Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 39 COMM credit hours.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 18 upper-division (3000-level and above) COMM credit hours.
3. Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all courses applied to major requirements.
4. Students must complete all major courses taken at CU Denver and all transfer courses applying to major requirements with a minimum grade of C-(1.7). Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
5. Students must complete a minimum of 18 COMM credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. Communication majors may complete up to 6 credit hours of internship (COMM 3939).
2. A maximum of 6 credit hours of independent study courses may be applied to the major.
3. No more than 56 Communication credit hours can count toward graduation.
4. Students may transfer in up to 21 COMM credits.
5. In addition to required Communication courses, students are required to take eight elective courses (24 hours), which may consist of classes chosen from any combination of Pathway and Critical Toolbox Courses.

• community service and public affairs
• global and intercultural communication
• health communication
• inquiry and analysis
• media and cultural studies
• strategic communication

• Take all of the following Communication courses:

• COMM 1011 - Fundamentals of Communication
• COMM 1021 - Introduction To Media Studies
• COMM 2020 - Communication, Citizenship, and Social Justice

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• Take one of the following courses:

• COMM 1001 - Presentational Speaking
• COMM 2050 - Business and Professional Speaking

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• Take eight Communication (COMM) electives

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  Take one of the following exit courses:

• COMM 3939 - Internship
• COMM 4040 - Communication, Prisons, and Social Justice
• COMM 4051 - Advanced Strategic Communication
• COMM 4430 - Communication, China, and the US
• COMM 4500 - Health Communication
• COMM 4525 - Health Communication and Community
• COMM 4550 - Rhetorics of Medicine & Health
• COMM 4558 - Digital Health Narratives
• COMM 4660 - Queer Media Studies
• COMM 4688 - Senior Seminar: Transitioning from College to Career
• COMM 4700 - Writing Practicum
• COMM 4995 - Global Study Topics (Travel Study)

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  Exit courses include a High Impact Practice, such as: experiential and service learning, collaborative learning, writing-intensive assignments, global education, a focus on diversity and inclusion, and/or a project-based capstone class.