Certificate & Degree Details

• Journalism AA-T Degree

  Humanities and Social Sciences Division
  Degree A0400
  The Associate in Arts in Journalism for Transfer provides a broad base of education in the discipline and introduces students to journalism and multimedia. It gives students the option of studying journalistic writing for traditional and online media. Completion of the degree provides students with the core skills and knowledge needed to pursue a baccalaureate degree in Journalism. Students who earn this degree will be able to transfer to university or enter the local job market. In this program, students will gain hands-on experience with all aspects of newsgathering, organizing, writing, and disseminating information.

  To earn an Associate in Arts degree for Transfer a student must complete 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the CSU that consist of Cal-GETC and a major of at least 18 units. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework to receive an associate degree for transfer and all courses in the major must be completed with a C (or “P") for each course in the major, and completion of Cal-GETC. Students earning an associate degree for transfer will not be required to complete any other local graduation requirements.

  Required Courses

  Course List

  Course Prefix	Course Name	Units
  Core Courses		9
  JOUR 100	Introduction to Mass Communications
  JOUR 101	Beginning Writing and Reporting for the Mass Media
  JOUR 114	Student News Media Staff
  List A		3
  Choose one course from the following:
  JOUR 102	Intermediate Writing and Reporting for Mass Media
  JOUR 108	Introduction to Public Relations
  JOUR 115	Student News Media Editing Staff
  JOUR 116	Multimedia Storytelling
  List B		6-8
  Choose two courses from the following
  BUSC 1A	Principles of Macroeconomics
  or BUSC 1AH	Principles of Macroeconomics - Honors
  or BUSC 1B	Principles of Microeconomics
  or BUSC 1BH	Principles of Microeconomics - Honors
  BUSC 17	Applied Business Statistics
  or PSYC 10	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
  or SOC 23	Introduction to Statistics in Sociology and Social Sciences
  or STAT C1000	Introduction to Statistics
  or STAT C1000H	Introduction to Statistics - Honors
  COMM 20	Argumentation and Debate
  or COMM 20H	Argumentation and Debate - Honors
  COMM 26	Interpersonal Communication
  or COMM 26H	Interpersonal Communication - Honors
  COMM 30	Introduction to Communication Theory
  or COMM 30H	Introduction to Communication Theory - Honors
  ENGL C1001	Critical Thinking and Writing
  or ENGL C1001H	Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors
  or ENGR 1C	Engineering Critical Thinking
  or PHIL 8	Critical Thinking
  or PHIL 9	Critical Thinking and Writing
  or PHIL 9H	Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors
  or PSYC 5	Psychology of Reasoning and Problem Solving
  or READ 100	Analysis and Critical Reading
  ENGL 1B	English - Introduction to Literary Types
  or ENGL 1BH	English - Introduction to Literary Types - Honors
  HIST 1	History of the United States
  HIST 7	History of the United States to 1877
  or HIST 7H	History of the United States to 1877 - Honors
  HIST 8	History of the United States from 1865
  or HIST 8H	History of the United States from 1865 - Honors
  HIST 9	History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  HIST 30	History of African Americans, 1619-1877
  HIST 31	History of African Americans, 1877- Present
  HIST 36	Women in American History
  HIST 40	History of Mexican Americans
  HIST 44	History of Native Americans
  JOUR 106	Online Media Laboratory
  JOUR 107	Race, Culture, Gender, and Mass Media Images
  JOUR 111	Writing Broadcast and Web News
  PHIL 3	Introduction to Logic
  or PHIL 3H	Introduction to Logic - Honors
  or PHIL 4	Introduction to Symbolic Logic
  PHOT 10	Basic Digital and Film Photography
  POLS C1000	American Government and Politics
  or POLS C1000H	American Government and Politics - Honors
  POLS 2	Comparative Politics
  POLS 25	Latino Politics in the United States
  POLS 35	African American/Black Politics
  R-TV 02	On-Air Personality Development
  R-TV 19A	Beginning Video Production
  Total Units for Major		18-20
  General Education (Cal-GETC) units 1		34
  Total Units		60

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  Courses may be double-counted for the major and Cal-GETC. However, courses may not be double-counted to satisfy more than one area of Cal-GETC.

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