Admission Under Impaction
To be eligible for admission to the major in Communication Studies, applicants must demonstrate the following prior to the semester for which the application is submitted: Applicants must have met requirements for admission to the university as a freshman or transfer student and have completed the following courses (or equivalents) with a grade of “C” or better: General Education English and General Education Communication Studies. Eligible applicants will be selected for admission on a space-available basis based on cumulative grade point average.
Requirements
This requires 48 units of which 36 are upper division. All Communication Studies majors, regardless of option chosen, are required to complete the following core:
1. Lower Division Core (12 units):
*Students must take COMM 200 in their first year of declaring the major
2. Upper Division Core (18 units):
3. Elective Courses: An additional 18 units of course work (of which at least 9 units must be in 400-level courses, and no more than 3 units at the 100 or 200 level) are required for the major.
18 units drawn from: COMM 132, 220, 331, 333, 334, 335, 337, 338, 344, 352, 355, 358, 400, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 420, 421,422, 430, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 439, 441I, 442I, 444, 449, 450, 452, 490.
Taking COMM 132 and 220 as electives will count toward graduation, but will not reduce the upper division requirements for the major.
Only courses in which a "C" or better have been earned may be applied to satisfy upper division requirements in the major. Classes taken in which less than adequate grades are received must be repeated until an adequate grade is achieved. Majors will not be permitted to take any upper division class in the major on a credit/non-credit basis.
Requirements
This option requires 48 units of which 36 are upper division. All Communication Studies majors, regardless of option chosen, are required to complete the following core.
1. Lower Division Core (12 units):
*Students must take COMM 200 in their first year of declaring the major
2. Upper Division Core (18 units):
3. Elective Courses: An additional 18 units of course work (of which at least 9 units must be in 400-level courses, and no more than 3 units at the 100 or 200 level) are required for the major.
18 units drawn from: COMM 132, 220, 334, 335, 337, 344, 355, 400, 410, 411, 412, 414, 420, 421, 432, 444, 449, 450, 452, 490 (consult with a communication studies advisor for which 490 course are appropriate for this degree option)
Taking COMM 132 and 220 as electives will count toward graduation, but will not reduce the upper division requirements for the major.
Only courses in which a "C" or better have been earned may be applied to satisfy upper division requirements in the major. Classes taken in which less than adequate grades are received must be repeated until an adequate grade is achieved. Majors will not be permitted to take any upper division class in the major on a credit/non-credit basis.
Requirements
This option requires 48 units of which 36 are upper division. All Communication Studies majors, regardless of option chosen, are required to complete the following core.
1. Lower Division Core (12 units):
*Students must take COMM 200 in their first year of declaring the major
2. Upper Division Core (18 units):
3. Electives (18 units, 9 units must be 400-level) selected from the following:
COMM 331, 333, 335, 336, 338, 352, 412, 415, 422, 430, 433, 434, 436, 437, 439, 441I, 442I, 449, 490 (consult with a communication studies advisor for which 490 course are appropriate for this degree option).
Taking COMM 236 as an elective will count toward graduation, but will not reduce the upper division requirement for the major.
Only courses in which a "C" or better have been earned may be applied to satisfy upper division requirements in the major. Classes taken in which less than adequate grades are received must be repeated until an adequate grade is achieved. Majors will not be permitted to take any upper division class in the major on a credit/non-credit basis.
The Minor in Speech Communication is available to any non-Communication Studies major. A minimum of 21 units in Communication Studies is required, of which at least 15 must be upper division, chosen in consultation with the Department Undergraduate Advisor.
