Associate in Arts (AA) Journalism

If you’re looking for a great way to start your career in journalism, we’ve got you.

Every student in CCC’s journalism program gets hands-on experience at our student-run weekly newspaper, The Advocate, and its web companion, cccadvocate.com. So when you’re a journalism student at CCC, you work in a real newsroom, where students cover events, take photos, write and edit stories, manage social media, create audio and video content for the website and do everything else that other news outlets do.

The Advocate is a 19-time winner of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ Pacesetter Award (most recently in 2017); a seven-time winner of and eight-time second place finisher for the California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest’s General Excellence Award; and a 15-time winner of college media’s most prestigious award, the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker (most recently in 2015).

And when it comes to academics, CCC is serious, too. Back in the classroom, accomplished faculty teach our journalism students how to manage the legal, creative, editorial and ethical challenges that journalists face every day.

Our Associate in Arts for Transfer degree in Journalism means guaranteed admission into a similar program at a CSU school. But we also offer a traditional associate degree and certificate of achievement, in case you already have a four-year degree or have another transfer strategy in mind.

So, why not check out the program, see if we can help you pay for school or even get the ball rolling and apply now?

The Associate in Arts Transfer Degree in Journalism is for students who plan to complete a bachelor’s degree in a similar major at a CSU campus. Students completing the AA-T in Journalism are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus or major. Students transferring to a CSU campus that accepts the degree will be required to complete no more than 60 units after transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree. This degree may not be the best option for students intending to transfer to a particular CSU campus or to a university or college that is not a part of the CSU system or for students who do not intend to transfer. Some courses in the major satisfy both major and CSU GE/IGETC GE requirements; however, the units are only counted once toward the 60-unit requirement for an Associate in Arts Degree. Some variations of requirements may exist at some four-year colleges, so students who intend to transfer should refer to the catalog of the prospective transfer college and talk to a counselor.