Suggested Coursework Sequence

COMM 100 and COMM 105 should be completed before the fifth semester. Students interested in Mass Communication should also take COMM 130 before the fifth semester. It is a prerequisite for a number of mass communication courses.

During your fifth and sixth semesters you should take COMM 200Q and the COMM Core Courses.
Start taking related courses or their prerequisites in the fifth semester. In your senior year, you should take COMM courses based on your interests as well as additional or remaining related courses. The suggested sequence of courses for Communication Majors is this:

Course Taken during Semester:
     COMM 100 1, 2, 3 or 4
     COMM 105 1, 2, 3 or 4
     COMM 130 1, 2, 3 or 4
     COMM 200Q 5 or 6
     Core courses 5 and 6
     Related courses 5 and 6
     Remaining COMM courses 7 and 8
     Remaining related courses 7 and 8

Plan your coursework carefully. If you don’t take prerequisite courses early, you may not be able to take other upper-level COMM courses later. COMM 100, COMM 130, COMM 200Q, and the Core Courses frequently serve as prerequisites to other COMM courses, so you should schedule them early in your academic program.

Cooperative Education
Students are encouraged to explore the resources of UConn’s Department of Cooperative Education. Through placement in cooperative education positions, students can take a semester off from school to work in a full-time, paid, career-related position. This gives the student an opportunity to explore career options while gaining practical work experience.

Statistics provided by the Cooperative Education Department indicate that 70% of all co-op students receive job offers after graduation from their employers. Communication majors participating in the co-op program have worked in the areas of public relations, personnel, retail, advertising, management, television production, publishing, and promotions.

If the co-op job involves a communication-related setting, students may be able to receive COMM 291 (internship) credit for their work. COMM 291 credits must be arranged before beginning the co-op job. You cannot receive credit for work done prior to approval by the Internship Coordinator.

Students interested in further information about the Co-Op Program should contact the Cooperative Education Department, located in the Wilbur Cross Building, or call the Co-Op program office at (860) 486-3013.

Prerequisites, Required Preparation and Recommended Preparation
You will note that many 200-level Communication courses will have other courses listed as Prerequisite, Required Prep., or as Recommended Preparation.

If a course is listed as Recommended Preparation, it means that the instructor expects that you are familiar with the material in that course.

If a course is listed as Required Preparation, it means that the course needs to be taken first. If the instructor waives the Required Preparation for you, you can still take the waived course for academic credit at some later time.

If a course is listed as a Prerequisite, it also means that the course needs to be taken first. If the instructor waives the Prerequisite, the waived course can not be taken for academic credit either simultaneously or at some later time.

WARNING: If the course listed as a Prerequisite is a course you need to graduate (a core course or a departmental requirement) you don’t want to have it waived!