Candidates qualifying for the Associate of Arts degree must complete the following:
Course Number |
Course Catalog Name |
Credit Hours |
Term |
Notes |
JBC 011 |
Dean’s Hour 1 |
1 |
Fall, year 1 |
Corequisite with JBC 015; satisfactory completion not required for the degree. |
JBC 012 |
Topics in Written Communication |
4 |
Fall, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 015 |
JBC 013 |
Topics in US Cultural History |
4 |
Fall, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 015 |
JBC 014 |
Topics in Identity Representation |
4 |
Fall, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 015 |
JBC 015 |
Integrated Seminar in Communication and Cultural History |
NA |
Fall, year 1 |
Composed of three interrelated 4-credit disciplinary components |
JBC 025 |
Collaborative Communication |
3 |
January, year 1 |
|
JBC 031 |
Dean’s Hour II |
1 |
Spring, year 1 |
Corequisite with JBC 015; satisfactory completion not required for the degree. |
JBC 032 |
Topics in Media Literacy |
4 |
Spring, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 035 |
JBC 033 |
Topics in Information Literacy |
4 |
Spring, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 035 |
JBC 034 |
Topics in Data and Statistical Literacy |
4 |
Spring, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 035 |
JBC 035 |
Integrated Seminar in Media and Statistical Literacy |
NA |
Spring, year 1 |
Composed of three interrelated 4-credit disciplinary components |
JBC 043 |
Organizational Writing |
3 |
Summer, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 045 |
JBC 044 |
Organizational Speaking |
3 |
Summer, year 1 |
Co-requisite with JBC 045 |
JBC 045 |
Organizational Communication |
NA |
Summer, year 1 |
Composed of two interrelated 3-credit components |
JBC 051 |
Dean’s Hour III |
0 |
Fall, year 2 |
|
JBC 052 |
Topics in Global Natural Systems |
4 |
Fall, year 2 |
Co-requisite with JBC 055 |
JBC 053 |
Topics in Global Social Systems |
4 |
Fall, year 2 |
Co-requisite with JBC 055 |
JBC 054 |
Topics in Systems Theory |
4 |
Fall, year 2 |
Co-requisite with JBC 055 |
JBC 055 |
Integrated Seminar in Global Natural and Social Systems |
0 |
Fall, year 2 |
Composed of three interrelated 4-credit disciplinary components |
JBC 110 |
Organizational Culture |
3 |
January, year 2 |
January 2026 and after |
JBC 111 or JBC 121 |
Topics in Applied Arts, Sciences & Humanities or Topics in Applied Business, Org, and Professional Studies |
3 |
January, year 2 |
January 2025 only |
JBC 120 |
Employee Leadership and Accountability |
3 |
Spring, year 2 |
Co-requisite with JBC 115 or JBC 125 and Co-requisite with JBC 113 or 123 |
JBC 113 or JBC 123 |
Arts, Sciences, and Humanities Organizational Analysis (113) or Business and Professional Organizational Analysis |
3 |
|
JBC 113 is co-requisite with JBC 115 and JBC 120
JBC 123 is co-requisite with JBC 120 and 125 |
JBC 115 or JBC 125 |
Practicum in Business, Organization, and Professional Studies (115) or in the Integrated Arts, Sciences, and Humanities (125) |
6-9 |
Spring, year 2 |
JBC 115 co-requisite with JBC 113 and JBC 120
JBC 125 is co-requisite with JBC 120 and 123 |
|
|
60-63 |
|
60 Required for the degree |
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