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Concentration Requirements

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Students interested in pursuing a concentration in Communication Studies must complete 13 credits of prerequisite coursework, 23 upper-level credits in Communication Studies, plus six credits of cognate coursework.

The concentration in Communication Studies requirements include:

• Four Communication Studies prerequisite courses (13 credits)
  o Comm 101: The Mass Media
  o Comm 102: Media Processes and Effects
  o Comm 111: Workshop on Managing the Information Environment
  o Comm 211: Evaluating Information
• Areas of Communication Study (8 credits)
  o Comm 351: Understanding Media Industries or Comm 371: Media, Culture, and Society
  o Comm 361: The Media and Public Affairs or Comm 381: Mass Media and the Individual: Uses and Impact
• Advanced Communication Study (15 credits)
• Cognates (6 credits)

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