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Communication: Environmental Communication Emphasis, B.A.

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(120 units)

Lower Division		12
Upper Division		33
General Education		45
According to the GE requirements, students must take 9 units from those interdisciplinary courses numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six of the 9 units can be double counted and *three* of the 9 units must be outside the major and not cross listed with the COMM prefix.
Title V: American Institutions Requirement		6
Electives		24
Total		120 units

Lower Division Requirements - 12 units

COMM 101 - Public Speaking Units: 3
COMM 200 - Introduction to Communication Studies Units: 3

Choose any two of the following:

COMM 210 - Interpersonal Communication Units: 3
COMM 211 - Discerning Information in an Interconnected World (Cross-listed as LIB 211) Units: 3
COMM 220 - Group Communication Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements - 33 units

Required Courses 15 units

COMM 310 - Communication Research Methods Units: 3
COMM 320 - Persuasion and Argumentation Units: 3
COMM 321 - Multicultural Conversations Units: 3
COMM 340 - Conflict Management and Mediation Units: 3
COMM 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3

Major Electives - 6 units

You may choose any two upper division COMM courses:

COMM 301 - Advanced Public Speaking Units: 3
COMM 322 - Sociology of Popular Culture (Cross-listed as SOC 322, ENGL 322) Units: 3
COMM 331 - Art, Society, and Mass Media (Cross-listed as ART 331) Units: 3
COMM 335 - Politics and Film (Cross-listed as POLS 335) Units: 3
COMM 345 - Media Literacy and Youth Culture (Cross-listed as EDUC 345) Units: 3
COMM 346 - School Communication (Cross-listed as EDUC 346) Units: 3
COMM 430 - Political Communication (Cross-listed as POLS 430) Units: 3
COMM 490 - Special Topics Units: 3
COMM 492 - Internship Units: 1-3 (Repeatable up to 6 units)
COMM 494 - Independent Study Units: 1-3

Emphasis Requirements - 12 units

Environmental Communication Emphasis

COMM 443 - Environmental Communication (Cross-listed as ESRM 443) Units: 3 UDIGE

Plus three electives 9 units

ANTH 332 - Human Ecology (Cross-listed as ESRM 332) Units: 3 UDIGE
BIOL 313 - Conservation Biology (Cross-listed as ESRM 313) Units: 4
BIOL 433 - Ecology and the Environment Units: 4 UDIGE
CHEM 301 - Environmental Chemistry - Atmosphere and Climate Units: 3
COMM 450 - Environmental Conflict Resolution (Cross-listed as ESRM 450, POLS 450) Units: 3
ENGL 337 - Literature of the Environment Units: 3 UDIGE
ESRM 329 - Environmental Law and Policy Units: 3
ESRM 340 - Politics and the Environment (Cross-listed as POLS 340) Units: 3
ESRM 341 - The National Park (Cross-listed as POLS 341) Units: 3
ESRM 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as HIST 342) Units: 3
ESRM 462 - Coastal and Marine Resource Management Units: 4
ESRM 463 - Water Resources Management Units: 4
ESRM 464 - Land Use Planning and Open Space Management Units: 4
ESRM 482 - Issues in Environmental Planning and Resource Management Units: 3
GEOL 321 - Environmental Geology Units: 4

Special Grade Requirements

* Students must receive a “C” or better in Communication courses in order to have them count towards their major.

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