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Freshman year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 1010 | (OC) Oral Comm: Basic Speech | 3 |
| ENG XXXX | ENG 1010 or 1020* | 3 |
| # | (WE) Wayne Experience | 1 |
| # | (QE) Quantitative Experience | 3 |
| COM 1700 | (SI) Media Literacy | 3 |
| # | (CIV) Civic Literacy | 3 |
| | | 16 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 2000 | Intro Communication Studies | 3 |
| COM 2110 | Argumentation & Debate | 3 |
| * | (BC) ENG 1020 or elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Sophomore year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 2/3XXX | | COM course at 2000/3000 level |
| 3 |
| COM 3400 | Theories of Communication | 3 |
| XXX 1010 | Foreign Language % | 4 |
| ^ | (NSI) Natural Science Inquiry | 4 |
| | | 14 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 2/3XXX | COM course at 2000/3000 level | 3 |
| # | (ICN) Intermediate Composition | 3 |
| XXX 1020 | Foreign Language % | 4 |
| # | (DEI) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion | 3 |
| | Elective | 2 |
| | | 15 |
Junior year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 4XXX | COM course at the 4000 level | 3 |
| COM 4210 | Or COM 4190 | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 4XXX | COM course at the 4000 level | 3 |
| # | (CI) Cultural Inquiry | 3 |
| ^ | (NSI) Natural Science Inquiry | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Senior year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 5XXX | COM course at 5000 level | 3 |
| COM 6190 | Internship | 3 |
| # | (GL) Global Learning | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
|---|
| COM 5XXX | COM course at 5000 level | 3 |
| COM 5900 | Senior Seminar in Com | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
| | | * Placement into ENG 1010 or 1020 is based on SAT/ACT scores
# Students have a choice of several courses in each general education category (see advisor for more information)
% Students have a choice of 16 different foreign languages (see general education requirements)
^ Students must take a lab with one of their Natural Science Inquiry courses (see general education requirements)
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