MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6253N Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2024 Fall Last Admit Term: 2025 Summer Award: AC Total Credits: 30 CIP Code: 05.0209	Primary College: Estrella Mountain Community College Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: EM, SM Field of Interest: Culture and Society Instructional Council: Storytelling, Art GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: Upon completion of this program, students may pursue a career as: 27-3043.05 Poets, Lyricists, and Creative Writers 27-2099.00 Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Applied Storytelling is designed to provide students with an understanding of universal themes and basic practices, which are the foundation for storytelling. The program provides interactive storytelling training, which will enhance the skills of persons in areas such as education, the performing arts, community advocacy, workforce and business entrepreneurship, mental health, the ministry, and interpretive settings such as museums and parks. This program will also aid students interested in enhancing interpersonal relations skills and in using stories in family and community settings.

Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate the skills of oral storytelling to construct and deliver stories. (EDU/HUM/STO292, STO295, HIS/STO279, STO293, STO282AC, STO205, STO250AA, STO284, STO/THP285, STO289AF, MUP133, STO291AA, STO273, STO283, STO287, STO288, STO290) 2. Develop cultural awareness and a sense of community through oral storytelling. (EDU/HUM/STO292, STO295, HIS/STO279, STO293, STO297, STO282AC, HUM260, EDU/ENH291, STO205, STO284, STO/THP285, STO273, STO283, STO287, STO288, STO290, ENH251) 3. Employ the ethical protocols and practices of storytelling as they pertain to awareness of self and others. (EDU/HUM/STO292, EDU/ENH/STO294, STO295, HIS/STO279, STO293, STO282AC, HUM260, STO205, STO284, STO/THP285, STO273, STO283, STO287, STO288, STO290) 4. Utilize digital media to produce, present, promote, and preserve the stories and voices of storytellers. (EDU/HUM/STO292, STO295, HIS/STO279, STO293, STO282AC, AVC150, STO/THP285, STO283, STO287, STO290) 5. Maintain a repertoire of stories that reflect the individuals storytelling style and that can be adapted for a variety of situations or purposes. (STO295, HIS/STO279, STO293, STO282AC, STO286, STO289AA, STO289AB, STO289AC, STO289AD, STO289AG, AVC150, EDU/ENH291, STO205, STO284, STO/THP285, STO289AF, THP112, STO273, STO283, STO287, STO288, STO290, ENH251) 6. Tailor elements of storytelling for communication and performance contextualized to specific audiences. (STO293, STO297, STO282AC, STO286, STO289AA, STO289AB, STO289AC, STO289AD, STO289AG, AVC150, STO205, STO250AA, STO284, STO/THP285, THP112, STO273, STO283, STO287, STO288, STO290) 7. Apply the skills of oral storytelling to elevate the diverse voices and stories of others within their professional and personal communities. (STO293, STO297, STO282AC, STO286, STO289AA, STO289AB, STO289AC, STO289AD, STO289AG, STO205, STO/THP285, STO291AA)

Program Notes
This program is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program.

Admission Criteria
None.

Required Courses

Completion of Foundations of Storytelling Certificate Requirements:
EDU/HUM/STO292 The Art of Storytelling 3
EDU/ENH/STO294 Multicultural Folktales 3

Completion of Traditional and Fact-Based Storytelling Certificate Requirements:
HIS/STO279 Creating and Telling Fact-Based Historical Stories 3
STO295 Traditional Storytelling Around the World 3

Required Courses for all specializations in Applied Storytelling:
+ STO282AC Service-Learning Experience in Storytelling 3
+ STO293 The Art of Storytelling II 3
+ STO297 Creating and Telling Personal Stories 3

Select three (3) credits from the following:
STO286 Using Storytelling in a Variety of Settings 3
STO289AA Using Storytelling in Educational Settings 1
STO289AB Using Storytelling in Business Settings 1
STO289AC Using Storytelling in Healing Settings 1
STO289AD Using Storytelling in Interpretive Settings 1
STO289AG Using Storytelling in Advocacy Settings 1

Credits: 24

Restricted Electives
Select six (6) credits from one of the following specializations: Specialization 1: Workforce AVC150 Multimedia Storytelling 3 EDU/ENH291 Children`s Literature 3 HUM260 Intercultural Perspectives 3 Specialization 2: Performance EDU/ENH291 Children`s Literature 3 HUM260 Intercultural Perspectives 3 MUP133 Class Voice I 1 STO205 Establishing a Family Storytelling Tradition 3 STO250AA Benefiting from the Storytelling Festival Experience 1 STO284 Storytelling and Music 3 STO/THP285 Creating/Performing Solo/Collaborative Works 3 STO289AF Using Storytelling in Family Settings 1 + STO291AA Storytelling Circle 1 THP112 Acting I 3 Specialization 3: Global ENH251 Mythology 3 HUM260 Intercultural Perspectives 3 STO273 The Biblical Storytelling Tradition 3 STO283 The African Storytelling Tradition 3 STO287 Norse and Scandinavian Storytelling Tradition 3 STO288 Telling Sacred Stories from Around the World 3 STO290 The Irish Storytelling Tradition 3	Credits: 6

General Electives
	Credits:

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 27, 2024

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