In an attempt to have more students involved in journalism classes, Advanced Journalism and Media Studies will have a dual enrollment option starting next year.

Currently, students can receive dual enrollment credit for the prerequisite Beginning Journalism course, and honors credit for Media Leadership and Management, which is only available to seniors. 

Students enrolled in Advanced Journalism and Media Studies (AJAMS) would be able to receive dual enrollment credit from Foothill College, as well as a GPA boost.

Journalism adviser Rodney Satterthwaite says that this course is a good opportunity for both second semester sophomores and juniors to get college credit.

“The juniors don’t get anything [college credit], so we feel like there should be something for the juniors,” Satterthwaite said. 

Unlike the dual enrollment project students are required to complete in Beginning Journalism, Advanced Media Students will most likely not have to do a lot of extra work.

“The class [AJAMS] that all the students in publications take will align really closely with the class we are aligning it to at Foothill College so it doesn’t look right now like there’s going to be a lot of extra work,” Satterthwaite said.