SCOM at James Madison 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 SCOM coursework.

• SCOM 121Fundamental Human Communication: Presentations [C1HC]opens 8 courses (3.5 directly)
• SCOM 123Fundamental Human Communication: Group Presentations [C1HC]opens 8 courses (3.5 directly)
• SCOM 240Introduction to Communication Theoryopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SCOM 261Public Relations Techniques I: Writtenopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SCOM 312Sport Communication Minor Practicumopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SCOM 362Public Relations Theory and Conceptsopens 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 SCOM 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 48 SCOM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 90 more SCOM 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 SCOM, 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 SCOM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at SCOM 306

  1. SCOM 123Fundamental Human Communication: Group Presentations [C1HC]
  2. SCOM 121Fundamental Human Communication: Presentations [C1HC]
  3. SCOM 240Introduction to Communication Theory
  4. SCOM 306Special Topics in Organizational Communication

• 3 courses deep, ending at SCOM 343

  1. WRTC 103Rhetorical Reading and Writing [C1W]
  2. WRTC 200Introduction to Studies in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication
  3. SCOM 343Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Practice

• 3 courses deep, ending at SCOM 361

  1. SCOM 260Introduction to Public Relations
  2. SCOM 261Public Relations Techniques I: Written
  3. SCOM 361Public Relations Techniques II: Visual

• 3 courses deep, ending at SCOM 412

  1. SCOM 230Introduction to Sport Communication
  2. SCOM 312Sport Communication Minor Practicum
  3. SCOM 412Sport Communication Internship

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SCOM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SCOM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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