Degree: Convergence Journalism (JOCJ)
For Students Entering Fall 2011
This is a sample schedule to illustrate how long it will take to complete this degree plan. Additional semesters may be necessary if you are required to complete courses listed in the right-hand column or if you repeat courses. Courses
numbered 0** do not count in minimum hours required for a degree. Consult with your academic advisor before changing the sequence of courses. Some courses are not offered every semester and some courses have prerequisites.
Check the course description in the current catalog for details. Failure to complete courses in the recommended sequence may delay graduation.
FR
Fall
†BIBL 101
Life & Teachings
of Jesus
†ENGL 111
Composition and
Rhetoric
†CORE 110
Cornerstone
#JMC 102 Creating Media
Messages
(Fall or Spring)
*POLS 225 National
Govt. or
*POLS 226 States &
Federal System
EXSC 100
Lifetime Wellness
(Fall or Spring)
1 hr.
FR
Spring
BIBL 102
Acts-Revelations
ENGL 112
Composition and
Literature
CORE 120
Human Person and
Identity
JMC 100
Media Issues
(Fall or Spring)
MATW 120/020,
MATH 120 or Higher
EXERCISE SCIENCE
(activity)
1 hr.
Summer
 LITERATURE
SCIENCE
(see degree plan for
choices)
SO
Fall
BIBL 211
Message of the Old
Testament
SO
Spring
CORE 220
Community
SCIENCE OR
SOCIAL SCIENCE /
HUMANITIES / FINE
ARTS
(See degree plan for
choices for either)
SCIENCE OR
SOCIAL SCIENCE /
HUMANITIES / FINE
ARTS
(See degree plan for
choices for either)
Advanced Bible
JR
Spring
CORE 320
Discovery and Creation
of Meaning
SR
Fall
SR
Spring
JMC 324
Convergence Reporting
II
UNIV 011 or UNIV 012
Learning Strategies
@Study Abroad can be done in sophomore fall if JMC201 is taken in freshman year or summer after freshman year,
or consider Study Abroad during a summer. See advisor for details.
COMS 211
Speech and Rhetoric
JMC 201
Intro to Visual Media
(see @note above)
EXCERCISE SCIENCE
(activity)
1 hr.
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
JMC 223
Convergence Reporting I
JMC 342
Publication Design
4 hrs.
 ELECTIVE
JMC 310 Interactive
Media or
JMC 351 Electronic
Publishing
 ELECTIVE
$ Selection from JMC
classes below
JMC 495
Internship
1 hr.
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
JMC 488
Communication Law
(writing intensive course)
3 hours in chosen Support
Field
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
 ELECTIVE
$ Selection from JMC classes
below
JMC ELECTIVE
BIBL 440
Christian Vocation and
Mission
2 hr.
$ Selection from JMC
classes below
3 hours in chosen
Support Field
 ELECTIVE
 ELECTIVE
$Selection from JMC
classes below
May be required based
on ACT or SAT scores:
MATH:
MATW 019
MATW020
MATW 030
ENGLISH:
ENGL 003
ENGL 004
ENGL 106
ENGL 006
ENGL 107
ENGL 007
Summer
JR
Fall
Required if condition
of Admission or if student is
placed on academic
probation:
 ELECTIVE
1 hr.
JMC 321
Student Media Lab
0 hr.
(2 semesters are required;
one must be with the
JMC Network)
JMC 321
Student Media Lab
0 hr.
(2 semesters are required;
one must be with the
JMC Network)
Required only if
unsatisfactory
in High School:
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
6 hrs
Total Hours = 128
Each block represents 3 hours unless otherwise noted. Minimum 2.25 cumulative GPA required overall; 2.0 in JMC. † Freshman Requirement.  This course or its equivalent is offered at one of ACU’s semester-long Study Abroad
sites. Those planning to study abroad should save these courses. See www.acu.edu/study-abroad for updated courses. # Requires ACT English score of 24 or SAT Verbal score of 550 or Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS)
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score of 70. $Select 12 hours from the following: JMC 111, JMC 233, JMC 239, JMC 260, JMC 333, JMC 341, JMC 360, JMC 405, JMC 438, JMC 441, JMC 449, JMC 450. . * These classes are required under this degree plan, but
also fulfill university social science hours.
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