The Department of Communication offers a major which seeks to produce theoretically informed graduates with the necessary practical and analytical skills for successful professional careers, including the ability to: think critically and express ideas clearly and creatively; perform close textual analysis of various forms of communication (written, visual, nonverbal); analyze historical and contemporary forces behind cultural identities and relationships; and, finally, analyze the structures and institutions that inform the relationship between media, technology and society. The major consists of ten courses with a minimum of 30 credits.

The major consists of ten courses with a minimum of 30 credits.

Course List

Course ID	Title	Credits
Introductory Courses
One introductory course at the 1000 level		3
COMM 1150 Introduction to Cinema
COMM 1250 Introduction to Television
COMM 1350 Introduction to Cultural Studies
COMM 1450 Introduction to Global Media
COMM 1550 Introduction to New Media and Internet Studies
COMM 1650 Introduction to Media Studies
Required Core Courses 1
Identities and Relationships:
COMM 3140	Cross-Cultural Analysis	3
Texts and Representation:
Select one of the following:		3-4
COMM 3150	Film Analysis
COMM 3250	Rhetorical Criticism
COMM 3350	New Media Analysis
Structures and Institutions:
COMM 3160	Technology Analysis	3
or COMM 3260	Media Industry Analysis
Additional Courses
Select six elective courses in consultation with the Communication advisor 2		18
Other Elective Options
ASTA 3770	Chinese Cinema
DMPC 3750	Media for Community Health and Well Being
SLAM 2600	Introduction to Creative Industries
SLAM 3060	Philanthropy and Social Change
SLAM 3100	Digital Entrepreneurship
Total Credit Hours		30-31

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Majors must complete three core courses, one in each area of the curriculum, preferably by the end of junior year.

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At least two of these courses must be 3000-level or above, and two must be 4000-level or above. In general, 1000- and 2000-level courses are introductory courses. 3000-level courses encourage applications of communication theory through research methods and service learning. Most 4000-level classes are courses that stress writing, creative production, or service learning. Students wishing to graduate with honors in Communication must take either the graduate seminar (COMM 6210 Seminar In Comm Studies (3 c.h.) or COMM 6220 Seminar In Comm Studies (3 c.h.)) or another 4000-level honors course and complete an honors project. Majors planning to study abroad should seek departmental advice as early as possible.