Communication, B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2023-2024

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
ENGL 1010: English Composition I
Pathways
3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II
Pathways
3
Math & Quantitative Reasoning
Pathways
3 U.S. Experience in its Diversity
Pathways
3
COMM 1000: Survey of Communication Studies
Major
3 Individual & Society
Pathways
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 TVRA 1165: Introduction to Mass Media
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
Life & Physical Sciences
Pathways
3 World Cultures & Global Issues
Pathways
3
Creative Expression
Pathways
3 Creative Expression
Pathways
3
COMM 2000 / CASD 2639: Communication Theory
Major
3 Scientific World
Pathways
3
COMM 3000 / ENGL 3196: Orality, Literacy, and Computer Technology
Major
3 COMM 3200 / PHIL 3315: Communication Ethics
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
College Option
Pathways
3 College Option
Pathways
3
COMM 3300 / TVRA 3535: Communication Law and Policy
Major
3 College Option
Pathways
3
COMM Concentration Area 1*
Major
3 COMM 3100 / PSYC 3120: Cultural Psychology
Major
3
COMM Concentration Area 2*
Major
3 COMM Concentration Area 3*
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
College Option
Pathways
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
COMM 3150W / TVRA 2222W: Communication Research
Major
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
COMM Concentration Area 4*
Major
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
COMM 4000: Internship or COMM 4100: Internship
Major ( Internship course requirement may be waived for full-time employees in related field with permission of the program director; those students must take a substitute communication course elective approved by the program director.)
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Degree Details

42 Pathways Credits

39 Major Credits

39 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits.

120 Total Credits

The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

*Communication students must choose and complete one of these concentrations: Professional and Organizational Communication; Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication; or Visual and Media Studies. For their specific concentration, they are required to complete four courses, one from each area.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.

Contact Information

Communication Program
3439 Boylan Hall
Sharona Levy
slevy@brooklyn.cuny.edu

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