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Program checklist · Associate in Science

Communication and Media Arts-Communication Arts, A.S.

Erie Community College · Buffalo, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Associate in Science
Credential class
ceterms:AssociateDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Communication and Media Arts curriculum is designed to prepare students for employment and/or transfer opportunities in the fields of broadcasting, business, education, the arts, and other mass media related activities such as journalism, advertising, public relations, and film/video production.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191083
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191083_3f5ae86f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

First Year, Fall Semester

5 items
  1. CA 120
    Introduction to Rhetoric
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CA 140
    Introduction to Mass Media
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. EN 100
    Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. SUNY Gen Ed: Mathematics Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. SUNY Gen Ed: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

First Year, Spring Semester

6 items
  1. CA 121
    Principles of Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CA 210
    The Language of Vision and Sound
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. CA 220
    Introduction to Broadcasting
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. EN 101
    Composition for the Humanities
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. EN 102
    Composition for the STEM Disciplines
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. SUNY Gen Ed: Natural Sciences Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Second Year, Fall Semester

7 items
  1. CA 205
    Interpersonal Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CA 214
    Speech Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. EN 114
    Public Speaking
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. CA 222
    Video Production
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  5. CA 250
    Video Field Production
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. Film Analysis Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  7. SUNY Gen Ed: US History and Civic Engagement or World History and Global Awareness or World Languages Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Second Year, Spring Semester

5 items
  1. CA 221
    Writing for Media
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CA 240
    Principles of Public Relations and Advertising
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. Image Making Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

*Students must select at least one of the following courses to fulfill the Film Analysis Elective

3 items
  1. EN 280
    Literature and Film
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CA 285
    Introduction to Film
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. CA 286
    Contemporary Cinema
    Not resolved to a course
    3

**Students must select at least one of the following courses to fulfill the Image Making Elective

7 items
  1. CA 295
    Video Postproduction
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. CA 299
    Communication Arts Internship
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. AT 200
    3
  4. AT 210
    3
  5. AT 220
    3
  6. AT 222
    3
  7. AT 260
    3

Note

0 items
    Source. Erie Community College, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://catalog.ecc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=32&poid=3645&returnto=2961. Captured page pages/0072.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.