Communications, Associate of Arts

Write Your Future

Most people are concerned with information, and they want only the latest. They may get their information from various sources such as newspapers, websites, television, radio, social networking sites, and RSS feeds, but one thing is constant – it takes well-trained media professionals to deliver content.

Your Future Starts Here

Your career as a media professional can start at San Jacinto College. Here you will learn the foundation of how communication industries operate and the principles of media content generation. Our associate degree program also gives you the opportunity to work on the College’s student publication, the San Jacinto Times. From here you can go on to a four-year university, well-prepared for further study in journalism, broadcasting, public relations, advertising, or photography.

Transfer Information

San Jacinto College offers many courses in the transfer path that meet the requirements of a major at four-year and upper-level colleges and universities baccalaureate degree programs. Students may prepare to transfer to a particular program at an upper-level institution by either:

Completing the core requirements of the associate degree at San Jacinto College and selecting courses in their transfer path that will lead to a major for the baccalaureate or selecting courses as specified in the transfer plans developed by San Jacinto College in cooperation with the upper-level institution of the student’s choosing.

Career Opportunities

A degree in Communications from San Jacinto College helps students begin careers in fields such as:

• Local reporter,
• Assistant news producer,
• Public relations specialist,
• Advertising sales/account manager,
• Creative artist/designer – advertising,
• Copy editor,
• Social media manager, and
• Production assistant/manager – television or film.

Earning Potential

• Public relations specialist - $64,949¹
• Reporter/Correspondent - $54,390¹
• Media and communication - $41,617¹
• Advertising Sales Agent - $58,177¹
• Proofreaders - $43,546¹
• News producer/director - $68,111¹

Four-year and upper-level colleges and universities offer majors within the baccalaureate degree. San Jacinto College offers many courses in the transfer path that would meet the requirements of a major. Students may prepare to transfer to a particular program at an upper-level institution by either:

1. completing the 42-semester credit hour (SCH) core curriculum, the six-SCH institutional option, and a 12-hour transfer path, or
2. selecting courses as specified in the transfer plans developed by San Jacinto College in cooperation with upper-level institutions to which students transfer.

Those plans, which are available in the Educational Planning, Counseling, & Completion office on each campus, are designed to prepare students to transfer to a particular four-year or upper-level college or university by specifying the courses required to complete the first two years of a baccalaureate degree in a particular major. Students choosing to pursue an associate of arts degree should select from among general studies, social and behavioral science, business administration, fine arts, or communications.

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If a student successfully completes San Jacinto College’s 42-hour Core Curriculum, that block of courses must be substituted for the receiving institution’s core curriculum. The receiving institution may not require a student to take additional Core Curriculum courses to meet the requirements of the core. Students who transfer without completing the Core Curriculum shall receive academic credit in the core curriculum of the receiving institution for each of the courses the student has successfully completed in the San Jacinto College Core Curriculum.

Students should plan Core Curriculum courses that would meet baccalaureate degree requirements at the four-year institution.

If you do not see your transfer school, please follow the Plan of Study. For more information, contact an Admissions Advisor. Please speak to an advisor at San Jacinto College and the transfer institution to ensure this Transfer Plan is accurate and complete.

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