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Liberal Arts Journalism Degree Option

Liberal Arts Journalism - Associate in Arts (A.A.) Degree
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Below are required courses for program completion.

Courses

Credits

Requisites/Comments

ENG 121 English CompositionI3A passing score on the writing portion of the College’s Placement
Test or a Grade of “C” or better in ENG 010; completion of RDG 009 with a “C” or better or score on the reading portion of the College’s Placement Test that exempts the student from RDG 009.
ENG 122 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
or
ENG 125 ENGLISH COMPOSTITION II:
WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE
3A grade of “C” or better in ENG 121 and a passing score on the reading portion of the College Placement Test or a grade of “C”
or better in ENG 121 and a grade of “C” or better in RDG 011.
SPE 121 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
(or SPE 123 Discussion And Debate)
3
ENG 205 Introduction to Journalism


ENG 206 Journalism Workshop

ENG 214 Journalism/ writing field Experience
3


3

3
ENG 122 or ENG 125 or permission of department chair
ENG 205 or permission of department chair
ENG 122 or ENG 235 or ENG/BUS 240 and permission of
department chair. (Corequisite: ENG 206)
_____ Program Elective
Choose one of the following:
ENG 235 Creative Writing I

ENG 225 World Literature I
ENG 226 World Literature II
POS 201 US State and Local Government
3


ENG 122 or ENG 125 or permission of Department Chair
HIS 121 History of Western Civilization I
HIS 122 History of Western CivilizationII
3
3
____ Language Elective
____ Language Elective
3
3
Choose two modern language courses in sequence from either:
FRE, GER, ITA or SPA. If you completed at least two years of
high school study in one modern language, your level of language will be determined by a placement test excluding SPA 242.
____ Social Science Elective (GE SS)
____ Social Science Elective (GE SS)
3
3
Choose courses designated in the course descriptions as General Education Social Science (GE SS) from the following: African- American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science,
Psychology and Sociology.
____ Humanities Elective (GE HUM)3Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General
Education Humanities (GE HUM) from the following: African-American Studies, Art, Dance, English, History, Modern Language, Music, Philosophy, Speech and Theatre.
____ Science Elective (GE SCI)
____ Science Elective (GE SCI)
4
3-4
You should choose two science courses in consultation with an
academic advisor. You should take the appropriate science
courses that will transfer to an upper division college or university and for which you have the appropriate academic background. Choose two courses with a minimum of seven credits from the following courses: BIO 103, BIO 105, BIO 106, ENV 207, ENV 211, ENV 212, SCI 108, SCI 155, SCI 156, SCI 157, SCI 204 or choose two courses from a one year laboratory science sequence in Biology, Chemistry or Physics depending on your major: BIO/CHM 117 - 118, BIO/CHM 123 - 124, PHY 121, PHY 122.
____ Mathematics Elective
____ Mathematics Elective
3-4
3-4
You should choose the mathematics courses in consultation with
an academic advisor. You should take the appropriate mathematics
courses that will transfer to an upper division college or university and for which you have the appropriate academic background. Choose one of the following sequences: MAT 101 & 102 or MAT 123 & MAT 124 or MAT 129 & MAT 131 or MAT 131 & MAT 132 or MAT 131 & MAT 285.
____ Computer Literacy 3*BUS 107 or CSC 105 or CSC 106 or programming course
AND MAT 014 or appropriate score on the College Placement Test. Student may receive permission from the Chair of Computer Science to waive CSC l05 prerequisite. There is also a credit by exam for CSC l05.
____ Diversity Elective3
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General
Education Diversity (GE DIV) in the course description. If the course
is also designated as GE HUM, GE SS, GE SCI, or GE PED, it may also be used to satisfy an additional graduation requirement
____ Divisional Elective3
Choose one course from the following areas: AFS, ART, CJU, COM, COR, DAN, EDU, ENG, FRE, GER, HED, HIS, ITA, LNC, MUS, PED, PHI, POL, POS, PSY, SSD, SOC, SPA, SPE and THE.
____ Divisional Elective
3Choose one course from the following areas: AFS, ART, CJU, COM, COR, DAN, EDU, ENG, FRE, GER, HED, HIS, ITA, LNC, MUS, PED, PHI, POL, POS, PSY, SSD, SOC, SPA, SPE and THE.
____ Physical/Health Ed Elective1-3
You may satisfy this requirement with any HED or PED course
except PED 270.
Total Credits:: 65-70

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