DEGREE CHECKLIST (College of Arts and Sciences)
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ADVISER
Major Requirements
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
ACAD 101 (required of all first-time freshmen only)
Critical Writing and Critical Thinking
WRIT 101 (A grade of C- or better is required)
CRTW 201 (A grade of C- or better in HMXP 102 is required as a prerequisite)
Quantitative Skills
CTQR 150 or MATH 105 or MATH 201 or a
MATH course with MATH 201 as a prerequisite ___________________
Logic/Language/Semiotics
Foreign Language (102-level Proficiency)
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MATH 145
Oral Communication
SPCH 201
Technology (met by major)
Skills for Common Experience and Thinking Across Disciplines
HMXP 102 (A grade of C- or better in WRIT 101 is required as a prerequisite)
Global Perspectives
See approved list ________________________________________
Historical Perspectives
HIST 212 or 308 or 507 or 509 _____________________________
Developing Critical Skills and Applying them to Disciplines
Natural Science (See approved list, must include 7 hours from two of
three categories; one course must be a lab science)
2008-2009 Catalog
MAJOR B.A. – MASS COMMUNICATION
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Complete one of the following sequences:
JOURNALISM (37 semester hrs.)
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MCOM205
(3)
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MCOM241
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ARTS 305 or
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ARTS 311*
(3)
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MCOM333
(3)
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MCOM342
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MCOM441
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MCOM410
(3)
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MCOM412
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MCOM 499
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MCOM____
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MCOM____
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MCOM____
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One From
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MCOM 331, 343,
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471, 510
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BROADCASTING (34 semester hrs.)
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MCOM 205
(3)
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MCOM 241
(3)
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MCOM 325
(3)
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MCOM 346
(3)
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MCOM 425
(3)
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MCOM 446
(3)
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MCOM 410
(3)
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MCOM 412
(3)
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MCOM 441
(3)
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MCOM 444 or 447
(3)
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MCOM 499
(1)
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MCOM ____
(3)
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* ARTS requirement does not count toward the 37-hour maximum of MCOM courses in the 124
hours required for the degree but does count as a Gen Ed. Humanities and Arts course.
Requirements for a Minor in (15-24 hours) __________________________________________
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3-4
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Social Science (6-9 hours required)
See approved list: _______________________________________
PLSC 202
ECON 103 or 215
Humanities and Art
(See approved list; 6-9 hours required, must have 2 designators;
3 may be met in major)
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*A total of 15 hours is required in Social Science/Humanities & Arts.
Intensive Writing (met by major)
Constitution Requirement (See approved list;
may be met by another requirement)
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ELECTIVES (5-26 hours) (Allowable semester hours will vary depending on the requirements
for the minor and the courses in the minor that can also count for general education.)
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NOTES
1. All Mass Communication majors MUST complete a minimum of 65 hours in the basic liberal arts and
sciences: AAMS, ANTH, ARTH, ARTS, ARTT, BIOL, CHEM, CHIN, CLAS, CMVS, CSCI (except 101151), DANA, DANT, ECON, ENGL, FREN, GEOG, GEOL, GERM, GNED, GRNT, HLTH (except
300, 303), HIST, HONR, NUTR (except 208, 340, 471 & higher), INAS, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, MATH,
MLAN, MUSA, MUST, PHIL, PHSC, PHYS, PLSC, PSYC, QMTH, RELG, RUSS, SCIE, SOCL, SPAN,
SPCH, THRA, THRT, VCOM, WMST, WRIT.
2. No more than 36 hours in MCOM and IMCO courses can apply to the degree requirements; majors must
complete 80 hours or more outside MCOM/IMCO.
3. Unless stated otherwise, a single course may not be used for more than one general education requirement or
in a major and a minor.
4. All Arts and Sciences majors require a minimum of 40 hours in courses numbered above 299.
5. Attendance at three cultural events is required for each 20 hours completed in residence at Winthrop.