Global Communications Major

Requirements: Global Communications Major (B.A.)

Global Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

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For further description of the courses required within each section of GLACC, see here or download the degree worksheet to the right.

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites
INTEGRATIVE INQUIRY
CCI 1	Four Integrative Inquiry Courses (course type CCI) (May not overlap with major, at least one must be at AUP. All courses must be outside the major's disciplinary base.) Freshmen satisfy CCI courses as follows: FirstBridge (two courses) and two additional CCI courses outside the major discipline. FirstBridge courses may not replace major requirements. Transfer students satisfy CCI courses as follows: four CCI courses outside the major discipline; at least one CCI must be taken at AUP.
CCI 2
CCI 3
CCI 4
CCX	Experiential Learning
CRITICAL INQUIRY AND EXPRESSION
EN 2020 CCE	Writing & Criticism	EN1010
CCD	Digital Literacy and Communication
See list of major requirements below for course with type CCR	Disciplinary Research Methods/Writing in the Discipline
QUANTITATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL REASONING
MA 1005 or Above (course type CCM)	Quantitative Reasoning
Lab science course coded CCS (4CR lecture with corresponding 0CR lab)	Experimental Reasoning	MA1005CCM or higher to be taken before or at the same time
EXPRESSION FRANÇAISE
FR 1200 CCF (or above)	Elementary French & Culture II	FR1100
AUP CAPSTONE
See list of major requirements below for course with type CCC	AUP Capstone

HONORS

Students may earn honors if they have at least a 3.7 GPA in in courses in the Global Communications major taken during their junior and senior years and complete a senior thesis. Students must contact the department chair in the spring before their senior year if they are interested in honors.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 56 credits

(Minimum grade of “C-“ required in each course)

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CM1023	INTRO TO MEDIA & COMMUNICATION STUDIES	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE OR EN2020
CM1500CCD	DIGITAL TOOLKIT: COMMUNICATION DESIGN PRACTICUM	None
CM2004	COMPARATIVE COMMUNICATIONS HISTORY	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE
CM2006	MEDIA GLOBALIZATION	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE
CM2051CCR	COMMUNICATION THEORY & RESEARCH METH.	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
CM3052	RHETORIC & PERSUASION	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE OR EN2020
CM4090CCC or CM4095CCC	SENIOR THESIS SEMINAR or SENIOR PROJECT	College Level=Senior or College Level=Senior

Media & Culture Electives

SELECT FOUR COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST; AT LEAST TWO MUST BE AT 3000 LEVEL OR Above

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
AN1002CCI	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY	None
CM1110	INTRODUCTION TO FASHION STUDIES	None
CM2002CCR	GLOBAL FASHION: HISTORIES AND METHODS	None
CM2003 EC2003	MEDIA INDUSTRIES: STRATEGIES, MARKETS & CONSUMERS	None / None
CM2014	COMPARATIVE JOURNALISM : GUTENBERG TO GOOGLE	None
CM2091	TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS	None
CM2100	INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE	None
CM2111	FASHION SYSTEMS & SUSTAINABILITY	None
CM3004	COMMUNICATING FASHION	(CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)) OR CM1110
CM3011CCR	COMPARATIVE POLITICAL COMMUNICATION	None
CM3012	FEATURE AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM	(CM1011 OR CM1011CCR) OR CM1023 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
CM3033	SCRIPTS FOR TRAVEL	(CM1011 OR CM1011CCR) OR CM1023 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
CM3037	THE MUSEUM AS MEDIUM	None
CM3042CCD	ATTENTION AND UBIQUITOUS MEDIA	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
CM3046	MEDIA LAW, POLICY, & ETHICS	None
CM3049	MEDIA AND ETHNOGRAPHY	CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)
CM3053	MEDIA & GENDER	(CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)) OR Major=Gender Studies
CM3060	THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD	CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)
CM3080	ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY	None
CM3082	CIVIC MEDIA, TACTICAL MEDIA	CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)
CM3091	TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS	CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)
CM4015	MEDIA, PANIC & SCANDAL	CM1023 AND ((CM2051 OR CM2051CCR) OR Major=Journalism)
CM4017	MEDIA & WAR	(CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)) OR (CM1023 AND Major=Journalism)
CM4021	PARIS FASHION HISTORIES & GEOGRAPHIES	(CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)) OR CM1110
CM4073	MEDIA, CULTURES AND SOCIETY IN THE ARAB WORLD	(CM1023 AND (CM2051 OR CM2051CCR)) OR (CM1023 AND Major=Journalism)
CM4091	TOPICS IN COMMUNICATIONS	CM1023

Applied Communications

Select three courses from the list below or from the Media & Culture Electives list above. At least two courses must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	PREREQUISITES
CM1019CCDI	PRINCIPLES OF VIDEO PRODUCTION	None
CM2001	PUBLIC SPEAKING IN THE DIGITAL AGE	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE
CM2003	MEDIA INDUSTRIES: STRATEGIES, MARKETS & CONSUMERS	None
EC2010	PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS	None
BA2020CCI	MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR	None
EC2020	PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS	None
BA2040	MARKETING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT	None
CM2080	GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO	None
CM3005	PUBLIC RELATIONS & SOCIETY	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR EN2020CCE
CM3012	FEATURE AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM	(CM1011 OR CM1011CCR) OR CM1023 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
BA3030CCR	HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT	BA2020CCI OR BA2020GE110
CM3033	SCRIPTS FOR TRAVEL	(CM1011 OR CM1011CCR) OR CM1023 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
CM3042CCD	ATTENTION AND UBIQUITOUS MEDIA	EN1000 OR EN1010 OR (EN2020 OR EN2020CCE)
CM3048	HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION	CM1005 GPA 3.0 OR CS1040 OR CS1040GE110 OR CS1040CCD
CM3067	ADVERTISING	BA2040
CM3098CCX	INTERNSHIP	None
CM4013	FASHION MEDIA PRODUCTION	College Level=Junior AND (Major=Global Communications OR Major=Journalism)
CM4016	GLOBAL ADVOCACY	(Major=Journalism OR CM2051 OR CM2051CCR) AND EN2020 OR EN2020CCE
CM4028	ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION	CM1019CCI OR FM1019CCI OR CM1019CCDI OR FM1019CCDI
CM4048	MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR BRAND DVLPMT	BA2040
	Any course in the Film Pragmatics & Art of Directing list from the Film Studies Major

FREE ELECTIVES

Any courses desired – must complete a total of 128 credit hours to graduate.

TRANSFER STUDENTS

Transfer students must complete at least six major courses at AUP, at least four of which must be at the 3000 level or above (and not counting internship).