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Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Communication, Print Media Concentration
Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Communication
Concentration: Print Media
Suggested Course Sequence
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- Total Hours of Pre-requisites: 15
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| C2 Math | 3 | P1 Social Science | 3 | ||||
| P1 Social Science | 3 | CMCR | 140 | Intro to Communication Media | 3 | ||
| P3 History | 3 | CMHC | 201 | Intro to Speech Communication | 3 | ||
| JS | 101 | Jumpstart | 0 | ENGL | 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| CMCR | 190 | A User's Guide to the Mass Media | 3 | HEAL or HSCC | 123 or 101 | Wellness | 3 |
| ENGL | 101 | Composition I | 3 | ||||
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| P4 Humanities | 3 | C5 Phy. & Bio. Science | 3 | ||||
| C5 Phy. & Bio. Science | 3 | General Elective | 6 | ||||
| P5 Fine & Performing Arts | 3 | CMCR | 250 | Public Comm. | 3 | ||
| General Elective | 3 | CMCR | 301 | Writing for Comm. Media | 3 | ||
| CMCR | 150 | Interpersonal Comm. | 3 | ||||
| CMCR | 296 | Intro. to Prof. Dev. | 1 | ||||
| List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program: CMCR 250—pre-requisite CMHC 201 and ENGL 102 Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Junior Year | |||||||
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| General Electives | 6 | Concentration Elective | 3 | ||||
| CMCR | 350 | Comm. Theory | 3 | P6 Jr-Sr World Cultures | 3 | ||
| CMPM | 303 | Public Relations Writing | 3 | CMPM | 304 | Feature Writing | 3 |
| CIS 304 or ENGL 401 | Comm Core | 3 | ENGL | 303 | Intro to Prof. Writing and Editing | 3 | |
| CMCR | 365 | Comm. Theory | 3 | ||||
| List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program: CMCR 301—pre-requisites ENGL 102, CMCR 140; CMPM 303 –pre-requisite of CMCR 301; CMCR 350 pre-requisites—CMCR 140 and CMCR 150; CMPM 304 pre-requisite—CMCR 301; CMCR 365—pre-requisite of CMCR 301; ENGL 303 pre-requisite—CMCR 301. Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Summer | |||||||
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| CMCR | 483 | Internship | 3 | ||||
| List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program: Must have 90 completed before internship. | |||||||
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Senior Year | |||||||
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| Electives | 7 | Concentration Elective | 3 | ||||
| CMPM | 404 | Desktop Publishing | 3 | Electives | 9 | ||
| ENGL | 313 | Authoring for Multimedia | 3 | CMCR | 496 | Seminar in Prof. Dev. | 3 |
NOTES:
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- Total Hours of Pre-requisites: 15
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.