2025-2026 Catalog
Communication and Media, B.A.
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Lower Division Major Requirements (16 Units)
Speech and Interpersonal Communication (8 units)
Complete two of the following courses: Introductory Social Science and Humanities (8 units)
Complete two of the following courses: - COMM 015: Intercultural Communication
- COMM 017: Introduction to Media and Performance Studies or GASP 004
- COMM 060: Introduction to Linguistics
Upper Division Major Requirements (32 Units)
Writing in the Discipline (4 units)
Complete one of the following courses: - COMM 101: Science Writing in Natural Science or WRI 116
- COMM 104: Writing for Psychology or WRI 104
- COMM 105: Writing for Media
- COMM 106: Screenwriting
- COMM 107: Podcasting
- COMM 108: Writing with AI
Methods (4 units)
Complete one of the following courses: - COMM 112: Research Design and Methods in Writing Studies or WRI 103
- COMM 122: Modeling Social Behavior
- COMM 143: Data Science
- COMM 144: Data Visualization
Capstone (4 units)
Complete the following course: Upper Division Electives (20 units)
Complete five of the following courses: - COMM 121: Persuasion
- COMM 122: Media Campaigns
- COMM 124: Intercultural Communication
- COMM 125: International Rhetoric
- COMM 139: Topics in Health Communication
- COMM 141: Management Communication or WRI 118
- COMM 155: Critical Photography or GASP 157
- COMM 171: Photography II or GASP 114A
- COMM 172: Video II or GASP 120
Transfer Students
Transfer students who wish to major in Communication should complete the University of California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) at their community college. Transfer students may not be admitted to the Communication major without specific major preparation. Below are the Transfer Admission Criteria for the Communication major. Transfer students can declare a Communication major starting in Fall 2026. Transfer Selection Criteria
To be admitted to the Communication major transfer students must meet the following requirements. Applicants will at the time of admission have completed at least two the following courses (or their equivalent) with a “B” or better: - COMM 015: Intercultural Communication
- COMM 017: Introduction to Media and Performance Studies
- COMM 060: Introduction to Linguistics
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