Information for Prospective Transfer Students and Changes of Major

Change of Major
Students who have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA in least 12 hours of credit earned at ASU and who want to change their majors to journalism and mass communication will automatically be admitted to the Cronkite School and assigned a Cronkite School adviser.

Transfer students
Transfer students who have been admitted to ASU and who would like to major in journalism and mass communication and who have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA in at least 12 transferable hours of college credit earned after high school will automatically be admitted to the Cronkite School and assigned a Cronkite School adviser.

Both change of major and transfer students who have fewer than 12 hours of college credit earned after high school will be evaluated once they have completed the requisite number of hours.

The deadline for acceptance of transfer and change of major requests for the spring semester is December 1. The deadline for acceptance and change of major requests for the fall semester is June 30. Requests received after the deadline will be reviewed depending on program space availability.

Students interested in the Cronkite School should contact the school’s student services center at 602.496.5055 or via e-mail at cronkiteadvising@asu.edu

Transfer Course Evaluation
Students transferring from any out-of-state school(s) need to have their courses evaluated by an adviser in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Students need to bring catalog descriptions of these courses with them to their advising appointments.

Students transferring from any in-state community college(s) may run a DARS report to see how these courses apply toward the Journalism and Mass Communication degree program.

Degree Audit Report System (DARS)
Students who want to find out what requirements they’ve completed toward graduation, can print a DARS report from My ASU. (Click on “DARS Degree Audit”)

Once transfer courses are evaluated, they are placed in the proper place in the DARS report so students can follow their progress toward completing degree requirements.

The Cronkite School has some very specific General Studies requirements that we expect our majors to take that also fulfill ASU’s broader General Studies Requirements. If you are not currently eligible for admission to the Cronkite School, you can still work toward satisfying our General Studies requirements as shown below. By taking these courses and achieving high grades to boost your overall GPA you can increase your chances of admission to the program. You can view our current curriculum check sheet at http://cronkite.asu.edu/assets/pdf/newcurriculum.pdf.

Cronkite School General Studies Requirements
(80-81 credits, minimum of 12 hours upper division)

6 credits English Composition (ENG 101 AND ENG 102 OR ENG 107 AND ENG 108 OR ENG 105 and any elective)

3 credits Statistics (fulfills the university’s computer science requirement)
3 credits English Literature
3 credits Philosophy (PHI 101 or 103 or 105 or 305 or 306 or 309)
6 credits History (1 U.S. History class and one additional HST class)
3 credits Government (POS 110 or 310)
3 credits Psychology (PGS 101)
3 credits Sociology (SOC 101 or 301)

3 credits Economics (ECN 211 or 212)
0-16 credits Non-English language — successful completion of the intermediate (202) level of proficiency
12 credits in a Related Area — courses in one subject area outside of the Cronkite School: Some commonly used areas include Business, Political Science, History, Spanish and Fine Arts. These courses must be approved by a Cronkite School adviser.
19-35 credits Electives
All ASU General Studies courses can be found at https://webapp.asu.edu/catalog/

Note:
Another way to boost your ASU GPA is to repeat any course at the 100- or 200-level in which you received a D or an E and replace that grade. ASU offers students one opportunity per course to do this. More information on this university policy may be viewed online under “Repeating Courses” at http://www.asu.edu/aad/catalogs/general/ug-enrollment.html#20673