Jun 01, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

Communications: Speech, AA

Location(s): Central Campus


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The ability to communicate effectively and articulate well are exceptional advantages not only for your career, but throughout life as well. Our associate of arts in speech communication can help you build outstanding communication skills that prepare you for a successful future.

This program will help you navigate diverse communication styles, think critically to make well-reasoned decisions and develop high-impact presentations that will give you an edge not only professionally, but personally. Gain valuable knowledge from our highly-experienced staff.

With a degree in speech, we provide you the first two years of a liberal arts education, and an excellent stepping stone to a long and prosperous career in this exciting field.

Marketable skills for this award include: critical thinking, interpersonal skills, organizational skills, presentation skills. team work and verbal communication skills.

 

Associate of Arts - (Includes Field of Study Courses)
TSI Complete

Major Courses: 16 Credits


Major Courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill TJC Core Curriculum requirements. However, note that either SPCH 1315  or SPCH 1321  will be used to fulfill the TJC Communications Core Curriculum requirement, as both courses are required for this award.

Select two:


Select one:


Any course listed in the Course Descriptions that has a Course Designation of: Academic Transfer. For a list of those courses, click here.

TJC Core Curriculum: 44 Credits


In addition to Major Courses, the student is required to take 44 credit hours from the TJC Core Curriculum . These courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill Major Courses requirements.

Major Courses: 16
TJC Core Curriculum: 44

Total Semester Hours: 60


Recommended Course Sequence:


First Semester


Second Semester


Third Semester


  • Semester Credit Hours: 3
  • xxxx x4xx - Life and Physical Sciences Core Semester Credit Hours: 4
  • xxxx x3xx - Social and Behavioral Sciences Core Semester Credit Hours: 3
  • SPCH x3xx - Speech Elective Semester Credit Hours: 3
  • xxxx x1xx - Elective Semester Credit Hours: 1

Fourth Semester


Total Semester Hours: 60


*Recommended Core Curriculum course. Other Core Curriculum courses may satisfy this requirement.

**Note: Either SPCH 1315  or SPCH 1321  will be used to fulfill the core curriculum requirement. Both are required for the award.

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