Name AU ID
Updated on 02/20/2015
Second major or minor
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE WRITING AND MATH - Grade of C or better required; Must be taken A-F and NOT P/F
Requirements must be completed within 60 credit hours of course work.
College Writing: 6 credit hours
Course Semester Grade Credit hours
Math: 3 credit hours
Course Semester Grade Credit hours
WRTG3 3 or 4
WRTG3
*Transfer students who present 6 credit hours of acceptable composition credit satisfy the College Writing requirement by
passing the Writing Proficiency Exam before completing 30 credits at AU.
UNIVERSITY GENERAL EDUCATION - Grade of C or better required; Must be taken A-F and NOT P/F (check important notes for grade requirements)
Two courses must be taken from each foundational area; a maximum of 2 courses per academic discipline may be taken.
Only four courses may be fulfilled by AP or IB credit; Must be completed during first 60 credit hours of course work.
Course
FA1 Creative Arts
Semester Grade Credit hours Course Semester Grade Credit hours
3 1.
FA2 Traditions that Shape the Western World
1.
FA3 Cross Cultural Perspectives
1.
FA4 Social Institutions and Behavior
1.
FA5 Natural Sciences (one course must include a lab)
3
3
3
3
2.
2.
2.
2.
1.
4 2.
RELATED COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Grade of C or better required; Must be taken A-F and NOT P/F
U.S. History: 3 credit hours
Course Semester Grade Credit hours
Economics: 3 credit hours
Course Semester Grade
3
3
3
3
Credit hours
3 HIST-
Choose one from the following:
HIST-130 History of American Popular Culture
HIST-205 American Encounters: 1492-1865 (FA2)
HIST-206 U.S. History since 1865
HIST-208 African-American History: to 1877
HIST-209 African-American History: 1877 to Present
HIST-210 Ethnicity in America (FA4)
HIST-215 Social Forces That Shaped America (FA2)
HIST-219 Women in America to 1850
HIST-220 Women in America since 1850 (FA4)
HIST-235 West in Crisis, 1900-1945 (FA2)
HIST-288 Oliver Stone's America
HIST-305 Topics in Race and Ethnicity in the United States
3
Choose one from the following:
ECON-100 Macroeconomics (FA4)
ECON-110 The Global Majority (FA3)
ECON-200 Microeconomics (FA4)
IMPORTANT NOTES
*12 credit hours of communication courses may be transferred in prior to matriculation at AU with advisor approval.
*A cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required to declare a major in SOC and to take all 300 level or above communication courses.
*Only 2 communication courses may be taken abroad with prior approval from your SOC academic advisor.
*A second major or minor outside the School of Communication is required.
*A minimum of 80 credit hours of course work outside of COMM is required; 65 of these credit hours must be in liberal arts.
*Liberal arts do NOT include: ACCT, EDU, FIN, HFIT, IBUS, ITEC, KSB, MGMT and MKTG.
*This requirement worksheet should not be considered an official explanation of degree requirements. It should only be used as a guide
to assist in your academic planning. For an official explanation of degree requirements, please review the American University catalog
for your catalog year.
*The courses that appear on the requirement worksheet may not be offered every semester. For a list of courses offered in a particular semester, please see the Schedule of Classes website.
*For students with catalog year 2014-2015 or later, a C or better is required in general education courses. For students with catalog years prior to 2014-2015, a D or better is required in general education courses.

Grade of C or better required; Must be taken A-F and NOT P/F
CORE COURSES : All of the following (9 credit hours)
Course Title
COMM-100(FA4) Understanding Media
COMM-200 Writing for Communication
COMM-305 Digital Skills
Prerequisite
COMM-100 & COMM-200
Semester Grade Credit hours
3
3
3
REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES: All of the following (15 credit hours)
COMM-320 Reporting COMM-305
COMM-320 COMM-385
COMM-401
COMM-428
Digital Audio Production
Communication Law
Advanced Television & Video Prod.
COMM-385
COMM-432 Backpack Video Journalism COMM-385
MEDIA STUDIES COURSES: Four of the following (12 credit hours with 9 credit hours at the 300 level or above)**
COMM-
COMM-
COMM-
COMM-
COMM-270 How the News Media Shaped History(FA2) OR
COMM-275 Dissident Media: Voices from the Underground(FA4) OR
COMM-280 Contemporary Media in a Global Society(FA3)
3
3
3
3
COMM-326 Sports Journalism (Prereg: COMM-200)
COMM-365 Digital Media and Culture
COMM-411 History of Documentary OR
COMM-415 Children, Youth and Digital Culture
COMM-433 Broadcast Delivery
COMM-443 Foreign Policy and the Press
COMM-490 Independent Study*
COMM-491 Senior Professional Internship (Prereq: COMM-385)*
COMM-503 Broadcast and Multimedia Management
COMM-504 Journalism Ethics
COMM-508 The Media and Government
COMM-509 Politics and the Media
COMM-514 Censorship & the Media
COMM-560 Backpack Documentary
3
3
3
3
3