Communication Studies Associate in Art for Transfer

The Associate in Arts in Communication Studies for Transfer, also called the Communication Studies AA-T Degree, is specially designed for students who plan to complete a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies at a CSU campus. The intent of this degree is to assist students for a seamless transfer to a CSU campus in a program or major in Communication Studies. This degree requires students to complete 60 CSU transferable units including completion of CSU GE or IGETC and a minimum of 18 units in the major with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better. Title 5 requires that students must earn a “C” or better in all courses required for the major or area of emphasis.

Semester 1

Course Code	Title	Units
COMM 001	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
COMM 009 or COMM 013 or COMM 025	Intro to Interpersonal Communication or Small Group Communication or Argumentation and Debate	6
ENG 001 A	English Composition	4
CSU GE Area B1	Physical Sciences	3-4

Semester 2

Course Code	Title	Units
COMM 017 or COMM 021 or COMM 030 or MC 001	Intercultural Communication or Introduction to Persuasion or Forensics or Introduction to Mass Media	6
CSU GE Area A3	Critical Thinking	3
CSU GE Area B2	Life Sciences	3-4
CSU GE Area B4	Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning	3

Summer

Course Code	Title	Units
HIST 017 or 018	U.S. History	3

Semester 3

Course Code	Title	Units
COMM 005 or ENG 002 or J 003A or PSY 001 or SOC 001	Survey of Human Communication or Argumentative Writing & Critical Thinking through Literature or News Reporting & Writing or General Psychology or Introductory Sociology	3-4
CSU GE Area C1	Arts	3
CSU GE Area D	Social and Behavioral Sciences	3
CSU GE Area  E	Lifelong Learning and Self-Development	3

Semester 4

Course Code	Title	Units
CSU GE Area F	Ethnic Studies	3
Any CSU Transferable Courses	Electives	7
PS 001	Introduction to Government	3

With this major it is very important that you see a Counselor for correct course selection.

CSU GE List

IGETC GE List