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Communication Division

Typical Schedules for Communication Division Majors

2008-09 Catalog Year

JOURNALISM

Freshman Year

COM 200
COM 180

Communication Theory (3)
Public Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis (4) (formerly SPE)

Sophomore Year

JOUR 241+
COM 300

Introduction to Journalism (4)
Introduction to Communication Research (3)
Outside Concentration Courses

Junior Year

JOUR 325*
JOUR 345#
MSCO 570
COM 301

Publication Design (4)
News Reporting and Editing (4)
Mass Communication Law (4)
Message Creation and Effects (3)
Outside Concentration Courses

Senior Year

COM 400
JOUR 561*
JOUR 595

Communication Ethics (3)
Public Affairs Reporting (3)
Journalism Internship (1)

Choose one course from the following:

JOUR 463#▪
JOUR 469#▪
JOUR 565▪

Feature Article Writing (4)
Critical and Editorial Writing (4)
Communication Technology Seminar (4)
Outside Concentration Courses

Majors are required to complete an outside concentration of 9-12 upper division units from areas outside of mass communication.

# Course offered Fall semester only
* Course offered Spring semester only
▪ Course offered every other year
+ This course is usually taken in the sophomore year but may be taken in the freshman term if necessary (especially if you plan to attend an International Program in your sophomore year).

Although the above are excerpted from the Seaver catalog this is not an official binding document. To view the actual catalog visit http://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/catalog/