2007-2008
Danville Area Community College
Southern Illinois University
Associate of Science and Arts
College of Liberal Arts
Transfer Curriculum
Speech Communication
 
Individuals who complete the courses listed below earn the Associate of Science and Arts degree at Danville Area Community College, will have met the senior institution's lower division general education requirements, and will be admitted as juniors.

Required Courses Hours
First Semester
SPCH 101 Oral Communication 
or
SPCH 102 Public Speaking 
3
ENGL 101 Rhetoric & Composition I 
3
Math Elective 
3
Humanities Elective 
3
Life Science Elective 
3-4
INST 101 Success in College
 1
Total 
16-17
Second Semester
ENGL 102 Rhetoric & Composition II 
3
Fine Arts/Humanities Elective 
3
Physical Science Elective 
3-4
Social Science Elective 
3
Elective
3
Total 
15-16
Third Semester
Social Science Elective 
3
Foreign Language Elective (note 6)                         
4
Fine Arts Elective 
3
Elective 
3
Elective 
3
Total 
16
Fourth Semester
Foreign Language Elective (note 6) 
4
Social Science Elective 
3
Elective 
3
Elective 
3
Elective 
3
Total 
16

Transfer Admission Requirements

  1. 2.0 Grade Point Average (4.0 scale)
NOTES
  1. Speech Communication majors may specialize in one of the following areas:  Persuasive Communication, Performance Studies, Public Relations, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Intercultural Communication.
  2. Students interested in the College of Liberal Arts are recommended but not required to take one year of a foreign language.
  3. Electives should be in the areas of drama, music, film, psychology, sociology, and literature.
  4. DACC recommends a three (3) hour course in Third World or Non-Western Culture, either in Humanities or Social Science.
  5. Effective Fall 1992, new students or re-entering students absent more than two years and seeking an A.S.A. degree are required to take at least one course with human relations content.  See your counselor for list of courses that fulfill this requirement.
  6. SIU's College of LAS requires foreign language at the second semester college level.  This is equivalent to two years of one foreign language in high school, but SIU requires that a proficiency test be passed if two semesters are not completed at the college level.
  7. For further information contact:
Jay Lewis, Advisement
2249 Communications
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901-4710
(618) 453-8114
PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  SEE A DACC COUNSELOR OR AN ADVISOR FOR UPDATED INFORMATION PRIOR TO REGISTRATION EACH SEMESTER.

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