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Freshman year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 1010 | (OC) Basic Speech | 3 |
| ENG XXXX | ENG 1010 or 1020* | 3 |
| # | (WE) Wayne Experience | 1 |
| # | (QE) Quantitative Experience | 3 |
| COM 1500 | Survey of Mass Communication | 3 |
| COM 1700 | (SI) Media Literacy | 3 |
| | | 16 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 2030 | Grammar and Style | 3 |
| COM 2170 | Persuasive Speaking | 3 |
| * | (BC) ENG 1020 or elective | 3 |
| # | (GL) Global Learning | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Sophomore year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 2100 | News Reporting | 3 |
| COM 3170 | Fundamentals of PR | 3 |
| XXX 1010 | Foreign Language % | 4 |
| ^ | (NSI) Natural Science Inquiry | 4 |
| | | 14 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 3400 | Theories of Communication | 3 |
| # | (ICN) Intermediate Composition | 3 |
| XXX 1020 | Foreign Language % | 4 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 2 |
| | | 15 |
Junior year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 3210 | News Editing | 3 |
| COM 4170 | Public Relations Writing | 3 |
| # | (CIV) Civic Literacy | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 4210 | Research Methods in Com | 3 |
| COM 3250 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| ^ | (NSI) Natural Science Inquiry | 4 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 2 |
| | | 15 |
Senior year
Fall
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 5130 | Com and Social Marketing | 3 |
| COM 4130 | Communication Ethics | 3 |
| # | (CI) Cultural Inquiry | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
Winter
| Course # | Course name | Cr |
| COM 5160 | Public Relations Campaigns | 3 |
| COM 5140 | Or COM 5300 or COM 5500 | 3 |
| # | (DEI) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | Elective | 3 |
| | | 15 |
| * Placement into ENG 1010 or 1020 is based on ACT/SAT 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
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