After COMM 211
Gateway: COMM 211
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Loyola University Chicago’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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.
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 126 COMM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 85 more COMM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
Required Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Production Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose two from:
Media Studies Electiveschoose 1
Advanced Productionchoose 1
Internship1 required
Requires a minimum of 18 credit hours completed and Junior or Senior standing
Capstonechoose 1
School of Communication Foundation Coursesall required
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Policy Choiceall required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: COMM 211
Gateway: COMM 210
Gateway: COMM 200
Gateway: COMM 205
Gateway: COMM 214
The deepest prerequisite chains in COMM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at COMM 389
4 courses deep, ending at COMM 332
4 courses deep, ending at COMM 358
4 courses deep, ending at COMM 390
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Concentrationschoose 1
Organizational Communication; Media & Technology; Social Media & Society
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Research Methods1 required
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Electives Select Two of the Followingchoose 6
Total Hours15 required
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Methods and Analysischoose 1
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Policy, Economics, and Resource Managementchoose 1
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Environmental Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose four, at least one of which must be from List A and at least one of which must be at the 300 level):; List A; List B; BIOL, CHEM, PHYS 300-level courses (with SES approval)
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Total Hours15 required
All COMM courses in the Loyola Chicago catalog
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