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Communication Major Curriculum

At Champlain College, we believe that in order for you to get the most out of your experience, you need to start taking courses relevant to your major in the first semester.

Given the rapid rate of change in communication, spending a year or two in college without taking any relevant media or design courses simply puts you a year or two behind in learning your field and defers getting experience through internships.

Our Upside-Down Curriculum allows you to begin taking your Communication classes beginning in your first semester. By the time you finish your first year, you will have taken at least five courses related to your major!

Interested in studying abroad for a semester? The Communication faculty built the curriculum so you can take a semester studying aboard without getting behind on required courses for your major.

Communication Curriculum 2012 - 13

First Year

First Semester
Concepts of the Self (COR 110)
Rhetoric I (COR 115)
Media and Society (MCM 120) or Marketing (MKT 110)
Foundations of Human Communication (COM 100) or Public Speaking (COM 110)
Foundations of Math (MTH 115) or College Algebra (MTH 120)

Second Semester
Concepts of Community (COR 120)
Rhetoric II (COR 125)
Foundations of Human Communication (COM 100) or Public Speaking (COM 110)
Visual & Digital Fundamentals (GDD 111) or Design Solutions (GDD 181)
Media and Society (MCM 120) or Marketing (MKT 110)

Second Year

First Semester
Choose 200-level COR course (COR 2XX)
Choose 200-level COR course (COR 2XX)
Small Group Communication (COM 230) or Intercultural Communication (COM 270)
Audio Production (MCM 130)
Integrated Advertising (MKT 230) or Minor Elective 1

Second Semester
Choose 200-level COR course (COR 2XX)
Choose 200-level COR course (COR 2XX)
Electronic Media Writing (MCM 216)
Art Elective or Minor Elective 2
Consumer Behavior (MKT 210) or Internet Based Marketing (MKT 250) or Fundamentals of Journalism (WRT 200) or Minor Elective 3

Third Year

First Semester
Global Studies I: Technology & Development (COR 310)
Global Studies II: Human Rights (COR 320)
Social Interaction in the Digital Age (COM 360)
Video Communication (MCM 220)
Principles of Public Relations (MCM 210)

Second Semester
International Cultural Studies (COR 330)
International Cultural Studies (COR 330)
Business Elective or 400 or 400 Level MCM Course
Upper-level Production Elective or Minor Elective 4
General Elective

Fourth Year

First Semester
Upper-level Applied Context Elective or 300 or 400 level COM, MCM, MKT or WRT Elective
Upper-level Marketing Elective or Minor Elective 5
Practicum I
Practicum II
Natural Science Elective with Lab (SCI XXX)
General Elective

Second Semester
College Capstone (CCC 410)
Upper-level Theory Elective or 300 or 400 level COM Elective
Legal Issues in Communication (MCM 360) or Internet Issues & Strategies (EBC 460) or Minor Elective 6 or General Elective
Minor Elective 6 or General Elective
Minor Elective 7 or General Elective

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