Community College students should meet with a counselor as soon as possible to determine the equivalent courses offered at that institution. Students should complete as many as possible of the lower division requirements listed below, prior to transfer.
Lower Division Course Requirements | Community College Course Equivalents | |
Listed below are lower division course requirements necessary for: BS - Public Relations | ||
Preparation for the Major and supporting courses: | ||
| ENGL 001B Composition 2 A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable). | Engl 1B Advanced Composition and Introduction to Literature | |
Requirements for the Major: | ||
| JOUR 061 Writing for Print, Electronic and Online Media | Jrnal 1 Introduction to Journalism | |
| PR 099 Contemporary Public Relations | No Current Equivalent | |
| MCOM 072 Mass Communication and Society | Spcom 12 Mass Communication | |
| MCOM 070 Visual Communication for Modern Media | No Current Equivalent | |
| MCOM 105, "Lifestyles, Diversity and the Media" or MCOM 106, "Global Mass Communication", may be taken at SJSU as an upper division course should the transfer student be unable to select an equivalent for MCOM 070. | ||
Lower Division General Education (39 semester or 58 quarter units) - some of the courses listed above may be approved for general education credit as well as major preparation at your institution. Please see your college counselor/advisor to review your general education in order to receive FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION PRIOR TO TRANSFER to San José State University. You may be required to take additional lower division general education courses if you do not provide SJSU WITH A FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION upon transfer.
American Institutions Requirement (3-9 semester or 5-15 quarter units) - may be satisfied within the lower division general education requirements.
Physical Education Requirement (2 courses) - at least 2 different activities.
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