COMM at Northeastern University

Intro sequences

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

• 1. COMM 1101Introduction to Communication Studies
• 1. COMM 1210Persuasion and Rhetoric
• 1. COMM 1225Communication Theory
• 1. COMM 1231Principles of Organizational Communication

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 1101Introduction to Communication Studiesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• COMM 1210Persuasion and Rhetoricopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 1225Communication Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 1231Principles of Organizational Communicationopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 1255Communication in a Digital Ageopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 1331Legal Argumentation, Advocacy, and Citizenshipopens 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 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 31 COMM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 72 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.

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 3200

  1. ENGW 1102First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
  2. COMM 3200Mobile Communication

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 3409

  1. COMM 1210Persuasion and Rhetoric
  2. COMM 3409Advocacy Writing

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 4102

  1. COMM 2301Communication Research Methods
  2. COMM 4102Health Communication Campaigns

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 4992

  1. COMM 1101Introduction to Communication Studies
  2. COMM 4992Directed Study

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 Northeastern campus feed.