# Mass Communication (MC) courses

College of the Desert · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/courses/mc/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### MC 001 — Introduction to Mass Media

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 54
- **Advisory:** ENG 061.
- **C-ID:** JOUR 100
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/college-of-the-desert/schedule/fall-2026/mc.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS
- COD GE: A4
- CalGETC: 4

This course introduces students to the influences and contributions of mass media in popular culture. It traces the historical development of the mass media, from earliest inventions to today?s state-of-the-art digital technologies. This course surveys the impact of mass media on each of us as individuals and on American and world culture: where we might be going and what we can do about it. The course also examines how mass culture continually influences and shapes the media. (C-ID JOUR 100)

### MC 005 — Introduction to Public Relations

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 54
- **Advisory:** ENG 001A.
- **C-ID:** JOUR 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This course offers students an overview of the public relations field with a practical approach to the handling and planning of public relations campaigns. This course is offered in the Spring semester. (C-ID JOUR 150)

### MC 095A — Mass Communication Work Experience

- **Units:** 1-5
- **Hours:** Lab Hours: 270
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: Yes
- Grading: Letter
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

This work experience course of supervised employment provides students the opportunity to connect academics to applied experiential learning in the workplace. It assists students in developing transferable employability skills, career awareness, learning industry culture, competencies and norms, and developing professional networks that support career mobility. To enroll, students must have a job or internship placement in a part-time or full-time capacity. Credit may be accrued at the rate of one to five (1-5) units per semester based on the student's ability to meet the hours required per unit enrolled. Students must work 54 hours per unit earned. This Work Experience course is available to students whose job or internship placement is directly related to Mass Communication.