UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

This ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

All lower division GE completed. Lower-division courses equivalent to JOUR 100 and JOUR 110/L completed as part of the AA-T in Journalism.

Transfer Year 1: First Semester

Course Units
JOUR 104 (Optional for transfer students) 1
JOUR 210/L (if not completed prior to transfer) 3
JOUR 225 (if not completed prior to transfer) 3
JOUR 250 or JOUR 255 (if not completed prior to transfer) 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Electives 3
Total 16

Transfer Year 1: Second Semester

Course Units
JOUR 315 3
JOUR 325 or JOUR 341 3
JOUR Electives* 3
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F 3
Electives 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: First Semester

Course Units
JOUR 395B/JOUR 395C 2/2
JOUR 400 3
JOUR 415 or JOUR 474SLJ 3
JOUR 480 or JOUR 478 3
JOUR Electives* 3
Total 16

Transfer Year 2: Second Semester

Course Units
JOUR Electives* 3/3
JOUR 498 1
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F 3
Electives 3
Total 13
Total units after transfer 60

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.

*JOUR Electives – Total of four courses (12 units) chosen from: JOUR 365, JOUR 371 or JOUR 372 (not both), JOUR 374SLJ, JOUR 375, JOUR 430, JOUR 445, JOUR 465, JOUR 491, JOUR 494AEE/BEE, JOUR 495A-Z.

Note: Journalism majors are required to take at least 72 units of the 120 required for graduation outside of Journalism/Mass Communication to meet national accreditation standards.