2001 - 2002
Undergraduate Catalog
College of Journalism & Communications
Degree Requirements
Dean's List and Graduation with Honors
To earn a bachelor's degree, a student must:
- Earn at least 124 credits, part of which may be accepted by transfer from another college or university. The last 30 of these credits must be earned while the student is enrolled in classes in this college at UF. A minimum of 90 of the 124 credits must come from courses outside of this college.
- Earn at least an average of C in all work attempted while a student in this college, and an average of C or better in all work attempted in courses having the prefixes ADV, FIL, JOU, MMC, PUR and RTV.
- Earn a C or better in required English, speech and Writing for Mass Communication (or its equivalent). Advertising majors also must earn a C or better in MAR 3023 and STA 2122 or 2023. Public Relations majors must earn a C or better in STA 2122 or 2023.
Grades of C or higher are also required in ADV 3000 Elements of Advertising, JOU 3101 Reporting, RTV 2100 Writing for Electronic Media, RTV 3000 Introduction to Telecommunication, RTV 3303 Radio News 1, RTV 3301C TV News 1, and PUR 3000 Principles of Public Relations, PUR 3500 Public Relations Research, PUR 4100 Public Relations Writing and PUR 4801 Public Relations Cases, Strategies and Tactics for majors in those respective areas. Students earning below a C must retake the course or its equivalent.
Dean's List and Graduation with Honors
Students in the college qualify for the Dean's List if they complete at least 12 semester hours with a minimum 3.5 grade point average and have no grades of I, N or U. Certificates of recognition are issued by the Student Services Office in 1000 Weimer Hall.
Grade point standards for any type of honors refer to both overall junior/senior level and professional courses averages. Undergraduate students achieving grade point averages of 3.50 while in this college will graduate with honors.
The college student evaluation committee will consider awarding high honors or highest honors to students who evidence superior scholarship (at least 3.60 on all work attempted while students in this college) and who can demonstrate professional competency.
Evidence of scholastic superiority should be supported by at least two letters from former or current instructors. Students graduating with high (3.6 minimum) or highest honors (3.8 minimum) must also submit a thesis, a research project or a body of creative work for committee evaluation and recommendation.
Students who believe their final overall, in-college grade point average will be at least 3.60 may apply for high or highest honors. Students should confer with their department honors adviser. The college's student evaluation committee in consultation with pertinent faculty will judge the quality of the work submitted. Post baccalaureate students are not eligible to receive honors recognition.