Journalism Associate in Art for Transfer

College of the Desert’s Journalism program offers an Associate in Arts in Journalism for Transfer, also called the Journalism AA-T Degree.  Students earning this degree are well prepared for career fields in radio and television broadcasting, newspaper and magazine writing and production, motion picture, television and video production. The program is designed to train students how to write, report and think critically. The study of Journalism covers the collection, writing, editing and presentation of news or news articles in the media. It is designed to train graduates to be ethical, objective, and critical writers, with the skills and knowledge needed to pursue careers working for newspapers, magazines, broadcast stations and publishing outlets in the online community, and any setting that involves the relaying and reporting of information.

Semester 1

Course Code	Title	Units
ENG 001A	English Composition	4
J 003A	News Reporting & Writing	3
MC 001	Introduction to Mass Media	3
CSU GE Area A1	Oral Communication	3

Semester 2

Course Code	Title	Units
J 004A	Basic Newspaper & Internet Production	3
CSU GE Area A3	Critical Thinking	3
CSU GE Area B1	Physical Sciences	3-5
CSU GE Area B4	Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning	3
CSU GE Area C1	Arts	3

Semester 3

Course Code	Title	Units
MC 005 or J 004B or J 006 or J 007	Introduction to Public Relations or Intro to Newspaper & Internet Editing and Design or Introduction to Multimedia Storytelling or Introduction to Photojournalism	3
CSU GE Area B2	Life Sciences	3-5
CSU GE Area C2	Humanities	3
HIST 017 or 018	U.S. History	3
PS 001	Introduction to Government	3

Semester 4

Course Code	Title	Units
List B	Major Electives	6-7
CSU GE Area D	Social & Behavioral Sciences	3
CSU GE Area E	Lifelong Learning & Self-Development	3
CSU GE Area F	Ethnic Studies	3

Please see a Counselor if you need help selecting CSU GE or IGETC GE courses. 

CSU GE

List B Major Electives