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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Courses Offered In ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Political Science

  • Political Science course offers an unbiased and thorough introduction to basic concepts and theories of political science. Major theories expose you to many ways of thinking. Emphasizing both U.S. and comparative politics, will provide you with a solid foundation of knowledge and the analytical skills necessary to understand modern politics in historical context.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Mass Communication

  • This course explores system-wide view of the interacting social, historical, economic, and technological forces at work in today's rapidly evolving mass media. The course combines concrete practice of journalism with empirical research, enabling you to comprehend the impact of dynamic media that are an integral part of our lives today.

  • 6 Credits

  • World Literature

  • With classic and contemporary selections from a wide range of racial and ethnic groups, World literature course will introduce you to important literary works and help you explore critical themes of our times, such as gender and identity, the effects of war and violence, race and culture, and more.

  • 6 Credits

  • Foundations of Sociology

  • Foundation of sociology course helps you explore how you learn and use learning strategies for more effective study. It covers topics: perspective and method, social inequality, social institutions, and working for change. Focus on deviance and crime includes an extensive discussion of crime, crime rates, and criminal justice system. 

  • 6 Credits

  • English Rhetoric

  • English Rhetoric course concentrates on using processes and skills common to all good academic writing. Course comprises of five major parts: discussion of writing process; guidelines for writing essays in each rhetorical mode; a look at writing with sources; anthology of reading selections; and complete introduction of grammar and usage. 

  • 6 Credits

  • Essentials of General Psychology

  • This psychology course focuses on development of critical thinking skills crucial to your success. This course provides details of tradition integrating gender, culture, and ethnicity throughout, biology and behavior, learning and conditioning, Social Forces, Culture, and Behavior, thinking and intelligence, memory, emotion. motivation, theories of personality, health and disorder. 

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to World History

  • This World’s history course provides an engaging overview of human civilization. It provides you with most help available in reading, thinking about, and applying the material they learn about world’s history. In-depth information presented in such a way that you will have a feeling that course made history come alive.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Economics

  • This course will motivate you to learn economics through real business examples. You all can relate to businesses they encounter in their everyday lives. Course provides an introduction to methodology and analytical tools used by economists. Economic theory, policy and history are examined with major emphasis on macroeconomics and microeconomics.

  • 6 Credits

  • Mass Communication Research

  • This course provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to communication research methods. This course helps you become a more knowledgeable and competent consumer of scholarly research and of the everyday research to which they are exposed by the mass media. It details communication research is conducted from start to finish.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Visual Communication

  • This comprehensive course is a consistent, clear, and orderly presentation of best engineering design methods and practices. Topics are presented in a timely and orderly fashion; each new topic progressively builds on concepts and terminology introduced in earlier sections.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Mass Communication

  • This course helps you develop a system-wide view of interacting social, historical, economic, and technological forces at work in today's rapidly evolving mass media. This course explores the social, historical, economic, and technological implications of the media in our culture and how to use the media effectively in our lives.

  • 6 Credits

  • Media, Culture and Technology

  • This course encourage you to think critically about the media and its effects on culture and provides you with thorough understanding of how media technologies develop, operate, converge and affect our greater society. It prepares you for careers in expanded field of telecommunications, interactive media, and traditional media industries.

  • 6 Credits

  • Media and Society

  • This course introduces you to today's converged mass media-its industries and support industries, as well as the legal, ethical, social, global, and technological issues that accompany them. Emphasizing the impact of media on individuals and society; course provides concise histories of each industry before giving you an insider's look.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Mass Communication Theory

  • This course introduces you to complexities of theories in communication studies, mass communication, and public relations, emphasizing their connection to everyday life. Instead of utilizing a “theory-a-day” approach, this course cuts across content areas and clusters related theories, making them easier for you to process and apply to real-life situations.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to political science

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A science of politics?
    Theories: classic and modern.
    Nations, states, and governments.
    Individuals and constitutions.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Democracy, totalitarianism, and authoritarianism.
    Political ideologies.
    Political culture.
    Public opinion.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Political communication and the media.
    Interest groups.
    Political parties and party systems.
    Elections.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The basic institutions of government.
    Legislatures.
    Executives.
    Administration and bureaucracy.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Legal systems and the courts.
    Political economy.
    Violence and revolution.
    International relations.
    The global system.

Introduction to mass communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    We the people: media and communication.
    Books.
    Newspapers.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Magazines.
    The movies.
    Radio.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Television.
    Music and the recording industry.
    Computers and the internet highway.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Journalism: information and society.
    Public relations.
    Advertising.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ethics.
    Regulation.
    Mass communication research: from content to effects.

World literature

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Roots and rebellions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Gender and identity
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    War and violence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Race and culture
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Individualism and community

Foundations of Sociology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What is sociology?
    Research methods
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Culture, society, and social change
    Socialization
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    ; deviance and crime
    Interaction, groups, and organizations
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inequalities of social class
    Inequalities of race and ethnicity
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inequalities of gender
    The economy
    The political order
    Marriage and family

