BA: Communication Organizational Emphasis 2023-2024
CI’s Communication Program is dedicated to developing students’ understanding of human communication processes as symbolic and meaningful, with particular emphases in Health Communication, Environmental Communication and Organizational Communication.
Visit the program website: https://communication.csuci.edu/
Review the Communication, Organizational Communication Emphasis Major Requirements
Two Year Academic Roadmap
Fall Junior
Subject Course Number Course Title Units Requirements Met GE/GRAD Area Notes COMM 442 Organizational Communication 3 Major Emphasis course COMM 320 Rhetorical Theory & Practice 3 Major COMM 321 Advanced Intercultural Comm 3 Major COMM 340 Conflict Management and Mediation 3 Major & GE UDGE D Also fulfills UDGE-D POLS 150 American Political Institution 3 Graduation AIR: CA Local & State Govt If POLS150 has been met change to Free Elective. UNIT TOTAL:
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Semester One Considerations:
- This two-year roadmap assumes that all GE's and Lower Division Major Requirements have been completed.
- Schedule an appointment with an Academic Advisor in the Academic Advising Center
- Attend Major Fair (First Week of October)
Spring Junior
Subject Course Number Course Title Units Requirements Met GE/GRAD Area Notes COMM 305 or
310COMM 305: Qualitative Research, or
COMM 310: Quantitative Research3 Major & GWAR COMM 350 Strategic Communication 3 Major UDGE Student's Choice UDGE C - Arts and Humanities 3 GE UDGE C See catalog for course titles & descriptions. Free Elective Student's Choice Will vary 3 Graduation Unit Requirement Needed for 120 Unit Requirement - Can be any class, any major, any level 100-299 or 100-499 that you have not earned previous credit for. HIST Student's Choice US History 3 Graduation AIR: US History CHS/HIST350 recommended. If US HIST has been met change to Free Elective. UNIT TOTAL:
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Semester Two Considerations:
- This two-year roadmap assumes that all GE's and Lower Division Major Requirements have been completed.
- Meet w/Graduate Studies Center
- Meet w/Career Development & Alumni Engagement
Fall Senior
Subject Course Number Course Title Units Requirements Met GE/GRAD Area Notes COMM 455 Leadership Studies 3 Major Emphasis course COMM 329 Collaboration, Innovation, and Teamwork 3 Major Emphasis course Major Elective Student's Choice Will vary 3 Major See catalog for course titles & descriptions UDGE Student's Choice UDGE B - Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3 GE UDGE B See catalog for course titles & descriptions Language Student's Choice Will vary 3 Graduation Language Units may vary between 3-4 units depending on language chosen; if language has been met change to Free Elective. UNIT TOTAL:
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Semester Three Considerations:
- Apply for Graduation (Priority deadline – October 1st)
- Meet w/Academic Advisor for Grad Check
- Attend Capstone (COMM 499) Information Session to get add code
Spring Senior
Subject Course Number Course Title Units Requirements Met GE/GRAD Area Notes COMM 499 Capstone 3 Major COMM 333 Nonprofit Management 3 Major Emphasis Course Major Elective Student's Choice Will vary 3 Major See catalog for course titles & descriptions Multicultural Perspectives Student's Choice Will vary 3 Graduation Multicultural Perspectives Free Elective Student's Choice Will vary 3 Graduation Unit Requirement Needed for 120 Unit Requirement - Can be any class, any major, any level 100-299 or 100-499 that you have not earned previous credit for. UNIT TOTAL:
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Semester Four Considerations:
- Attend Grad Fest
- Consider completing an internship in COMM, consult with COMM faculty advisor
- Check application deadlines for graduate school
- Attend COMM Gala