The Arts, Communications and Social Sciences Division offers courses in 18 different departments from anthropology to theater. The majority of these fulfill the general education requirements for the A.A. or A.S. degrees in communications, the humanities, and the social sciences. The Division also offers developmental courses in English and reading. Students needing and successfully completing these courses will be able to enroll in transfer-level English composition courses. In Forensics, students can gain experience in intercollegiate competition in events that focus on the interpretation of literature and public speaking.
Students compete in three to five off-campus tournaments each semester.
In journalism, students have the opportunity to work on the production of the college's newspaper, the Kaleidoscope in a variety of capacities such as writing news stories or features, photography, advertising sales and design, and editing. In theater, students can participate in the fall and spring productions through such activities as acting, set construction, stage managing, working on properties or marketing. Works published are selected by a competition judged by professionals outside of the college. Past forums have included panel discussions, guest speakers and artists, and multi-media presentations created by faculty. The Art Department sponsors two events.