Requirements: Global Communications Major (B.A.)

All BA or BSc degrees require the completion of a minimum 128 credits with a minimum GPA of 2.0.
For further degree requirements, please see our BA/BSc Requirements Page.

Global Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

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Course Number Course Name Prerequisites
EN 2020 CCE (minimum grade of "C") Writing & Criticism EN1010 (minimum grade of "C")
FR 1200 CCF (or above) (minimum grade of "C") Elementary French & Culture II  FR1100 (minimum grade of "C")
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  
MA 1005 or Above (course type CCM) Quantitative Reasoning  
Lab science course coded CCS Experimental Reasoning MA1005CCM or higher to be taken before or at the same time

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 56 credits

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

 

COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME PREREQUISITES
CM1500 Digital Toolkit: Communication Design Practicum [course:cm1500:prereq]
CM1023 Introduction to Media & Communication Studies [course:cm1023:prereq]
CM2004 Comparative Communications History [course:cm2004:prereq]
CM2006 Media Globalization  [course:cm2006:prereq]
CM2051 (course type CCR) Communication Theory & Research Methods  [course:cm2051:prereq]
CM3052 Rhetoric & Persuasion  [course:cm3052:prereq]
CM3098 (course type CCC)
or
CM4090 (course type CCC)		 Internship

Senior Seminar		 [course:cm3098:prereq]

[course:cm4090:prereq]

 

Media & Culture Electives

SELECT FOUR COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST; AT LEAST TWO MUST BE AT 3000 LEVEL OR Above
COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME PREREQUISITES
AN1002 Socio-Cultural Anthropology [course:an1002:prereq]
CM1110 Introduction to Fashion Studies [course:cm1110:prereq]
CM2110 Global Fashion and Design [course:cm2110:prereq]
CM2091 Topics in Communications [course:cm2091:prereq]
CM/VC2100 Introduction to Visual Culture [course:vc2100:prereq]
CM/GS3004 Communicating Fashion [course:cm3004:prereq]
CM/PO3011 Comparative Political Communication [course:cm3011:prereq]
CM3033 Scripts for Travel [course:cm3033:prereq]
CM/ES3037 The Museum as Medium [course:cm3037:prereq]
CM3042 Attention and Ubiquitous Media [course:cm3042:prereq]
CM3046 Media Law, Policy & Ethics [course:cm3046:prereq]
CM/AN3049 Media & Ethnography [course:cm3049:prereq]
CM/GS3053 Media & Gender [course:cm3053:prereq]
CM3055 Visual Rhetoric: Persuasive Images [course:cm3055:prereq]
CM3060 Anthropology & Food [course:cm3060:prereq]
CM3062 Media Semiotics  [course:cm3062:prereq]
CM3075 Media Aesthetics [course:cm3075:prereq]
AN/CM3080 Environmental Anthropology [course:cm3080:prereq]
CM3082 Civic Media, Tactical Media [course:cm3082:prereq]
CM3091 Topics in Communication [course:cm3091:prereq]
CM4015 Media, Panic & Scandal  [course:cm4015:prereq]
CM4017 Media & War [course:cm4017:prereq]
CM4021 Paris Fashion and Design Template [course:cm4021:prereq]
CM4026 Cultures of Music Production [course:cm4026:prereq]
CM4030 Media in Asia [course:cm4030:prereq]
CM4073 Media & Society in the Arab World [course:cm4073:prereq]
CM4091 Topics in Communication [course:cm4091:prereq]

 

Electives/Specialization

Select three courses from the lists below or from the Media & Culture list above. At least two courses must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. If students wish to specialize, all three courses must come from the same list below.
Production
COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME  PREREQUISITES
CM/FM1019 Principles of Video Production [course:cm1019:prereq]
CM2001 Public Speaking in the Digital Age [course:cm2001:prereq]
AR/CM2080 Graphic Design Studio [course:cm2080:prereq]
CM3027 Video Production for Broadcast News  [course:cm3027:prereq]
CM3033 Scripts for Travel [course:cm3033:prereq]
CM4016 Global Advocacy [course:cm4016:prereq]
CM4026 Cultures of Music Production [course:cm4026:prereq]
  Any course in the Film Pragmatics list for the  Film Studies Major  

 

Integrated marketing communications
COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME PREREQUISITES
CM/EC2003 Media Industries: Strategies, Markets & Consumers [course:cm2003:prereq]
EC2010 Principles of Microeconomics [course:ec2010:prereq]
EC2020 Principles of Macroeconomics [course:ec2020:prereq]
BA2020 Management & Organizational Behavior [course:ba2020:prereq]
BA2040 Marketing in a Global Environment [course:ba2040:prereq]
CM2110 Global Fashion and Design [course:cm2110:prereq]
CM3005 Public Relations & Society [course:cm3005:prereq]
BA3030 Human Resources Management [course:ba3030:prereq]
CM3067 Advertising [course:cm3067:prereq]
CM4048 Marketing Strategies for Brand Development [course:cm4048:prereq]

 

Media Convergence
COURSE NUMBER COURSE NAME PREREQUISITES
CM3042 Attention and Ubiquitous Media [course:cm3042:prereq]
CM/CS3048 Human/Computer Interaction [course:cm3048:prereq]
  Any course in the International Cinema list of 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).

 

HONORS

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