COMM at Fairfield University

Gateway courses

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.

• COMM 2220Introduction to Organizational Communicationopens 8 courses (6.5 directly)
• COMM 2200Interpersonal Communication Theoriesopens 7 courses (6 directly)
• COMM 2240Intercultural Communicationopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

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 47 COMM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 63 more COMM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in COMM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 3322

  1. COMM 1100Human Communication Theories
  2. COMM 2220Introduction to Organizational Communication
  3. COMM 3322Leadership Communication

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 3340

  1. COMM 1100Human Communication Theories
  2. COMM 2200Interpersonal Communication Theories
  3. COMM 3340Conflict Communication

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 2231

  1. COMM 1130Mass Media and Society
  2. COMM 2231Media Institutions

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 2333

  1. COMM 1102Introduction to Public Relations
  2. COMM 2333Public Relations Strategy Development

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for COMM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under COMM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

COMM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Fairfield campus feed.