Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

Communications: Journalism/Mass Communication, AA

Location(s): Central Campus


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Journalism/Mass Communication is a thrilling and dynamic career that is essential to the livelihood of a progressive and knowledgeable society.

We offer you a unique educational experience by teaching you the general media literacy skills required in our media-saturated society as well as specific skill-sets applicable to the emerging technologically-driven marketplace.

The TJC Communications Journalism/Mass Communication degree, while providing the first two years of a liberal arts education, is an excellent stepping stone to a long and prosperous career. Start getting your first-hand job experience at TJC with our student publication and website.

Marketable skills for this award include: critical thinking, detail-oriented, meeting deadlines, organizational skills, research, written communication skills, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

 

Associate of Arts - (Includes Field of Study Courses)
TSI Complete

Major Courses: 16 Credits


Major Courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill TJC Core Curriculum requirements.

Select one:


Any course listed in the Course Descriptions that has a Course Designation of: Academic Transfer. For a list of those courses, click here.

TJC Core Curriculum: 44 Credits


In addition to Major Courses, the student is required to take 44 credit hours from the TJC Core Curriculum . These courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill Major Courses requirements.

Major Courses: 16
TJC Core Curriculum: 44

Total Semester Hours: 60


Recommended Course Sequence:


First Semester


Second Semester


Third Semester


Fourth Semester


Total Semester Hours: 60


*From the core choices, COMM 1307  is required.

**Recommended Core Curriculum course. Other Core Curriculum courses may satisfy this requirement.

NOTE: Some courses are only offered during Fall semester or Spring semester but not both. Please plan accordingly.

# Indicates course only taught in the fall semester
+ Indicates course only taught in the spring semester

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