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  "college": "santa-barbara-city-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Journalism",
  "id": "journalism--journalism-certificate-achievement",
  "name": "Journalism",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement (C)",
  "department": "journalism",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sbcc.edu/academic-departments/journalism/journalism-certificate-achievement/",
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      "markdown": "### Overview\n\nThis certificate offers a fast-track introduction to the American news media and the expanding opportunities in digital production. Students immediately become media practitioners as they develop work for The Channels, SBCC’s award-winning college news publication.\n\nSkills mastered in this sequence of courses can be a first step toward a career as a reporter, editor, photojournalist, multimedia journalist, digital news producer or public relations specialist."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\n**Certificate of Achievement Requirements**\n\nComplete all Major Requirements for the Certificate of Achievement with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or better.  Candidates for a Certificate of Achievement are required to complete at least 20% of the major requirements through SBCC."
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          "text": "Major Requirements"
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          "text": "Required Core"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 101",
          "title": "Reporting/Writing I",
          "units": "3",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 121",
          "title": "The Channels: Reporting/Writing",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR/PHOT 190",
          "title": "Photojournalism",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 122A",
          "title": "The Channels: Newswriting and Editing",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 123A",
          "title": "The Channels: Photojournalism",
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          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR 123B",
          "title": "The Channels: Publication Design",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR/MKT 135",
          "title": "Public Relations",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JOUR/ENG 271NF",
          "title": "Creative Writing: Non-fiction",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "19.00"
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      "markdown": "### Learning Outcomes\n\n1.  Use news judgment to select, report, develop and publish journalism projects.\n2.  Develop publishable journalism works in multiple genres for multiple platforms: written articles, photographs, narrated photo galleries, video, and multimedia-interactive features.\n3.  Employ best practices of professional journalists in the areas of accuracy, fairness, balance, context and ethics."
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    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Recommended Sequence\n\nMake an appointment with your SBCC academic counselor through Starfish to create a Student Education Plan that reflects a recommended course sequence for this program that is tailored to your individual needs.\n\nHow to schedule an Academic Counseling appointment."
    }
  ]
}