COMM at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Intro sequences

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

• 1. COMM 130Introduction to Media Production
  2. COMM 230Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing
• 1. COMM 170Rhetoric and Public Issues
  2. COMM 571Rhetorical Theory and Practice
• 1. COMM 120Introduction to Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
  2. COMM 525Organizational Communication
• 1. COMM 150Introduction to New Media
  2. COMM 638Game Design

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 230Audio/Video/Film Production and Writingopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• COMM 525Organizational Communicationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• COMM 534Aesthetic and Technical Considerations in Making Short Videosopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 537Master Screenwritingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 571Rhetorical Theory and Practiceopens 1 course (1 directly)
• COMM 638Game Designopens 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 94 COMM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 126 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.

• 4 courses deep, ending at COMM 647

  1. COMM 130Introduction to Media Production
  2. COMM 230Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing
  3. COMM 534Aesthetic and Technical Considerations in Making Short Videos
  4. COMM 647Advanced Projects in Media Production

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 463

  1. ENGL 130Introduction to Fiction Writing
  2. ENGL 206Intermediate Fiction Writing
  3. COMM 463Creating the Solo Performance

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 600

  1. COMM 433Intermediate Screenwriting
  2. COMM 537Master Screenwriting
  3. COMM 600Screenwriting: The Re-Write

• 3 courses deep, ending at COMM 640

  1. COMM 150Introduction to New Media
  2. COMM 638Game Design
  3. COMM 640Game Studio

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 UNC campus feed.