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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. 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 Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 204 - MEDIA LITERACY (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 221 - SPEECH FOR COMMUNICATION ARTS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Category 2: History/Theory/Criticisim 200-level Course: COMM 227 - THE PRESS: HISTORY'S FIRST DRAFT OR COMM 234 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION WI OR COMM 203 - FILM REPRESENTATION: RACE, CLASS AND GENDER (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – COMM 227 - THE PRESS: HISTORY'S FIRST DRAFT (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Category 3: Writing/Production: COMM 208 - NEWSWRITING WI (Required) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - VALUES AND ETHICS – COMM 231 - MEDIA ISSUES AND ETHICS (Required) (HRS 4)
- Category 3: Writing/Production: COMM 303 - WRITING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA or COMM 324 - REPORTING AND PRODUCING ONLINE NEWS or COMM 226 - COPY EDITING (Required) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Category 3: Digital Tools (Select One): COMM 218 - OR COMM 206 - FUNDAMENTALS OF AUDIO or COMM 329 - PHOTOJOURNALISM(HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Category 2: History/Theory/Criticism Course Level 300 (HRS 4)
- Category 3: Writing/Production Practicum (Select One): COMM 311 - COMMUNITY JOURNALISM WI OR COMM 226 - COPY EDITING OR COMM 319 - CREATIVE NON-FICTION (HRS 4)
- Category 3: Writing/Production Course Level 300
(Category 3 – Digital Storytelling – Select One): COMM 306 - VIDEOJOURNALISM OR COMM 329 - PHOTOJOURNALISM OR COMM 365 - NEWS REPORTING: BROADCAST AND NEW MEDIA OR COMM 368 - PRODUCING DIGITAL SPORTS OR COMM 390-03 - WI - Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Category 3: Writing/Production: COMM 324 - REPORTING AND PRODUCING ONLINE NEWS or COMM 226 - COPY EDITING(Required) WI (HRS 4)
- Writing/Production Course Level 300 (Category 3)-Specialized Writing (Select one): COMM 390-03: Arts and Entertainment Reporting OR COMM 304 - WRITING FOR PUBLICATION WI OR COMM 344 - or COMM 368 - PRODUCING DIGITAL SPORTS WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Category 5: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Category 4: Capstone Portfolio (Select One): COMM 423 - SENIOR PROJECT: WRITING OR COMM 430 - SENIOR PROJECT: JOURNALISM (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary Course (Outside of Comm.) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Category 3: Writing/Production – Digital Storytelling (Select one that you have not taken.): COMM 306 - VIDEOJOURNALISM OR COMM 329 - PHOTOJOURNALISM OR COMM 365 - NEWS REPORTING: BROADCAST AND NEW MEDIA OR COMM 368 - PRODUCING DIGITAL SPORTS OR COMM 390-03 - WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Category 5: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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