Program Details

Photo: executives reviewing television ad The program in Communication, Business and Media (CB&M) is designed for professionals who want to reposition themselves within the marketplace and for students who want to start a career in the media communication field as an account executive, a research specialist, a sales director, an electronic journalist, an art director, a promotional coordinator, a production manager, a media buyer, an on-air personality, a copywriter, a media consultant, etc.

Professionally oriented options emphasize media management, marketing, sales, media production, and news production. The CB&M program prepares graduates to be able to competitively apply for positions within a variety of private and public sector settings, such as an Internet based company, a public relations firm, a television station, a non-profit group, a marketing communications organization, a radio network, an advertising agency, a print studio, a media research center, etc.

Prepare for an exciting and rewarding career in media management, marketing, sales, media production or news production by planning and following your own path through our program in Communication, Business and Media. Choose a specialist emphasis in communication, or a specialist emphasis in business, or a generalist balance of both.

Created with the ongoing cooperation and gracious support of Seattle media leaders and their organizations, our hands-on / minds-on curriculum is strategically sequenced and staggered across the Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters of each academic year to maximize your ease of access to required and elective offerings for completing your degree or certificate.

Communication and Business faculty in cooperation with NSCC Student Services colleagues, individually advise and mentor you through the processes of fulfilling your degree or certificate requirements...and the anticipated transitions into your own professional career and / or possible transfer to a college or university accepting your specialized, professionally oriented Communication, Business, and Media AAS-T credentials.