General Education 41-42
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030, COMM 1402: A grade of “C” or better is required.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29
Humanities 9
ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 9
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
| ID 2415 | SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distributions course required of all students.
ID 2415: Major required course. A grade of "C" or higher is required.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Psychology | 3 |
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 10-11
Math or Computer Science 3
Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
| Biology | 3-4 |
| Chemistry or Physics | 3-4 |
| Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences | 3-4 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Academic Major 45
All Major courses and capstone require a grade of C or better. A cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required to graduate.
Major Required Courses 12
COMM 3720: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.
Option Required Courses 21
| COMM 2403 | DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION | 3 |
| COMM 2603 | AUDIO PRODUCTION | 3 |
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| Choose any Communication course from the Media and Film Selection | |
| COMM | 3 |
| COMM | 3 |
| COMM | 3 |
| COMM | 3 |
| COMM or COMM 3173 | 3 |
COMM 2403: Students may have to purchase a camera for this course
COMM*3173: Students can be approved for a maximum of two, three-credit internships which may be used to fulfill major elective requirements. COMM 3171 and COMM 3172 cannot be used as a major elective. Students must have a 3.0 GPA and completed 75-90 credits to be eligible for an internship.
Media and Film Course Selection
Major Electives Courses 12
Choose any 4 Communication courses with academic advisement.
Major Capstone Course 3
COMM 4962: Course required by major. A grade of C or higher is required.
Free Electives 30-31
(At least 50% must be 3000/4000 level)
Note: Communication courses cannot be used as free electives, with the exception of COMM 1996 and COMM 3171 and COMM 3172.
COMM 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research course: Freshman may partner with faculty to earn one credit as a free elective which may be taken up to two times.
COMM 3171 and COMM 3172 (Optional) Internship courses: Students must have a 3.0 GPA and completed 75-90 credits to be eligible for an internship. A maximum of 6 credits for internships is allowed.