English rhetoric

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Reading and writing in college
    The reading process
    Reading critically
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The writing process
    Preparing to write
    Writing effectively
    Revising and editing
    Describing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Narrating
    Illustrating
    Analyzing a process
    Comparing and contrasting
    Dividing and classifying
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Defining
    Analyzing causes and effects
    Arguing
    Recognizing a research paper
    Avoiding plagiarism
    Finding sources
    Writing a research paper
    Documenting sources
    Introduction
    Subjects and verbs
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fragments
    Fused sentences and comma splices
    Regular and irregular verbs
    Verb tense
    Subject-verb
    More on verbs
    Pronoun problems
    Pronoun reference and point of view
    Pronoun agreement
    Adjectives
    Adverbs
    Modifier errors
    End punctuation
    Commas
    Apostrophes
    Quotation marks
    Other punctuation marks
    Capitalization
    Abbreviations and numbers
    Varying sentence structure
    Parallelism
    Combining sentences
    Standard and nonstandard english
    Easily confused words
    Spelling

Essentials of General psychology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The science of psychology.
    How psychologists do research.
    Evolution, genes, and behavior.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Neurons, hormones, and the brain.
    Body rhythms and mental states.
    Sensation and perception.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and conditioning.
    Behavior in social and cultural context.
    Thinking and intelligence.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Memory.
    Emotion.
    Motivation.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Theories of personality.
    Development over the lifespan.
    Health, stress and coping.
    Psychological disorders.
    Approaches to treatment and therapy.

Introduction to world history

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    One:
    Two: out of the mud: farming and herding after the ice age
    Three: the great river valleys: accelerating change and developing states
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Four:
    Five: rebuilding the world: recoveries, new initiatives, and their limits
    Six: the great schools
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Seven: the great empires
    Chaptereight:postimperial worlds: problems of empires in eurasia and africa, ca. 200 c.e. to ca. 700 c.e.
    Nine: the rise of world religions: christianity, islam, and buddhism
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ten: remaking the world: innovation and renewal on environmental frontiers in the late first millennium
    Chaptereleven:
    Chaptertweleve:the nomadic frontiers: the islamic world, byzantium, and china ca. 10001200
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Chapterthirteen: the world the mongols made
    Chapterfourteen: the revenge of nature: plague, cold, and the limits of disaster in the fourteenth century
    Chapterfifthteen:
    Chaptersixteen: imperial arenas: new empires in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
    Chapterseventeen: the ecological revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
    Chaptereighteen:mental revolutions: religion and science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
    Chapternineteen:
    Chaptertwenty: driven by growth: the global economy in the eighteenth century
    Chaptertwentyone:
    Twentytwo: the exchange of enlightenment: eighteenth-century thought
    Twentythree: replacing muscle: the energy revolutions

Introduction to economics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Economics: foundations and models
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Firms, the stock market, and corporate governance

Mass communication Research

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to the research culture.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Asking questions about communication.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Finding, reading, and using research.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Observing and measuring communication variables.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Designing valid communication research.
    Research ethics and politics.
    Experimental research.
    Survey research.
    Textual analysis.
    Naturalistic inquiry.
    Describing quantitative data.
    Inferring from data: estimation and significance testing.
    Analyzing differences between groups.
    Analyzing relationships between variables.
    Epilogue: concluding research.

Introduction to Visual Communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    To sense. to select. to perceive.
    Light.
    The eye, the retina, and the brain.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    What the brain sees: color, form, depth, and movement.
    The sensual and perceptual theories of visual communication.
    Visual persuasion in advertising, public relations, and journalism.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Images that injure: pictorial stereotypes in the media.
    Typography.
    Graphic design.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Informational graphics.
    Cartoons.
    Photography.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Motion pictures.
    Television and video.
    Computers.
    World wide web.
    The more you know, the more you see.

Introduction to mass communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    We the people: media and communication.
    Journalism: information and society.
    Public relations.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Advertising.
    Books.
    Newspapers.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Magazines.
    The movies.
    Radio.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Television.
    Music and the recording industry.
    Computers and the internet highway.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ethics.
    Regulation.
    Mass communication research: from content to effects.

Media, Culture and Technology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The changing media.
    Media and society.
    Books and magazines.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Newspapers.
    Recorded music.
    Radio.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Film and home video.
    Television.
    The internet.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Public relations.
    Advertising.
    The communications infrastructure.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Media uses and effects.
    Media policy and law.
    Media ethics.
    Global communications media.

Media and Society

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mass media and everyday life.
    Books: rearranging the page.
    Newspapers: expanding delivery.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Magazines: targeting the audience.
    Recordings: demanding choices.
    Radio: riding the wave.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Movies: picturing the future.
    Television: changing channels.
    Digital media: widening the web.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Advertising: motivating consumers.
    Public relations: promoting ideas.
    News and information: getting personal.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Society, culture politics: shaping the issues.
    Law regulation: rewriting the rules.
    Ethics: placing responsibility.
    Global media: discovering new markets.

Introduction to Mass Communication Theory

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to communication theories.
    Assumptions behind communication theoriesreality, knowledge, and values.
    Research in communication.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction and history of communication studies research: models and messages.
    Classical rhetorical theories.
    Contemporary rhetorical theory.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Theories of interpersonal communication.
    Theories of small group communication.
    Theories of persuasion.
    Theories of culture and intercultural communication.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
    Introduction and history of mass communication.
    Media use and the selective individual.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mediaa tool to meet our needs.
    Media -side--effects.
    Technology and social change: the interactive media environment.
    Critical theories of how media shape culture, values, and perspectives.
    Case study: application mass communication.
    Organizational communication.
    Introduction and history of public relations research.
    Planning, conducting, and evaluating the campaign.
    Campaign message design.
    Building organizational relationships and integrated marketing.
    The bridgestone/firestone recall image crisis: a case study.