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GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COMMUNICATION STUDIES

The major in Communication Studies is an interdisciplinary program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. It seeks to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of the nature of human communication, the symbol systems by which it functions, the environments in which it occurs, its media, and its effects. Employing critical and empirical approaches, the major draws its resources from the social sciences, humanities, and fine arts. The concentration in mass communication centers on formal and institutional communication systems and the macrocosmic social contexts in which they function; the concentration in interpersonal communication centers on face-to-face communicative interaction in the small group environment. Other concentrations in Communications may include communicative disorders; speech pathology; speech; journalism (i.e. newspaper/magazine) radio television and film; and other media services. Below are some examples of the courses required for this major.

Cal Poly Pomona

Communication Studies

SPCH 100, 101

Communication Journalism or

Communication Public Relations

PHOTO 101

CS/IS 124

JOURN 101 or MCOMM 101

JOURN 110 or PHOTO 108

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Speech Communication

SPCH 100, 103
Support courses:
HIST 101 & 102
MATH 136

PSYCH 101

CSU Dominguez

Common Core Lower Division Required Courses

JOURN 101 or MCOMM 101

JOURN 102

Electronic Media Programming and Production Emphasis

Mass Communications

Public Relations

PHOTO 101

San Diego State University

Communications -Advertising

Communications - Public Relations

Complete with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a grade of "C" or higher.

MCOMM 101 or JOURN 101

MCOMM 102 and MCOMM 103 or

JOURN 102 and JOURN 103

ECON 102

POL S 101, 105 and 106

Communications - Media Studies

Complete with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a grade of "C" or higher.

MCOMM 101 or JOURN 101

Select 9 units from the following:

ECON 101, 102

POL SCI 101, 105 and 106

PSYCH 101

SOC 101

Communications Studies - General

Complete with a minimum GPA of 2.75 and a grade of "C" or higher.

SPEECH 101, 104

MATH 136

CSU Northridge
Option: Department major

No lower division courses are included in this option.

UC Los Angeles

THIS MAJOR IS HIGHLY SELECTIVE; applications undergo review by faculty in the Communication Studies Department.
A minimum UC-transferable cumulative GPA of 3.50 is required for faculty review.

MATH 136
SPCH 101 or 102
3 course from:
POL S 101
PSYCH 101
SOC 101
ECON 101 or 102

CSU Los Angeles

ENGL 104 - University Requirement

SPCH 103, 104, 106

CSU Fullerton

Please note that double counting of COMM courses for general education and major requirements is not permitted.
Advertising Concentration

MCOMM 101

Entertainment Concentration

MCOMM 101

JOURN 102

Print Journalism Concentration

Broadcast Journalism Concentration

MCOMM 101

JOURN 102, 103 and 104, 106

Visual Journalism Concentration

MCOMM 101

JOURN 102

Photocommunications

MCOMM 101 and 102
PHOTO101

Public Relations Concentrations

MCOMM 101

JOURN 102

CSU Long Beach

General Speech

Interpersonal and Organizational Communication

Rhetorical Studies

SPCH 100, 101 or 105, 104

UC Berkeley

Mass Communications

http://ls.berkeley.edu/ugis/masscomm

One course from each group

Group I

HIST 118

Group II

POL SCI 101

Group III

ANTHRO 102

ECON 101 and 102

PSYCH 101

SOC 101

UC Davis

Communication

To be a competitive applicant, you must have a minimum transfer overall GPA range of 2.8 or higher.
SPCH 101 or 100

PSYCH 101

SOC 101

MATH 136

UC Santa Barbara

Communication

MATH 136

Loyola Marymount University

SPCH 101, 104, 105

NOTE: AGREEMENTS CONCERNING TRANSFER ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED, THEREFORE, THE STUDENT IS CAUTIONED TO CHECK WITH A COUNSELOR OR THE TRANSFER CENTER FOR CURRENT TRANSFER INFORMATION.
8/2007	GCC CATALOG 2006-2007