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D E G R E E S / C E R T I F I C AT E SLatin AmericaART 120 Art of the Americas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPAN* 110-140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 420 Survey of Latin American History . . . . . . . . . 3MUS. 240 Music of the Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIT. 370 Readings in Literature of the Latinoin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIT. 373 Latin American Literature in Translation . . . . . 3PLSC 320 Latin America in the InternationalPolitical Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Middle EastARBC* 111-122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST/PLSC 335 History and Politics of theMiddle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 461 Great Cities of the World: Paris,Madrid & Istanbul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 462 Great Cities of the World: London,Cairo & Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 463 Great Cities of the World: Florence,Tokyo & Jerusalem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSYC 238 Arab Cultural Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PhilippinesECON 310 Political Economy of Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FILI* 110-122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 435 History of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HIST 436 Filipinos in America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIT. 267 Filipino American Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MUS. 420 Traditional Kulintang Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SOCI 142 Filipina/o Community Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . 3*Units in foreign languages used to meet area studiesrequirements must be in addition to units in foreign languageused to meet core requirement.TOTAL REQUIRED UNITS IN MAJOR AREA. . . . . 27-31Plus General Education and other requirementsfor the Associate degree (refer to Associate DegreeRequirements).Recommended ElectivesIn addition to the above, students in the major areurged to consider the following related <strong>course</strong>s as electivesfor the AA degree:ECON 102 MicroeconomicsGEOG 150 World Regional GeographyMUS. 250 World MusicPHIL 300 World ReligionsStudents are also urged to participate in <strong>Skyline</strong>’sStudy Abroad program, which holds <strong>course</strong>s in London inthe Fall semester, Paris in even Spring semesters, andFlorence in odd Spring semesters. Study Abroad pro -grams through other institutions may also be appropriate.JOURNALISMThe Journalism program seeks to prepare students toenter the workforce in journalism and its related fields(such as public relations and advertising) and to offer jobretraining to matriculated students making a career switchor needing to meet the changing technological demandsof the field. The program also seeks to prepare studentsto transfer to four-year institutions as journalism majorsand to train students to be media-literate members of thecommunity.Instruction is supplemented by hands-on experienceworking for the student newspaper, The <strong>Skyline</strong> View, abi-weekly publication. Students also attend local andregional conferences and have opportunities to pursueinternships and jobs in the field.The degree and certificate programs prepare the studentfor such careers as newspaper and magazine reporting,writing, and editing; technical writing; copyediting;advertising; and public relations.Note: A grade of C or better is required in all Journalism<strong>course</strong>s for both the Associate Degree and the Certificate.ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR INJOURNALISMRequired Core CoursesUnitsJOUR 110 Mass Media and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JOUR 120 Writing and Reporting for the Media . . . . . . 3JOUR 300 Newspaper Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6**taken twice for a total of 6 unitsPlus a minimum of 12 units from the following:ART 301 Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3ART 338 Advertising Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2ART 351 Black & White Photography I. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3CAOT 214 Word Processing I: Word or . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1CAOT 215 Word Processing II: Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2CAOT 221 Desktop Publishing: Microsoft Publisher. . 1.5ENGL 161 Creative Writing I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JOUR 121 Adv. Writing & Reporting for the Media. . . . 3JOUR 301 Online Newspaper Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JOUR 302 Newspaper Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3JOUR 670 Journalism Work Experience . . . . . . . . . . 1-4JOUR 680 Newspaper Editing Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5JOUR 690 Special Projects in Journalism . . . . . . . . . 1-3LSCI 100 Introduction to Information Research. . . . . . . 1TOTAL REQUIRED UNITS IN MAJOR AREA . . . . . . . . 24Plus General Education and other requirementsfor the Associate degree (refer to Associate DegreeRequirements).120 w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u <strong>2011</strong> – 2 012 C ATA L O G

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