After COMS 2386
Gateway: COMS 2386
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Building the department map…
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 Sam Houston State University’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 COMS 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 COMS 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 6 COMS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 24 more COMS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COMS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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Minor Area I: Communication for Legal and Criminal Justice Professionals2 required · verify with the official sheet
Minor Area II: Legal Studieschoose 1
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Minor Area III: Technical and Professional Writing2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COMS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
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2 courses deep, ending at COMS 4381
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Major: Prescribed Electives OR Undergraduate Certificate in Communication for Health and Social Care Professionals15 required
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AND; 23 hours of electives selected from the below Prescribed Electives course llst.
Major: Prescribed Electives (26 SCH) OR Undergraduate Certificate in Communication for Health and Social Care Professionals15 required
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Substantive Legal Content2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two courses from the following:; Communication Studies; Criminal Justice; General Business; History; Kinesiology; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Security Studies
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Minor Area I: Environmental, Health, and Safety Management1 required
Environmental, Health, and Safety Management/Industrial Safety Management (ETSM) Advanced Electives
Minor Area II: Environmental Studieschoose 1
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All COMS courses in the SHSU catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for COMS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under COMS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
COMS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the SHSU campus feed.