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  "edition": "2026-2027",
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  "name": "MASS COMMUNICATIONS/MASS MEDIA",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
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      "markdown": "### Description\n\nThe Mass Communications: Mass Media Certificate is designed to provide a general technical background which will enable the student to make intelligent and realistic career decisions in mass communications; to provide a broad background which will afford the currently employed student an opportunity for upward mobility or career advancement; to provide a program to meet both the entry-level and skill upgrading needs of the local mass communications industry.\n\nTo acquire the **Certificate of Achievement in Mass Communications: Mass Media**, it is necessary to complete the following courses:"
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          "code": "ART 115",
          "title": "The Art of Film",
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          "code": "JOUR 110",
          "title": "Digital Photojournalism I",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 120",
          "title": "Communications Reporting and Writing",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 147",
          "title": "Broadcast News",
          "units": "3",
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          "code": "LIT 147",
          "title": "Cinema as Literature",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "LIT 147H",
          "title": "Cinema as Literature Honors",
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          "code": "MSCM 103",
          "title": "Survey of Motion Picture, Radio, and Television",
          "units": "3",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MSCM 128",
          "title": "Mass Media in Modern Society",
          "units": "3",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "MSCM 134",
          "title": "Documentary Film",
          "units": "3",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "RDIO 104",
          "title": "Radio Broadcasting",
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          "indent": false
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          "code": "TV 135",
          "title": "Digital Filmmaking I: Introduction",
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          "code": "JOUR 290",
          "title": "Work Experience Education/Internship for Journalism-Related Fields",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "RDIO 290",
          "title": "Work Experience Education/ Internship for Radio-Related Fields",
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