Communications and Creative Arts Curriculum
at LCCC

LCCC offers students unique experiences in communication, music, theatre, creative writing and visual art—experiences that challenge the imagination and spur artistic creativity; experiences that last a lifetime.  Programs in the Arts and Humanities Division prepare students to work in careers that require exceptional skill in dealing with people.

See yourself chasing hard-hitting news?  Overseeing a major agency account?  No problem.
Our associate in arts degree guarantees your acceptance into any four-year college or university in Ohio to complete your bachelor's degree.  Communication graduates find careers in such fields as advertising, broadcasting, corporate communication, education, journalism, marketing, public relations, research, sales, personnel development, publishing, and visual communication.

Placing the Performing Arts at the heart of the community.  Be inspired by the visual arts, dance, music, poetry and drama.
Are you excited by the possibility of using theatre to bring a community festival to life?  Or by using story telling and dance to enrich the curriculum of a public school?  Or by taking performance poetry into schools?  If so, performing or the visual arts could be just the career path for you.  The arts encourage the development of your own creative skills and abilities and the stretching of talents in new and different directions.  It will equip you with analytical, research, performance, communication, team working and creative skills relevant to a wide range of graduate employment.  Study areas that can lead to career paths include art/graphic design/photography, music, theater and technical theatre.

Associate of Arts
The Associate of Arts degree is designed for students who intend to continue their education after LCCC.  The Associate of Arts degree does not have a specific major, but elective courses can be used as transfer credits toward a number of different majors at the bachelor's degree level at the LCCC University Partnership and other universities.

The associate of arts degree is awarded to a student successfully completing programmatic requirements.  Candidates completing the associate of arts degree may transfer with junior standing to the four-year college or university of their choice.  Since requirements at transfer institutions vary widely, each student should consult the catalog of the transfer institution and plan her/his program with a college counselor.  There are virtually no limitations to the programs that can be pursued as LCCC can customize associate of arts programs to meet the transfer college/university's requirements.  The associate of arts should be your choice for future studies in:

• Art
     -Computer Art
     -Graphic Design
     -Photography
     -Visual Communication
• Business
• Communication
• Dance
• Economics
• Education - Early Childhood (K-3) 
• Education - Middle Childhood (4-9)
• Education - Adolescent/Young Adulthood (7-12)
     -Math & Science Major
     -Music, History, English Major
     -Physical Education Major
     -Intervention Specialist
• English 
• Foreign Language
• General Studies
• Geography
• History
• International Studies
• Journalism
• Liberal Arts
• Media/Telecommunications
• Music
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Pre-Law
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Theatre
• Urban Studies 

Learn more about the Associate of Arts degree