Advising Course Plan - Communication and Media Studies Major
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| FSEM 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| COMM 2012 | Public Speaking (or other 200 level COMM course) | 1 |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| Writing Requirement course | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| COMM 2012 | Public Speaking (or other 200 COMM level course) | 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| COMM 2012 | Public Speaking (or other 200 level COMM course) | 1 |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| One 300 or 400 level COMM course (theory, applied, or elective)3 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| Writing Requirement course | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| COMM 301 or 3024 | Qualitative Theory and Methodology Rhetorical Theory and Criticism | 1 |
| One 300 or 400 level COMM course (theory, applied, elective, or internship)3 | 1 | |
| Junior Seminar | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| COMM 301 or 3024 | Qualitative Theory and Methodology Rhetorical Theory and Criticism | 1 |
| One 300 or 400 level COMM course (theory, applied, elective, or internship)3 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| COMM 4985 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| One 300 or 400 level COMM course (theory, applied, elective, or internship)3 | 1 | |
| General Education Requirement1 | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| COMM 4996 | Senior Project | 1 |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 | ||
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A&S students must take 5 of the 6 Knowledge of Human Cultures courses, one Personal and Social Responsibility course, and one Quantitative Reasoning Course.
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COMM majors must take COMM 201 and their choice of any two other COMM 200-level courses.
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COMM majors must take one COMM 300- or 400-level class in an “applied” area, one in a “theory” area, and one of their choice. COMM majors must also take COMM 397, which is recommended once they have reached junior status.
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COMM majors must take both COMM 301 and COMM 302; the order does not matter. These courses should not be taken during the same semester. Highly recommended in the Junior year.
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Prerequisites: COMM 301, COMM 302, and at least one COMM 200-level course and one other COMM 300- or 400-level course; COMM 498 only offered in the fall.
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Prerequisites: COMM 301, COMM 302, and at least one COMM 200-level course and one other COMM 300- or 400-level course; COMM 499 only offered in the spring.