COMM at Ohio 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 COMM coursework.

• COMM 2221Media Writing and Editingopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• COMM 2331Strategic Communication Principlesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• COMM 2511Visual Communication Designopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 3160Communication Research Methodsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 3163Communication Industry Research Methodsopens 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 12 COMM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 65 more COMM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

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 2223

  1. COMM 2221Media Writing and Editing
  2. COMM 2223Lantern Practicum

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 3345

  1. COMM 2331Strategic Communication Principles
  2. COMM 3345Strategic Media Planning

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 4511

  1. COMM 2511Visual Communication Design
  2. COMM 4511User-Centered Communication Design

• 2 courses deep, ending at COMM 4558

  1. COMM 3160Communication Research Methods
  2. COMM 4558Social Media Analytics

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 Ohio State campus feed.