Department Major Requirements

DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENTS (Complete All 15 units)

• COMS 301 Performance, Language, and Cultural Studies
• COMS 321 Rhetorical Discourse
• COMS 327 Rhetorical Theory
• COMS 351 Communication Theory
• COMS 356 Intercultural Communication 

DIVISIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Performance and Cultural Studies (Select 3 units—COMS 301 is a prerequisite for all courses in this band)

• COMS 303 Narrative in Performance
• COMS 304 Poetry in Performance
• COMS 401 Performance and Social Change
• COMS 404 Theories of Interpretation
• COMS 445 Communication and Popular Cultures

Rhetorical Theory (Select 3 units—COMS 327 is a prerequisite for all courses in this band)

• COMS 425 Theories of Argumentation and Deliberation
• COMS 435 Rhetoric of Women
• COMS 442 Rhetoric of Peace and Conflict
• COMS 444 Political Rhetoric
• COMS 448 Rhetoric of Extraordinary Claim

Communication Theory (Select 3 units—COMS 351 is a prerequisite for all courses in this band)

• COMS 320 Communicative Functions of Language
• COMS 350 Nonverbal Communication
• COMS 431 Persuasion
• COMS 451 Interpersonal Communication
• COMS 453 Organizational Communication

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT REQUIREMENT (Select 3 Units)

• COMS 323 Group Communication
• COMS 400C Directing Oral Performance
• COMS 410 Community-Based Performance
• COMS 437 Communication for Youth Institute
• COMS 452 Communication Training and Development
• COMS 494/L Internship in Organizational Communication

COMMUNICATION METHODS REQUIREMENT (Select 3 Units)

• COMS 430      Rhetorical Criticism
• COMS 440      Performance & Cultural Studies Criticism
• COMS 450      Communication Research Methodology

MAJOR ELECTIVES (Select 15 units)

Any course listed in the above sections (after completing the minimum 3 units) may be counted for this section as well. If there is a COMS 300 or 400 level course not listed below (ex. Topics courses such as COMS 396A-Z), you may still apply it towards the COMS Major Elective section.

• COMS 309       Advanced Public Speaking
• COMS 315       Communication and Agency
• COMS 325       Legal Argumentation
• COMS 360       Communication and the Sexes
• COMS 406       Performance Composition
• COMS 420       Language and Symbolic Processes
• COMS 428       Freedom of Speech
• COMS 443       Rhetoric in Business
• COMS 446       Rhetoric of Crime and Punishment
• COMS 452       Training and Development
• COMS 454       Communication and Technology
• COMS 464       Digital Rhetorics