Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Generated from California State University, San Bernardino’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate COMM coursework.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate COMM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 53 COMM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 97 more COMM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COMM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Journalism Core Requirements (12)all required
Journalism Practica (4)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose two units from:; Choose two units from:; Up to 2 units in addition to required practica courses above (4 units) could be counted toward electives.
Journalism Electives (9)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose nine units from:
Communication & Media Electives (6)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose six units from:
Applied and Acquired Skills, Experience, and Service Requirements (4-17)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Multimodal Approaches to Communication; One course selected from:; Digital Literacies: Acquisition and Use; One course selected from:; Research Techniques and Methodologies:; One course selected from:; Experiential/Service Learning and Community Engagement; One course selected from:
Lower-division requirements (9)all required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COMM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at COMM 4356
3 courses deep, ending at COMM 4102
3 courses deep, ending at COMM 6075
2 courses deep, ending at COMM 3402
Focus Field (9)9 required · verify with the official sheet
Students must complete nine units of course work from any single discipline other than the discipline chosen for the required minor field. A minimum of six units must be upper-division.
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Experiential Learning requirements (6)choose 1
Students choose six units from at least two of the following experiential learning courses. In these courses, students apply Communication theories and practices in supervised, "hands-on" activities, and they reflect on those experiences.; Students can only apply six experiential learning units toward the B.A. in Communication; however, additional experiential learning units may contribute to a mi
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Electives (6)1 required · verify with the official sheet
In addition to the Communication core, experiential learning, and concentration coursework, students choose six elective units in COMM coursework to broaden and deepen their understandings of communication processes.; Students can only apply six elective units toward the B.A. in Communication; however, additional elective units may contribute to a minor (where applicable), or to a student's genera
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All COMM courses in the CSUSB catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for COMM yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under COMM yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
COMM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the CSUSB campus feed.