Admission  Process

Eligibility

Students who have earned at least 24 semester credit hours with a 2.75 retention grade point average are eligible for admission to the college as pre-journalism majors only. With the exception of the college’s practicum course, JMC 3011, pre-journalism majors may not enroll in any upper-division journalism and mass communication courses until the following college entrance requirements have been met: 

• Completion of JMC 1013 (Intro. to Mass Communication) with a grade of C or better; 
• Completion of an additional 24 hours of general education coursework; 
• A successful score on the Language Skills Test (LST) & Academic Integrity Test (AIT), the College’s entrance examination, which includes portions on grammar, punctuation, and spelling; 
• A combined retention grade point average of 2.75 on all work attempted, as well as a 2.75 GPA on all OU coursework (transfer students from other institutions will not be held for the OU GPA requirement); and 
• Filing a Gaylord College Admission Form in the Student Services Center on the second floor of Gaylord Hall. 

Once fully admitted to the program, students will be cleared to enroll in JMC 2033 (Writing for Mass Media), the college’s gateway course. Transfer students who have already completed the equivalent of JMC 2033 at another institution will be cleared to enroll in the beginning upper division JMC courses in their major upon successful completion of the LST/AIT. 

It is important to note that once fully admitted to the college, it will take a minimum of four full semesters (excluding summers and intersessions) to complete any of the journalism and mass communication programs. 

After full admission to the college, students must maintain a 2.50 OU retention GPA and a 2.50 combined retention GPA. Students who fail to maintain the minimum GPA requirements will be placed on academic contract. Students have one semester to raise their GPA to the required minimum. Students who fail to raise their GPA will be stopped out of the Gaylord College and asked to change majors. Students stopped out of the Gaylord College must reapply to the program under the same procedures outlined under Admission. Students may apply for readmission only once.