TRANSFER MAJOR
Curriculum Code No. 1045

Decisions on the transferability of courses are made by the four-year colleges and differ from school to school. Students enrolled in this major should contact the Transfer and Job Placement Center early in their academic program to determine which courses will transfer to the college of their choice.

The Journalism major prepares students for news gathering, writing, and reporting, either for newspaper or broadcasting. The courses parallel the offerings in the first two years of most four-year institutions. The weekly campus newspaper, The Centurion, provides practical workshop experience.

Graduates of this major should be able to

• transfer to four-year colleges in a journalism/communication major
• gain employment in entry-level writing or copyediting
• use the QuarkXPress software in an employment or college transfer/newspaper situation

Degree Course Requirements

Recommended Semester Sequence

The recommended course sequence is designed for full-time students who average 15 credit hours per semester. Students may need more time to complete major requirements based on placement testing. This additional time will entail some adjustments to the sequence recommended.

^A Placement testing required.
^B Choose from COMC145, COMG110, COMP115, COMP116, ARTS151.
^C Choose from GEOG110, POLI111, PSYC110, SOCI110.
^D Choose from COMG105, HLTH120, PHED154, PSYC125.
^E Consult the list of courses approved for this subcategory on page 41. Any course may be chosen.
^F Choose from JOUR155, JOUR275, JOUR276.
^G Any INTG course may be chosen.
^H Corequisite or prerequisite: COMP107 or COMP110.
^I Prerequisite: JOUR175.

¹ Satisfies College Writing Level I.
² Satisfies College Writing Level II.
³ Satisfies Cultural Perspectives.
⁴ Satisfies Writing Intensive requirement.

 

Students who do not seek the Associate of Arts Degree may earn the legend, "Major Requirements Satisfied", on their transcripts by successfully completing all the courses listed in the major except three credits in mathematics or science, six credits in U.S. History, three credits in literature, two credits in personal health, three credits in integration of knowledge and fifteen credits of undesignated electives.

Credits exceeding the required minimum cannot be used to satisfy required credits in other course requirements.