For Communications - Professional Track, you need to complete 60 credits, which must include a minimum of 30 credits of upper-division courses. You must earn a total of 180 quarter credits, or 225 quarter credits for a double degree, to earn a bachelor of arts degree in your chosen major.
Track your progress
COMMUNICATION - PROFESSIONAL TRACK CHECKLIST for students declaring the major autumn 2012 or later
COMMUNICATION - PROFESSIONAL TRACK CHECKLIST for students declaring the major prior to autumn 2012
| Communication Foundation: 5 credits, one of the following theory and methods courses |
- TCOM 353 Critical Approaches to Mass Communication
- TCOM 444 Gender, Ethnicity, Class and Media
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Communication Core - List A: 20 credits, minimum of 10 upper division credits (300-400 level) required
(* denotes courses restricted to Global Honors students) |
- TCOM 201 Media and Society
- TCOM 220 Social Media
- TCOM 230 Media Globalization and Citizenship
- TCOM 247 Television Studies
- TCOM 257 Ethical Issues in Mass Communication
- TCOM 258 Children and Television
- TCOM 310 Contemporary Environmental Issues and the Media
- TCOM 353 Critical Approaches to Mass Communication
- TCOM 354 Communication History
- TCOM 388 Russian Media Studies
- TCOM 430 Global Networks, Local Identities
- TCOM 440 Advertising and Consumer Culture
- TCOM 444 Gender, Ethnicity, Class, and the Media
- TCOM 454 Communications Law
- TCOM 460 Communication and National Development
- TCOM 461 Media and Identity in Asia
- TCOM 470 Documentary Production and Critique
- TCOM 480 Political Economy of the Media
- TCOM 481 Communication Regulations & Policy
- TFILM 272 Film Studies
- TFILM 348 Film and Human Values
- TFILM 386 Silent Cinema
- TFILM 420 Contemporary World Cinema
- TFILM 474 Russian History and Film
- TFILM 481 Film Theory and Aesthetics
- TFILM 483 Film Directors
- TFILM 484 French Cinema
- TFILM 485 Media Genres
- TFILM 486 Feminist Perspectives in Film and Literature
- TFILM 488 Gender and Sexuality in Film
- T GH 302 Global Imaginations *
- THISP 376 Latin American Film
- THISP 377 Spanish Film
- THISP 441 Mexican Cinema and Society
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| Professional Track Courses - List B: 30 credits |
- TBUS 310 Effective Managerial Communications
- TCOM 275 Writing/Reporting/Editing for the Mass Media
- TCOM 320 Principles of Web Design
- TCOM 347 Television Criticism & Application
- TCOM 348 Nonfiction Writing for Television
- TCOM 349 News Writing
- TCOM 350 Editing and Design for Print Media
- TCOM 351 Video Production
- TCOM 387 Writing for Public Relations
- TCOM 420 Advanced Web Design
- TCOM 470 Documentary Production and Critique
- TCOM 482 Investigative Reporting
- TCOM 486 Feature Writing for Print Media
- TCOM 490 Communication Capstone Internship
- TFILM 350 Screenwriting
- TWRT 365 Literary Editing and Publishing
- TWRT 382 Writing Popular Fiction
- TWRT 387 Writing Creative Non-Fiction
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Natural World (Environmental Science): 5 credits
One TESC course or an Environmental Science transfer course. Please see an adviser for applicable courses.
Optional Communication Capstone: 5 credits
Communication - Professional Track students may choose to complete a Senior Project (as part of the List B credits). The Senior Project has two main components: students perform a 5-credit internship in the communication industry and write a 10-15 page academic paper. The project is designed to allow senior professional track students to gain needed professional experience while placing this professional experience in a broader theoretical framework. Senior project internships and academic paper topics will vary and must have faculty adviser approval.
Communication Capstone Internship Form
Communication Internship in Global Honors
