Program Map

Journalism - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Award Type: Associate in Arts for Transfer
Effective Date:
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Communication, Language & Media

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Description:

Journalism courses at Chabot College offer degree preparation with exciting hands-on media training for students interested in journalism or other mass communication career options. Our courses are not just for reporters, however!

Courses within the AA-T in Journalism feature writing and prepare students to become strong researchers, information gatherers, vital communicators and advocates that are needed today in industries such as journalism, reporting, news production, advertising, media relations, public information and other forms of mass communications.These skills will also help people in numerous other careers that require public interaction, information gathering and research.

Chabot College students work with qualified instructors in hands-on learning environments that promote advanced development of research, writing, leadership, oral and written communication skills. Students also develop important technical skills in industry software and learn vital production processes while building social skills.

What can I do with this Major?

Here are some of the jobs that this degree will prepare you for:

  • Journalists
  • News reporters
  • Sports reporters
  • News editors
  • Copy editors
  • Designers
  • Multimedia reporters
  • Photojournalists
  • Public information officers
  • Public Relations practitioners
  • Advertising

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
14 units
MCOM 20
Introduction to Journalism Reporting and News Writing (Active)
3.0
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
4.0
MTH 43 or PSY 5 recommended
Semester 2
 
15 - 17 units
MCOM 21
Newspaper Production I (Active)
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 3
 
15 - 16 units
MCOM 41
Introduction to Mass Communications (Active)
3.0
List A Course
 
3.0
Choose one course from List A below
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 4
 
16 units
List B Course #1
 
3.0
Choose one course from List B below
List B Course #2
 
3.0
Choose one course from List B below
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
1.0
List A
 

Choose one course from List A below.

6 units
MCOM 22
Newspaper Production II (Active)
3.0
MCOM 26
Introduction to Photojournalism (Active)
3.0
List B
 
26 units
COMM 50
Introduction to Communication Studies (Active)
3.0
COMM 46
Argumentation and Debate (Active)
3.0
Economics Course
 
3.0
ECN 1
Principles of Microeconomics (Active)
3.0
OR
ECN 2
Principles of Macroeconomics (Active)
3.0
ENGL C1001
Critical Thinking and Writing (Active)
4.0
STAT C1000
Introduction to Statistics (Active)
4.0
PHOT 50
Introduction to Photography (Historical)
3.0
POLS C1000
American Government and Politics (Active)
3.0
POSC 20
Comparative Politics (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 60.0-63.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.