Pre-Communication

Pre-Communication Courses

Winter term pre-communication students cannot complete pre-communication requirements in time to enter communication major classes in spring semester.

CODO into all COM concentrations still requires the PCOM sequence.

Students must earn a “C-” or better in each Communication major
course, including pre-com.

Notes

• Double counting of courses is allowed across various University Core and Liberal Arts Core categories. Communication courses can only apply to one communication major requirement.
  
• All accredited programs whose accreditation is threatened by CLA Core requirements, both professional BAs and BFAs, are exempt from Liberal Arts Core I & II in order to meet accreditation standards and requirements. Liberal Arts Core III: Linguistic Diversity is still required for such programs.
• “Degree +” students (students with a second major outside of Liberal Arts) are exempt from the CLA Core.
  

Fall 1st Year

• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (UCC: OC) Credits: 3.00 ♦

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• COM 10000 - Introduction To Communication Studies Credits: 1.00 or
• SCLA 30000 - Liberal Arts Influentials Credits: 1.00

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• World Language 10100 - Credit Hours: 3.00 (CLA Core I: 1 of 6)
• Quantitative Reasoning - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Behavioral/Social Sciences (CLA Core I: 2 of 6) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities (CLA Core I: 3 of 6) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Spring 1st Year

• COM 10200 - Introduction To Communication Theory Credits: 3.00 ♦
• Written Communication - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00 (CLA Core I: 4 of 6)
• World Language 10200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Information Literacy (CLA Core I: 5 of 6) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Fall 2nd Year

• COM 20400 - Critical Perspectives On Communication (UCC: WC) Credits: 3.00 ♦
• COM 31800 - Principles Of Persuasion Credits: 3.00 ♦
• CLA Core II: Diversity Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science, Technology and Society (CLA Core I: 6 of 6) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• World Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00

Spring 2nd Year

• Area F: Additional COM Course - Credit Hours: 3.00
• World Language 20200 - Credit Hours: 3.00 (CLA Core III)
• Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

College of Liberal Arts Pass/No Pass Option Policy

• P/NP cannot be used to satisfy Liberal Arts Core, Liberal Arts major, minor, or certificate requirements.

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major. Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful. These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program.”

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