Culture	3 credits
PFDV 1500	Managing Career Development	3 credits
PSYC 1000	General Psychology	4 credits

Students may take any 3 credits from the following: Communication, Film, New Media, or Art.

Course Number	Course	Credits
ART 2145	Digital Photography I	3
COMM 2010 OR COMM 1030	Public Speaking OR Interpersonal Communication	3
FILM 1100	Film Production I	4
MDIA 1000 OR MDIA 2100	Introduction to Mass Media OR Writing for New Media	3

Students must complete general education requirements that will provide students a general knowledge to help them complete a degree at CWC.

Course	Credits
Writing Level I
American & Wyoming Government
Mathematics/APPM/Lab Science
University Studies

A student must complete six (6) credits of General Education courses distributed over two (2) different general education areas, one of which is either WR2 or ORAL.

Total Credit Hours: 60

I decided to pursue a degree in communications because I feel if you can communicate with people you can get any job.”

Logan Kay
I enjoy opening students eyes to something they had not yet realized, or something they had never considered before. The "ah-ha" moments and the moments where you can tell they are connecting with the material are the best moments in the classroom!”

Maygen Cassity