SMC at Iowa State University

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 SMC 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 17 SMC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more SMC 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 SMC, 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 SMC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at SMC 3900

  1. JLMC 1100Orientation to Journalism and Communication
  2. JLMC 2010Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media
  3. PR 3900Professional Skills Development
  4. SMC 3900Professional Skills Development

• 4 courses deep, ending at SMC 4990A

  1. JLMC 1100Orientation to Journalism and Communication
  2. JLMC 2010Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media
  3. JLMC 3030Writing for Electronic Media

• 3 courses deep, ending at SMC 4940X

  1. JLMC 1100Orientation to Journalism and Communication
  2. SMC 3510Strategic Sports Communication
  3. SMC 4940XStrategic Sports Media and Communication Capstone

• 3 courses deep, ending at SMC 4950

  1. JLMC 1100Orientation to Journalism and Communication
  2. SMC 3040Sportswriting and Announcing
  3. SMC 4950Senior Integrative Capstone

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SMC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SMC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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