Majors and certificates
| Program | Certificate/Degree | Total Units |
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| Journalism | AA | 22 Units |
| Journalism for Transfer | AA-T | 18.5 Units |
| Journalism: Digital AS | AS | 29 Units |
| Journalism: Digital Cert | Certificate | 28 Units |
The Associate in Arts for Transfer in Journalism degree (AA-T) is designed to provide a clear pathway to a CSU major and baccalaureate degree.
Upon successful completion of this major, the student will be able to:
- Develop story ideas, conduct research and interviews, and write news and feature stories, opinion columns and critical reviews on deadline for both print and web publishing.
- Use various media (i.e. audio, photography, video, blog platforms, social media, and web software) to create multimedia news and feature stories.
- Explain the changing role of news media and information dissemination in American society and critically evaluate elements of effective journalism.
- Exercise news judgment and apply knowledge of journalism ethics and media law to real-life newsroom situations.
- Work as a productive member of a college newspaper staff. Demonstrate competency in grammar, punctuation, word usage and Associated Press Style to edit stories for print or online publication.
Below is the list of requirements for the degree.
| Journalism (AA-T) | Communications Studies | Total Units: 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred: Program Requirements: The requirements for the Journalism (AA-T) program are:
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Notes: JOUR 1 is a prerequisite/corequisite for JOUR 1L. It is recommended to take both courses concurrently. JOUR 2 is a prerequisite for JOUR 2L. It is recommended to take both courses concurrently. |
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The Associate in Arts in Journalism degree (AA)
The Journalism major provides students with both theoretical knowledge of and practical experience in Journalism. Successful students will be capable of initiating careers as skilled, principled journalists or other media professionals. This emphasis offers comprehensive lower division work in the field of Journalism, including at least one semester working on the student newspaper and website, The Oak Leaf.
Upon successful completion of this major, the student will be able to:
- Develop story ideas, conduct research and interviews, and write news and feature stories, opinion columns and critical reviews on deadline for both print and web publishing;
- use various media (i.e. audio, photography, video, html, blog platforms, social media) to create multimedia news and feature stories;
- explain the changing role of news media and information dissemination in American society and critically evaluate elements of effective journalism;
- exercise news judgment and apply knowledge of journalism ethics and media law to real-life newsroom situations;
- work effectively as a productive member of a college newspaper staff; and
- demonstrate competency in grammar, punctuation, word usage and Associated Press Style to edit stories for print or online publication.
| Journalism (AA) | Communications Studies | Total Units: 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Associate Degree Requirements: The major is one of several requirements students need to fulfill in order to be awarded the Associate Degree, the highest level of academic achievement recognized by Santa Rosa Junior College. Please note that all of the following requirements must be met in order for the degree to be conferred:
Description: The Journalism major provides students with both theoretical knowledge of and practical experience in Journalism. Successful students will be capable of initiating careers as skilled, principled journalists or other media professionals. This emphasis offers comprehensive lower division work in the field of Journalism, including at least one semester working on the student newspaper and website, The Oak Leaf. Recommended Sequence of Courses Students interested in a suggested order for taking classes in this program, please view the recommended course sequence. |
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Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Journalism program are:
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Notes: You may substitute SPCH 9 for SPCH 3A for this major SPCH 9 Critical Thinking and Argumentation has ENGL 1A as a pre-requisite MEDIA 4 will be replaced by JOUR 55 as a core requirement in the F2012 version of this major. |
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