COM at Jacksonville State 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 COM coursework.

• EH 102English Composition IIopens 13 courses (1 directly)
• EH 104Honors English Composition IIopens 13 courses (1 directly)
• EH 106Enhanced English Composition IIopens 13 courses (0.3 directly)
• COM 315Introduction to Newsopens 12 courses (6.5 directly)
• COM 302Introduction to Audio Productionopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• MS 110Finite Mathematicsopens 6 courses (2.5 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 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 37 COM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more COM 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 COM, 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 COM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at COM 440

  1. EH 101English Composition I
  2. EH 102English Composition II
  3. COM 315Introduction to News
  4. COM 302Introduction to Audio Production
  5. COM 412Digital Media Analytics
  6. COM 440Campaign Management: Public Relations & Advertising

• 5 courses deep, ending at COM 420

  1. EH 101English Composition I
  2. EH 102English Composition II
  3. COM 315Introduction to News

• 3 courses deep, ending at COM 385

  1. COM 200Introduction to Mass Communication
  2. COM 320Video Production and Editing
  3. COM 385Multimedia Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at COM 430

  1. COM 330Introduction to Public Relations
  2. COM 340Public Relations Writing
  3. COM 430Strategic Media Writing

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for COM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under COM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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