Advisors

PROGRAM PLANNING GUIDE

Dr. Alan Lee Baker
Professor of
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS: DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Communication
360-596-5516
PERFORMANCE EMPHASIS (90 credits) abaker@spscc.ctc.edu

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The 2-year Associate in Arts program is designed to prepare students for
transfer to a 4-year college or university to complete a bachelor’s degree. The AA: Digital
Cinematography—Performance Emphasis is for students interested in acting for cinematography, acting for
television production, acting for web video production, or related fields.
Students planning this degree should work closely with advisors at this college and the college or
university they want to transfer to so that courses from South Puget Sound meet the specific four year
degree requirements.
Students must be eligible to take college level courses.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES: South Puget Sound Community College prepares recipients of the Associate in
Arts degree with an emphasis in Digital Cinematography Performance to:
• Develop written, visual, and auditory content for digital cinematography performance;
• Manage information systems commonly used by digital cinematography performance;
• Communicate effectively.
• Think logically and critically.

• Evaluate and process quantitative and symbolic data.

• Understand themselves in relation to others in a multicultural world.

• Understand ethical responsibilities and consequences.

This Associate of Arts degree includes general education courses that introduce students to the content
and methodology of the major areas of knowledge (communication, the humanities and fine arts, the
natural sciences, mathematics and the social sciences) and meets the transfer requirements of the four-
year colleges and universities as outlined in the Intercollegiate Relations Commission Handbook.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: Based on placement testing, basic skills, pre-college English, reading, or
math may be required before entry into certain college-level courses.
In planning this degree students need to work closely with their advisor or a counselor because although
the Associate in Arts Degree transfers to four-year colleges and universities in Washington State, it may
not meet specific department requirements. (For example, business, engineering, education, etc.) See
the Curriculum Planning Worksheet.
To earn an Associate in Arts degree all courses taken must be at college level (numbered 100 or above). A
minimum of 75 of the 90 credits required for the degree must be from the General Education List for the
Associate in Arts/Associate in General Studies. Copies of the list are available in Building 25 or on line at
www.spscc.ctc.edu. A maximum of 15 credits will be allowed for courses numbered 100 or above that are
not on the GE list.
In the Digital Cinematography: Performance Courses and Electives sections of the chart below, courses
from the GE List are identified with an abbreviation identifying each category.
A class can count only once toward General Education requirements. For example, MATH 205 will satisfy
either QUANTITATIVE or NATURAL SCIENCE course requirements, but not both. A cumulative grade point
average of 2.0 or above in all college-level courses is required.
Communications ENGL 10 English Composition I 5
& 1
10 credits ENGL 10 English Composition II: Visual Culture 5
3
(Students may substitute ENGL&102 for ENGL 103) 10

Quantitative Must show intermediate algebra proficiency

5 credits Course from Quantitative Skills section of the General Education 5
list for the Associate in Arts/Associate in General Studies.
Humanities DRMA 264 Acting for Camera (performance) 5
15 credits from 3 CMST 240 Intercultural Communication: Diversity 5
disciplines FILM 116 Introduction to Film Studies 5
5 credits from performance 15

Social Science The particular interests of the student should dictate these
courses because any discipline could be useful in television,
movie or web video performance. 5

15 credits from 3 disciplines. 5

5
15

Natural Science Must include 1 lab science

15 credits from 3 disciplines. 5
5
5
15

Digital Cinematography The Department recommends three from the following list:
Performance Courses MCOM 11 Directing, Screenwriting, and Producing 5
DRMA 26 0 Acting for Television 5
DRMA 26 7 Voice & Voice Over for Film/Animation 5
DRMA 26 6 Improvisation for Theatre and Filmmaking 15
Electives 5
The Department recommends three from following list:
15 credits from the General 5 credits 11
MCOM mustIntroduction
be from General Education
to Digital Video list. The Department
Production (HUM- 15
Education List ENGL 4 performance)
23 Creative Writing III (HUM)
CMST 80
10 Introduction to Online Journalism (COMM)
FILM 5
11 Film History (HUM) or FILM 118 Topics in Film and
ENGL 7 Culture

DIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS: South Puget Sound Community College requires all new students seeking
an Associate Degree to complete a “diversity” course which meets the college criteria for listing as a
diversity course and has been approved for such listing by the college’s Instructional Council prior to the
student enrolling in the class. Diversity course for this AA is CMST 240.

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE STATEMENT: South Puget Sound Community College’s equal
opportunity policy prohibits discrimination in our services and in employment against any person on the
basis of race or ethnicity, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion,
Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, or the presence of any sensory, physical or mental disability
except in the case of a bona fide occupation qualification. South Puget Sound Community College is an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Effective: Summer 2009

Revised:
 CURRICULUM PLANNING WORKSHEET
For

RECOMMENDED SEQUENCE OF COURSES:

Fall Winter Spring Fall Winter Spring Fall Winter Spring

Core Requirements: Credi Completed Basic Skills Met

t
ENGL Basic
097 Writing
READ Analytical
097 Reading
MATH Basic Math
090

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