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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 110 - (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: COMM 204 - MEDIA LITERACY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 237 - (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: COMM 202 - (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 213 - WI (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 221 - SPEECH FOR COMMUNICATION ARTS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: COMM 219 - WI (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 239 - (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 263 - (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY – COMM 261 - INTRO TO VIDEO GAME STUDIES (recommended) (One Distribution Category course must be outside of CA) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 322 - WEB DESIGN (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 339 - PUBLICATION DESIGN (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (Choose one): - VALUES AND ETHICS – COMM 260 - GOOD&EVIL IN DSN FILM & MEDIA (recommended) OR - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY (One Distribution Category course must be outside of CA) (HRS 4)
- Visual Communication Design Elective (HRS 4)
- Visual Communication Design Writing/Production Course (Choose One) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary Course – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: History/Theory/Criticism Course Level 300 (HRS 4)
- Visual Communication Design Writing/ Production Course (Choose one) (HRS 4)
- Major: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Capstone Portfolio Course: COMM 404 - OR COMM 405 - (Category 4) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
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