2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

Select one of the following COMM courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3COMM 1021 Fundamentals of Public SpeakingCOMM 1031 Interpersonal CommunicationCOMM 1041 Small Group CommunicationCOMM 1051 Intercultural CommunicationGoal 2 - Critical Thinking is fulfilled when all MnTC goals arecompleteGoal 3 and Goal 4 - Sciences/Math/Logical Reasoning:3 creditsGoal 5 - History/Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 creditsGoal 6 - Humanities and Fine Arts: 3 creditsGoals 7 - 10: Three credits in one of the four goalsAssociate in Applied Science DegreeMarketing Communications TechnologyTotal Number of Credits: 64Program Description: This polytechnic degree program blends threeCentury College areas: the theories and strategies of the MarketingProgram, the application skills of the Visual CommunicationsTechnologies Program and the hands-on and aesthetic teachingsof the Art and Art Studio coursework. In addition, courses from theEnglish, Communication and Philosophy disciplines round out thiscurriculum and form a balanced theory/practice approach. Learnerswith this type of preparation find fulfilling careers in a variety of visualcommunications as well as visual marketing fields.Core Requirements: 29 CreditsCAPL 1010 Introduction to Software Applications . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2035 Trend Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2050 Principles of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2055 Electronic Marketing Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2063 Advertising and Sales Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 1012 Principles of Digital Communications I . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 1013 Design Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4VCT 1015 Project Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 1018 Digital Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 2076 Portfolio Development-Marketing Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Career/Occupational Requirements: 9 CreditsSelect 3 credits from the following courses:MKTG 1020 Visual Merchandising and Store Planning . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2000 Customer Service Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2005 Entrepreneurship Fundamentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2020 Negotiation Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MKTG 2080 Retailing Principles and Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Select 6 credits from the following courses:VCT 1023 Webpage Design with XHTML. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 1030 Video I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 1041 Digital Photography I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3VCT 1061 Electronic Publishing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3General Education/MnTC Requirements: 22 CreditsGoal 1 - Communication: 7 creditsENGL 1021 Composition I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4COMM 1041 Small Group Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Goal 2 - Critical Thinking is fulfilled when all MnTC goals arecompleteGoal 3 and/or Goal 4 – Sciences/Math/Logical Reasoning: 3creditsGoal 5 – History/Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 creditsCOMM 1061 Mass Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Goal 6 - Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 creditsART 1020 Art Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ART 1041 Drawing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHIL 1031 Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Goals 7-10 - Three credits in one of the four goalsAdditional Requirements:Sufficient credits to total 64Women and Gender StudiesProgram Options:Women and Gender Studies Certificate (15)CertificateWomen and Gender StudiesTotal Number of Credits: 15Program Description: The Women and Gender Studies Certificateprogram offers an interdisciplinary field of study focused on the richdiversity of women’s experiences across time, cultures, and social/economic classes. In Women and Gender Studies courses, students andfaculty reexamine and reevaluate assumptions about women’s role insociety, uncovering the central role of women in the human experience.The program is a valuable addition to any academic field and providesa career advantage in many areas. In addition, the Women and GenderStudies Certificate is an excellent preparation for transfer studentswishing to major or minor in Women and Gender Studies at otherinstitutions. See Chapter 5 for transfer agreements with this certificate.Note: A maximum of two courses transferred from other institutionscan be used to help fulfill the 15-credit Women and Gender StudiesCertificate.Core Requirement: 3 creditsWGST 1061 Foundations of Women’s Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Course Requirements: 12 creditsSelect 12 credits from the following list of courses:WGST 1071 Introduction to GLBT Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WGST 2061 Women in Global Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3651.779.3300 103