Undergraduate Admissions

Want to plan a strategic campaign for a nonprofit? Study the media’s impact on culture? Help organizations reach new audiences? Report on corruption in public institutions? You can learn it all at the SOJC. Start by deciding which of our undergraduate programs is right for you.

Application Deadlines

Are you an incoming first-year or transfer student? Turn in your UO application by the deadline for the term you want to start. And don’t forget to declare advertising, journalism, media studies, or public relations as your major.

UO Deadlines

How To Apply

Whether you want to pursue a concentration in advertising, journalism, media studies, or public relations—or you're not quite sure yet which concentration to pursue—your journey begins by declaring a major within the SOJC.

  • Incoming first-year and transfer students: Note on your UO application that you want to major in journalism, advertising, public relations, or media studies, and you’ll automatically get SOJC major status. If you’re already accepted to the UO and want to switch to SOJC before new student orientation, contact the UO Office of Admissions.
  • Current UO students: If you have a cumulative UO GPA of 2.00 or better, fill out our form to choose advertising, journalism, media studies, or public relations as your major.

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Tech Recommendations

SOJC students use a lot of technology, from production software to audio, video, photo, and immersive media equipment. Fortunately, you can check out most of the content-creation gear for free from our Equipment Checkout Desk (a.k.a., the J-Cage). Here are a few pieces of gear we recommend you purchase:

  • Laptop: We expect all students to have reliable access to a computer, and some instructors even require a laptop for class. That said, all SOJC students have access to computers in our Allen Hall Digital Commons computer labs.
  • SD cards and hard drive: As an SOJC student, you will likely be creating content of some kind—in our Storycraft courses and beyond. You can create it with SOJC equipment, but you'll need a way to store your work and transfer it between devices. 

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