If you’re a natural wordsmith or people-person, and you enjoy finding ways to communicate messages, express ideas and engage with others, the field of communication might be the right fit for you. The Communication Associate in Science (AS) program at HACC can lead you to a rewarding career in the communication field. As you receive your associate's degree, you have the option of transferring your credits to a four-year school to pursue a bachelor’s degree in your chosen concentration.
Our Communication program at HACC, prepares you to transfer to a four-year institution to obtain a Bachelor's degree.
No matter your interest, the communication field leads to exciting opportunities that you can pair with your own interests. HACC can help you choose the concentration that best suits your passions and goals. Our Communication program is the right path for students who:
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Our Communication program prepares you to transfer to a four-year insitution to obain a Bachelor's degree for entrance into the field of communication. Therefore, it's important that you work closely with your advisor and intended transfer school. Coursework in our program allows you to choose communication electives that closely align with your transfer and career goals and is designed to teach you to think, act and communicate effectively, ethically, critically and creatively.
By enrolling in our program, our experienced professors teach students how to:
Affordably YOURS, our two-year degree program is a transfer program. We designed our programs to be flexible enough to transfer to a wide variety of four-year colleges and universities with no loss of credit. If your intended transfer school participates in Pennsylvania’s statewide college credit transfer system, you will be able to begin at the junior level. Our programs also transfer well to schools outside of the statewide system. However, each individual college has its own unique program. We encourage you to select a four-year school as soon as possible. This will allow you to learn the transfer college’s program requirements so you can take the proper classes at HACC.
We also encourage you to select your specific concentration area as quickly as possible when you enroll at HACC. We can then help you communicate with your transfer school to ensure you correctly coordinate the courses you take.
Our various transfer options for communication include:
| Carlow University: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Cheyney University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Bloomsburg: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Lock Haven: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Mansfield: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| East Stroudsburg University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Elizabethtown College: | Communication into Communication (pdf) |
| Elizabethtown College, Accelerated Programs: | Communication into Corporate Communication (pdf) |
| Geneva College: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Indiana University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Juniata College: | Communication (pdf) |
| Kutztown University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Lincoln University: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Millersville University of PA: | Communication AS to BS Speech Communication (pdf) |
| Penn State Harrisburg: | Communications (pdf) |
| Penn State York: | Program to Program Transfer Information (pdf) |
| PennWest California: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| PennWest Clarion: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| PennWest Edinboro: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Shippensburg University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| Slippery Rock University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| West Chester University of PA: | Pennsylvania Statewide P2P Agreement (pdf) |
| West Virginia University: | Advertising & Public Relations (B.S.J) (pdf) |
| West Virginia University: | Journalism (B.S.J) (pdf) |
You may complete our program through virtual learning. You may also complete our program at our Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York campuses through a combination of mixed modalities (e.g., on-campus/in-person instruction, hybrid, flex, remote instruction and/or virtual learning).
Yes! We offer many scholarships through the HACC Foundation. Each scholarship has specific eligibility requirements. To learn how to apply, please visit hacc.edu/Scholarships.
If you are interested in pursuing an associate degree in Communication from HACC, you can enroll in classes for the spring, summer and fall. Submit your application anytime on our website.
To ensure you apply for the correct program, please include the program code 2036 with your application and the sub-major code for the concentration of your interest.
Future students, we are excited to connect with you and answer your questions. Please choose the option that works best for you to meet with us.
Current HACC students, please contact our Advising Department with any questions.
“My favorite thing about HACC is the students. I love that each student brings his or her own story, goals, culture and experiences into the classroom. The best part is when the class, the entire group of very diverse individuals, connects as a group.” - Holly Cieri, M.S., communication faculty member
“I think people view community college as a last resort for college, when in reality, HACC has better opportunities than plenty of ‘more prestigious’ schools.”