SUNY Fredonia-Jamestown Community College Articulation

SUNY Fredonia-Jamestown Community College

Articulation Agreement in Journalism

By this agreement, students who complete an Associate in Science (AS) or Associate in Arts

(AA) degree at Jamestown Community College are guaranteed admission with full junior

standing to the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism degree program at SUNY Fredonia. By

completing at least 60 JCC credits of coursework from Appendix A, including a minimum of

7/10 SUNY-Approved General Education Requirements and also including other designated

courses, such students should be able to complete their BA degree at SUNY Fredonia within 4

additional full-time semesters, taking 15-18 credits per semester. SUNY Fredonia will accept a

maximum of 75 JCC credits listed in Appendix A in transfer toward fulfillment the requirements

for the BA Journalism degree. Students must complete a minimum of 45 credits in residence at

Fredonia.

GPA Criterion: To be guaranteed admission, students must have a cumulative GPA, from all

colleges attended, of 3.0 or higher.

Minor The department requires all students to declare and complete a minor outside the

communication department or a 15 credit hour semester study abroad. Students should begin

taking courses towards their minor at JCC. A list of approved minors is located in the college

catalog.

College Core Curriculum: To graduate with a baccalaureate degree from SUNY Fredonia,

students must meet the requirements of SUNY Fredonia’s College Core Curriculum (CCC). The

CCC includes one course from each of the 10 SUNY General Education Categories plus

additional coursework stipulated in the Fredonia catalog. To assist JCC students in preparing for

their baccalaureate degree at SUNY Fredonia, the additional CCC requirements are summarized

below:

1) Students are required to complete 2 courses, with 2 different prefixes, in the social

sciences. Only one course may be from business administration, education, history,

communication, or speech. . Students complete CMM 2610 Mass Comm & Media Lit

will Satisfy one social science requirement.

2) Students are required to complete 2 courses, with two different prefixes, in the natural

sciences.

3) Students completing a BA degree must complete a foreign language through the 116

level at Fredonia or the 1520 level at JCC.

4) The CCC includes a speaking intensive requirement. This will be fulfilled if students

complete the SUNY General Education basic communication requirement at JCC.

APPENDIX A – JCC/SUNY FREDONIA EQUIVALENT COURSES

Journalism

Jamestown CC Courses

SUNY Fredonia Equivalent Courses

ENG 1530 English Composition II

(SUNY-Approved Basic Communication) (3 credit

hours)

ENGL 100 College Composition (CCC

Basic Written Communication requirement) (3 credit

hours)

ENG 1540 Writing about Literature

(SUNY-Approved Humanities) (3)

ENGL 099 Non-Major Transfer Elective

(3)

Social Science - 1 SUNY-approved Social Science

outside of the CMM prefix

Social Science – (3) (CCC requirement)

Any SUNY-Approved Foreign Language (3-6)

Foreign Language (6) (CCC requirement)

Any SUNY-Approved The Arts (3)

The Arts (3) (CCC requirement)

ANY SUNY-Approved American History (3)

American History (3) (CCC requirement)

Any SUNY-Approved Western Civilization (3)

Western Civilization (3) (CCC requirement)

Any SUNY-Approved Other World Civilizations

(3)

World History or Non-Western Civilization (3) (CCC

requirement)

CMM 1510 Introduction to Communication (3)

COMM 101 Fundamentals of Communication (3)

(Communication Core Requirement)

ENG 2740 Newswriting and Editing

COMM 130 Foundations in Journalism (3)

(Communication core Requirement)

CMM 1610 Public Speaking (3)

COMM 105 Public Speaking (3) (Communication Core

Requirement)

CMM 2500 Interpersonal Communication or CMM

2610 Introduction to Public Relarions or CMM

2610 Mass Communication and Media Literacy (3)

COMM 221 Interpersonal Communication or COMM

102 Mass Media and Society or COMM 222 Principles of

Public Relations (3) (Group C2 – Theory Courses)

HIS 1510 World History Before 1500 or HIS 1520

World History II (3)

HIST 101 World History I or HIST 102 World History II

(3) (Outside Courses – Global Studies

)

BIO/PHL 2570 Environmental Issues & Ethics

(3)

Checking on equivalency for PHL 2570 - are they cross

listed?

ESCI 105 Global Environmental Issues (3) (Outside

Courses – Science and the Environment

) (BIO/PHL 2570

transfers as equivalent to SUNY Fredonia ESCI 105

Global Environmental Issues, which also fulfills the

SUNY Other World Civilizations General Education

Requirement.)

ECO 2610 Macroeconomic Principles or MAT

1540 Elementary Statistics (3)

ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics or STAT 200

(3) Statistics (Outside Courses – Economics/Statistics

)

POL 2530 Law & Civil Rights or SOC 2580

Minorities in American Society

POLI 371 Civil Rights and Liberties or SOC 316

Minority Groups

POL 1510 American Politics (3) or POLI 1520

World Politics (3)

POLI 120 American Politics (3) Or POLI 150 US and

World Affairs (Outside Courses – Government and

Legislature

)

ART 1560 Survey of Visual Art: Renaissance-

Contemporary or EDU 1510 Foundations of

Education – Teaching Profession or or PHL 1510

Introduction to Philosophy or THE 1510

Introduction to Theater (3)

ARTH 102 Art in Culture 1400-present or EDU 215

Education in American Society or PHL 115

Philosophical Inquiry or THEA 114 Introduction to

Performing Arts (3) (Outside Courses – Arts, Education,

and Philosophy

)

Any additional non-CMM courses (up to 66 total

credit hours of non-COMM courses)

Students completing a BA/BS degree must earn a

minimum of 66 credits from disciplines other than

communication.

Up to 12 credit hours of Outside Courses may be used to satisfy College Core Curriculum requirements.

Duration of Agreement

This agreement will become effective on August 1, 2012 and shall be reviewed every two years, or earlier, if

significant changes are made in either the two-year or the four-year program.