COMM at George Mason University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. COMM 100Public Speaking
  2. COMM 200Communication Theory
• 1. COMM 101Fundamentals of Communication
  2. COMM 200Communication Theory
• 1. COMM 148Podcasting and Radio Workshop I.
  2. COMM 348Podcasting and Radio Workshop II.

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 200Communication Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 490Honors Research Methods in Communicationopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 706Strategic Communicationopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 348Podcasting and Radio Workshop II.opens 1 course (0.5 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 50 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.

Concentration routes

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.

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 452

  1. COMM 148Podcasting and Radio Workshop I.
  2. COMM 348Podcasting and Radio Workshop II.
  3. COMM 452Advanced Portfolio in Media Production

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 491

  1. COMM 300Writing and Rhetorical Criticism
  2. COMM 490Honors Research Methods in Communication
  3. COMM 491RS: Honors Research Project in Communication

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 498

  1. COMM 100Public Speaking
  2. COMM 200Communication Theory
  3. COMM 498RS: Research Projects in Communication

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 716

  1. COMM 630Theories of Public Relations
  2. COMM 706Strategic Communication
  3. COMM 716Global Public Relations Strategy and Practice

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 GMU campus feed.