After ENGL 103
Gateway: ENGL 103
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 Drexel University’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 COM 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 COM 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 43 COM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 32 more COM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
University Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
College of Arts and Sciences Core Curriculumchoose 1
Developing Quantitative Reasoning; Two courses in MATH based on placement exams OR; Engaging the Natural World; Analyzing Cultures & Histories; Understanding Society & Human Behavior; Cultivating Global Competence; Perspectives in Diversity
Theory and Key Conceptsall required
Methods Sequenceall required
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Select five communication and media studies electives from the list below:
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Required Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Program Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose four of the following courses:
Communications and Englishall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at COM 386
3 courses deep, ending at COM 315
3 courses deep, ending at COM 320
3 courses deep, ending at COM 330
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Additional Requirementsall required
Science, Technology, Health and Human Affairs Electivechoose 1
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Mathematics and Statisticschoose 1
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Arts and Humanities Requirementsall required
Arts & Humanities, Business, or Social Studies electivesall required
Select courses in the 100-499 level from the list below:; Any ACCT (Accounting) course; Any ARBC (Arabic) course; Any ARCH (Architecture) course; Any ARTH (Art History) course; Any BLAW (Legal Studies) course; Any BUSN (General Business) course; Any CHIN (Chinese) course; Any CJS (Criminology and Justice Studies) course; Any CMGT (Construction Management) course; Any COM (Communication) course; An
All COM courses in the Drexel catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for COM yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under COM yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
COM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Drexel campus feed.