Program Highlights and Transfer Options

            The Speech Communication Program at Kingsborough Community College is an Associate’s degree in Applied Science. This major is jointly registered by the State Education Department for both Kingsborough Community College and Brooklyn College. It is designed to provide KCC students with the opportunity to complete the first two years of course requirements for the Brooklyn College B.A. program in SPEECH COMMUNICATION.  This guarantees graduates of the A.S. program in SPEECH COMMUNICATION at Kingsborough junior status in the Brooklyn program with complete transferability of all credits: students in the Speech Pathology concentration must have a GPA of 3.0 for admittance into the Brooklyn College program.  However, students are not required to transfer to Brooklyn College.

NOTE: This major is a DAY ONLY major;
we do not offer the major at night.

 The SPEECH COMMUNICATION major has two concentrations:

Communication Studies Concentration

The Communication Studies concentration is a new alternative to the Liberal Arts major especially for those students who are undecided about a future career and plan on choosing a major once they transfer to a four year college. The Communication Studies concentration at KCC requires liberal arts courses and provides a strong foundation in communication skills for further study at a four year college in areas such as

• pre-law
• communication studies
• public relations

In addition, for those students who may not wish to continue studying at a four year college, an A.S. degree in  Communication Studies provides language and communication skills that are vital for many jobs in our world today such as corporate communication, management and as well as public service careers such as police work.

Speech Pathology/Language/Audiology/Speech Hearing Sciences Concentration

Students who major in the Speech Pathology concentration will be preparing for a profession of specialists who diagnose and treat persons who have speech, language and/or hearing disabilities. These specialists may be employed by:
 

• the NYC Department of Education
• hospitals and nursing homes
• private practice services

This field has a very strong job market. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association accepts this program (the completed B.A. from Brooklyn College) as fulfilling the requirement for undergraduate training.  This profession traditionally requires both a B.A. and Masters Degree. Brooklyn College requires students to maintain a 3.0 GPA for this concentration.

Further Information
If you would like more information about the SPEECH COMMUNICATION major at KCC, contact Dr. Cindy Greenberg, Dept. of Communications & Performing Arts at 718-368-5299 or at  cindy.greenberg@kingsborough.edu Further information is available on the department website at www.kbcc.cuny.edu