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your major that you want to go in (mine is journalism or public relations) what do you study? I don't want to go to a community college for 2 years before i go to a university and just waste my time. How do i know what classes to take in order to get my bachelors in pr or journalism? What do people usually do and how do they do it when they are at a community college and then transfer to a university..ugh i'm lost!

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after doing 2 years in community college, ull transfer to a 4yr skool to finish that bach degree. so if you know what that 4yr skool is, go to their website, look at their first 2 years courses for your major, and then ask them which ones of those classes can you take at the community college

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Go to the 4 year school you intend to transfer to ask them for a list of classes that they require for that major. Once you have this list go to your councilor at the 2 year school and ask which of these classes they offer and take them.

You will be able to take the basics like English, math and foreign language at the 2 year school, but your real major courses may have to be taken at the 4 year. You can knock out a lot of the general courses at the 2 year school. Make sure they transfer.
Talk to the school's counselor about transferable credits.

Part of journalism is research, you must ask the proper people the questions you need answered. I guarantee, they are not in this box.

Part of public relations is talking to people. You wont get experience like that in the chair you are in now.

The community college is a great place to start. Talk with their counselor.
ANY degree takes a certain number of hours of LIBERAL ARTS COURSES---math, science, English, History, etc. If you spend your first 2 years in a community college taking THOSE courses, the last 2 years PLUS you can concentrate on your major ....but English composition is ESSENTIAL for journalism majors and all degree programs require math, science and history of SOME kind. check with your community college because some are so well accredited that ALL your courses would be transferable to any 4 year college while others are NOT.... but, for anyone tight on funds for college, 2 years at the community college level which is 10 TIMES cheaper then the first two years at a 4 year institution gives you the same education at a MUCH cheaper rate and you can save THOUSANDS and still get the degree from the 4 year school.....
Get an AA in LIberal Arts at the community college to save money and to go easy on your GPA.

When getting your AA, you will have to take electives...choose them in the field that you are going into, if possible.

When at the 4 yr school, make sure that everything transferred from the comm college.

That is what I did...got AA in Liberal Arts, BA in Communication Theory/Human Realtions and PR and am now getting ready to enter Law School.

What school are you looking at? What state are you in? I went to Park Univ (www.park.edu) and it was awesome because when I got to Park, my GPA was "refreshed", meaning that my GPA from the community college wasn't factored in.

Just something to think about...
Community college is a great way to save your college money by getting your general-education courses out of the way early, and it's very rarely a waste of time, especially if you are transferring to a college in the same state, which (if they are both state run) will usually take your two-year degree as a lump for the first 2 years of your schooling, instead of trying to transfer individual courses. If you know what university you want to attend, you might contact their office of admissions and find out if they have reciprocity with your community college. The smaller class sizes and additional personal attention and guidance are often very helpful for people transitioning into college.

No matter where you attend, your first 2 years of college are primarily general education: math, science, English, foreign language, social sciences. As an intended journalism major I'd do the English curriculum at your community college in order to get lots of practice writing and doing critical reading. Sociology is another preferred major for intended journalists, or so I've heard, since it gives you lots of experience reading and writing as well as exposing you to lots of statistics.

Good luck on your future education! I hope you give your community college its fair shrift....mine gave me a great gen-ed curriculum for half the price of a 4-year school and has not prejudiced my chances at law school one bit.

Again, good luck!
Here's the thing about junior college: you don't go there to work on your major. You go there to work on all the prerequisites you need to get into your major. For the most part, this is all the same. You usually need a couple semesters each of math, science, foreign language or humanities, english, etc.

The one thing you want to do at a community college is use your electives to take classes that are related to your major. If your going into journalism, you may want to take english or writing classes.

The second thing, is even though you have to take all the lower level courses in english, math and science, you can still take the ones that are more applicable to your future degree.

For example, going into journalism, your science and math classes aren't going to be calculus and chemistry. You will probably take math for liberal arts majors or earth science.

IN ADDITION: The best part about community college is that it costs WAY less than university. If you go to a university, you will be taking the exact same classes you would at a community college, the classes are going to be a lot bigger (meaning the professor has less time for you) and you'll be spending a lot more money. (Yes, i said this twice).

You can also get a catalog from the university you want to attend and see what classes you have to take to earn a degree in that major. If your community college offers them, that's great.

So, go get your AA. In some states (FL) earning an AA degree guarantees your admission to a governement funded university.