New Media Communication Associate in Science Degree Tunxis Community College’s New Media Communication program provides students with foundational knowledge in new media problem solving, new media literacy, project development, and the conceptual and technical skills for those seeking baccalaureate and graduate degrees in professional and academic new media disciplines such as web science, digital studies, communications, education, art, and software studies and development. First Semester Course # Title Credits CSC*126...... Programming Logic and Design w/Visual Basic...... 3 ENG*101...... Composition (a)...... 3 GRA*101...... Design Principles...... 3 NMC*101...... New Media Perspectives (a)...... 3 Fine Arts Elective...... 3 (from ART*, COM*154, DGA*, GRA*, NMC*, MUS*, THR*) Second Semester COM*173...... Public Speaking (a)...... 3 ENG*103...... Composition II (a)...... 3 GRA*110...... Introduction to Computer Graphics...... 3 NMC*200...... Digital Narrative (a)...... 3 Directed Mathematics Elective (a)...... 3 (from MAT*137 or above) Directed Social Science Elective(a)...... 3 (from ANT*, ECN*, GEO*, POL*, PSY*, SOC*) Third Semester CSA*157...... Programming for New Media...... 1 COM*101...... Introduction to Mass Communications (a)...... 3 NMC*220...... Writing with Video (a)...... 3 NMC*240...... Topics In New Media (a)...... 3 NMC*290...... Internship in New Media Communication (a)...... 1 Directed CIS Elective (b)...... 3 Directed Humanities Elective (d)...... 3 Fourth Semester ART*102...... Art History II...... 3 NMC*295...... New Media Portfolio (a)...... 3 NMC*299...... Independent Study in New Media (a)...... 3 Fine Arts Elective...... 3 (from ART*, GRA*, MUS*, THR*) Science Elective (a)(c)...... 3-4 (from AST*, BIO*, CHE*, EAS*, EVS*, MET*, OCE*, PHY*)

Total...... 65-66 (a) Prerequisite and/or co-requisite required. (b) To be selected in consultation with faculty advisor based on student’s program of study. (c) Students intending to transfer to a four-year program should take a 4-credit lab science. (d) To be selected from courses in Communication, English, Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Science, and Social Sciences..

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