What is the Communication Major?
Dr. Hui-Min Kuo, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Communication
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Rutgers University Communication Major: Overview, Requirements, and Student Organizations , Study notes of Communication
An overview of the communication major at rutgers university, including the reasons to pursue this major, related topics, admission requirements, and suggested courses. It also mentions student organizations for communication students.
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What is the Communication Major?
Dr. Hui-Min Kuo, Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Communication
Why am I interested in the Comm Major?
- (^) “Because the study of communication is broad that allows one to keep their opinions when it comes to choosing a career”
- (^) “communication can help me to really reach out and relate to people, and to articulate the exchange of ideas within our worldwide village”
- (^) “after trying out a few inductory courses from various subjects, I fell in love with communication”
Mediated Intercultural Applied/Theoretical Topics Interdisciplinary Public Relations Health Organizational Interpersonal Communication
SC&I offers three majors and one minor:
- (^) Major:
- (^) Comm- communication
- (^) JMS- Journalism and media studies
- (^) ITI- Information Technology and informatics
- (^) Minor:
- (^) DCIM Digital communication, Information, and Media
- (^) No double major within SC&I.
- (^) Can take one major and one minor within SC&I.
- (^) Ok to change to another SC&I major, need to reapply.
- (^) SAS or SEBS status will not change if you become a SC&I major.
Returning to Interdisciplinarity
- (^) Intersections among range of disciplines
- (^) Communication in context
- (^) Interpersonal, family, organizational, mediated, mass…
- (^) Communication in context
- (^) World of “applied communication”
To complete the Communication major:
- (^) Minimum– A grade of C or better for all comm classes and completion of 33 credits.
- (^) 15 credits= 5 required courses
- (^) 101 intro to comm & info
- (^) 102 Intro to Media Sys. Or 103 intro to ITI
- (^) 200 comm theory
- (^) 201 comm and relationships
- (^) 300 comm research
What to take next?
- (^) 189:102 or 189:103, if you have not completed it.
- (^) 192:200 comm theory
- (^) 192:201 comm and relationships
Joint BA & MCIS for Communication Majors
- (^) MCIS- Master of communication and information studies.
- (^) Start master degree while still an undergraduation
- (^) Up to 4 courses that can double-count towards MCIS