John Dee Bright College

Graduation Requirements

Candidates qualifying for the Associate of Arts degree must complete the following:

  • Earn a minimum 60 credit hours;
  • Achieve a GPA of at least 2.0; and,
  • Earn a passing grade in all credit-bearing courses in the sequence below except JBC 011 and JBC 031.

Required Curriculum

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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