Earning Your B.A. in
Communication Studies
Core Courses (10 units)
F • I • P Courses (24 units )
sjsu.edu/comm
Additional Courses (8 units)
Total (42 units)
Core Courses (10 units) all of the following:
COMM 101C Junior Seminar:
Theorizing Communication (4 units)
*Usually taken first semester of junior year
COMM 198 Applied Activity (2 units)
*Usually taken last two semesters.
OPTIONS: Comm Center tutoring,
internship, forensics project, facultysponsored project, COMM 157SL
COMM 199C Senior Seminar: Synthesis
and Application (4 units)
*Usually taken last semester at SJSU
*Keep work from your other courses for your
major e-Portfolio
F • I • P Courses (24 units) two from each category of the following:
Foundations (any 2; 4 units each)
Inquiry (any 2; 4 units each)
Practice (any 2; 4 units each)
COMM 110F Interpersonal Comm
COMM 117F Understanding Play and
Games
COMM 122F Performance Studies
COMM 130F Social Movements Comm
COMM 132F Dis/Ability Comm
COMM 133F Ethical Problems in Comm
COMM 144F Organizational Comm
COMM 146F Comm and the
Environment
COMM 149F Rhetoric and Public Life
COMM 160F Language, Meaning and
Culture
COMM 161F Comm and Culture
COMM 164F Comm and Global Orgs
COMM 170F Persuasion
COMM 171F Visual Comm
COMM 172F Multicultural Comm
COMM 173F Intercultural Comm and
Global Understanding
COMM 175F Nonverbal Comm
COMM 181F New Media/New World
*Prerequisite: 60 units completed
COMM 119I Researching Games
COMM 123I Performance of
Ethnodrama
COMM 145I Rhetorical and Cultural
Criticism
COMM 150I Inquiry in Organizational
Comm
COMM 151I New Media/New
Methods
COMM 152I Comm in World Cultures
COMM 155I Quantitative Comm
Inquiry
COMM 156I Qualitative Comm
Inquiry
COMM 169I The Media: Response and
Criticism
*Prerequisite: 60 units completed
*Recommended: take only one Inquiry
course per semester
*Recommended: take COMM 101C prior
to or concurrently with first Inquiry
course
COMM 105P Comm, Self and Society
COMM 111P Interviewing
COMM 113P Games in Everyday Life
COMM 114P Business and Professional
Speaking
COMM 115P Comm and Conflict
COMM 116P Mediation: Theory and
Practice
COMM 120P Persuasive and
Presentation Skills
COMM 121P Performance as Practice
COMM 124P Training and Dev.
COMM 125P Ensemble Performance
COMM 131P New Media/You Media
COMM 140P Arg and Debate
COMM 141P Small Group Comm
COMM 147P Argumentation and
Persuasion in Courts of Law
COMM 165P Comm and Org
Philanthropy
COMM 176P Gender and Comm
COMM 182P Comm in the Classroom
*Prerequisite: completion of GE Area A1
Additional Courses (8 units) any combination of the following:
Additional FIP
(up to 8 units)
Any Foundations
(F), Inquiry (I),
or Practice (P)
Course(s) not
counted above
SJSU Studies
(up to 6 units)
COMM 100W Writing Workshop (Area
Z)
COMM 157SL Community Action/
Community Service (Area S)
COMM 168A/B Global Climate Change
(Areas R, S, V)
COMM 174 Intercultural Comm and
Structural Inequality (Area S)
COMM 179 Global Media and Resistance
(Area V)
*may “double count” for SJSU Studies and
major
San José State University
Dept of Communication Studies
sjsu.edu/comm
Lower Division
(up to 8 units)
COMM 10 Comm and Human
Relationships
COMM 20/20N Public Speaking
COMM 21 Performing Culture and
Society
COMM 40 Argumentation and Advocacy
COMM 41 Critical Decision Making
COMM 45 Media and Culture
COMM 74 Fund. of Intercultural Comm
COMM 96PS Public Speaking
*may not “double count” for Core GE and
major; may be from community college
Variable Unit
(up to 4 units)
COMM 80 Comm Workshop
COMM 91J Judge Training
*only 1 unit 80 or 91J
COMM 180 Individual
Studies
COMM 184 Directed
Reading
COMM 190 Activity Projects
in Speech (Internship)
COMM 191A B, C, J, M
Activity Projects in
Forensics (up to 3 units)
COMM 196SA Activity in
International/Intercultural
Communication
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408-924-5360
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My Major Plan
Course
Core Courses
(10 units)
Title
Instructor
Date
Grade
Units
COMM 101C
Junior Seminar: Theorizing
Communication
4
COMM 198
Applied Activity (may
substitute COMM 157/157SL)
2
COMM 199C
Senior Seminar: Synthesis and
Application
4
Foundations (F) Courses
(8 units)
4
4
Inquiry (I) Courses
(8 units)
4
4
Practice (P) Courses
(8 units)
4
4
Additional Courses
(8 units)
Additional COMM FIP courses
and/or
COMM SJSU Studies Courses (up
to 6 units; may “double count” for
SJSU Studies and major) and/or
COMM Lower Division Courses
from SJSU or community college
(not used for Core GE) and/or
COMM Variable Unit Courses (up
to 4 units; no more than 1 unit of
COMM 80 or COMM 91J)
42
TOTAL
Notes
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Download and fill out your COMM Academic Planner and
bring it (in electronic form) to all advising meetings
Register for the WST and take 100W as soon as possible
Meet with an advisor once per semester
Monitor your progress towards graduation on MySJSU
GE and SJSU Studies Advisor: Valerie Chapman,
Valerie.Chapman@sjsu.edu, ACCESS, Clark Hall 240
Internship Coordinator: Dr. Tabitha Hart,
Tabitha.Hart@sjsu.edu
COMM Center Info: commcenter.sjsu.edu
San José State University
Dept of Communication Studies
sjsu.edu/comm
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SJSU Forensics: Director, Tina Lim,
Tina.Lim@sjsu.edu, sjsu.edu/forensics
Consider one of the department’s study abroad
opportunities (Finland and Berlin)
You must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the major, overall,
and at SJSU to graduate
Minor is not required but is recommended
To apply for graduation, meet with a COMM
advisor and bring your completed COMM
Academic Planner and completed Application for
Graduation form (sjsu.edu/registrar)
Hugh Gillis Hall (HGH) 108
408-924-5360
Listen • Speak • Engage