Universal Tracking Criteria
Transfer Students
Postbaccalaureate Programs
Graduate Degrees
Academic Advising
Typing Ability and PC Skills
Journalism and Communications is a limited admissions college; all applicants will be considered on a space-available basis. A grade point average of 2.7 (on all work attempted) and 60 hours of acceptable credit are required for automatic admission at the junior year. Students should have completed the university's general education requirement.
Students with averages below 2.7 may petition for admission. Petitions are available from the Student Services Office, 1000 Weimer Hall. Petitions from students who have completed the college's quantitative option or foreign language requirement will be given preference.
Students who fall below academic standards will be listed as off track for their major and will be flagged. These students must consult the advising staff in 1000 Weimer Hall, or the student may choose to go to the Academic Advising Center. Progress must be made toward final admission into the degree program and college.
To remain in good standing in the college, majors must meet these minimum criteria after each semester during the freshman and sophomore years. Critical tracking courses include:
To be eligible for admission to this college, a transfer student must satisfy the minimum requirements for admission to the college as stated in the Admissions section of this catalog. This includes all prerequisite tracking courses (listed above). All applicants must have completed two years of a foreign language in secondary school or 8-10 semester hours at the postsecondary level, or document an equivalent level of proficiency.
Students must complete at least 60 hours of 3000 or 4000-level courses at the University of Florida or other four-year institutions.
Programs of study in all undergraduate areas are available for students seeking a second bachelor's degree. Admission standards are the same as students seeking admission at 60 hours. Individuals who wish to do postbaccalaureate work must petition for admission to the department in which they wish to study.
The College of Journalism and Communications, through the Graduate School, offers programs leading to the Master of Arts in Mass Communication and the Doctor of Philosophy. Graduate work is offered with specializations in advertising, communication research, international communication, journalism, political campaigning, public relations or telecommunication. Consult the Graduate Catalog.
The college maintains an advising service for prospective majors through the Dean of Students Office. Upon admission to the college each student is assigned an adviser for the remainder of his or her stay in the college. Students may change advisers by consulting their department chair.
All students entering the college must be able to type and operate a personal computer; laboratory assignments are completed on personal computers. Students are expected to type 20 words per minute before enrolling in MMC 2100* or RTV 2100 and 30 words per minute for selected advanced courses.
*MMC 2100 Writing for Mass Communication...3
Telecommunication majors must take its equivalent, RTV 2100, Writing for Electronic Media. Entry into the broadcast news sequence is limited to students in the Department of Telecommunication who have placed in a competitive entrance exam to evaluate their writing ability. Contact the department office to determine when typing and writing tests are given. MMC 2100 is limited to ADV, JM or PR majors, except by permission of the journalism department chair.
Both courses require students to have a typing proficiency of at least 20 words per minute or personal computer skills. Students who pass a proficiency exam in writing given by the college may be exempted from and earn credit for MMC 2100. MMC 2100 is a Gordon Rule writing course.