Undergraduate Bulletin

Major SBC Courses for the BS in Mass Communication

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2).

SBC Category	Required Major Courses	Optional Major Courses (See Note 3)
ARTS
GLO
HUM
LANG (see Note 4)
QPS
SBS	COM 106, JRN 101
SNW
TECH
USA	COM 106, COM 208
WRT
STAS	COM 415
EXP+	COM 491	COM 494
HFA+		COM 307
SBS+		COM 316
STEM+
CER	JRN 101
DIV (see Note 5)
ESI	COM 305
SPK	COM 120	COM 365
WRTD	COM 491

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG). 

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

• Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
• Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
• Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later