Flexible Bachelor's Degree Option
Undergraduate Communication Major
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The Communication major is a 50-credit broad-based exploration of communication which integrates the following areas of study: communication and culture; communication technology and society; international communication; political communication; rhetoric and critical studies and social interaction. |
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Admission Requirements
Students need to complete at least five credits of course work in Communication at the UW before applying to the major. Applications to the major are available the first day of the quarter in Communication 118 and due back to that office on the second Monday of the Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters. Applications are not accepted for Summer quarter.
Major Requirements
Major Requirements include completing 50 Communication credits which includes 5 credits of COM 201 or 202; 10 credits of 400 level courses and the remaining 35 credits in any 200, 300 or 400 level courses.
A limited number of these or similar courses will be offered each quarter (for course descriptions, see the UW Course Catalog):
Communication (COM)
| Number | Title |
| COM 201 | Introduction to Communication I |
| COM 202 | Introduction to Communication II |
| COM 220 | Introduction to Public Speaking |
| COM 222 | Communication in a Free Society |
| COM 234 | Public Debate |
| COM 251 | Interviewing |
| COM 270 | Interpersonal Communication |
| COM 273 | Parliamentary Procedure and Public Meetings |
| COM 285 | Communication in the Classroom |
| COM 300 | Basic Concepts of New Media |
| COM 301 | Navigating Information Networks for Mass Media |
| COM 302 | The Cultural Impact of Communication Technology |
| COM 304 | The Press and Politics in the United States |
| COM 305 | The Politics of Mass Communication in America |
| COM 306 | Media, Society, and Political Identity |
| COM 320 | Advanced Public Speaking |
| COM 321 | Communication in International Relations |
| COM 322 | Global Communication |
| COM 329 | Rhetoric of Social and Political Movements |
| COM 331 | The Rhetorical Tradition in Western Thought |
| COM 334 | Essentials of Argument |
| COM 340 | History of Mass Communication |
| COM 342 | Media Structure |
| COM 343 | Effects of Mass Communication |
| COM 359 | Writing for Mass Media |
| COM 373 | Communication in Small Groups |
| COM 374 | Perspectives on Language |
| COM 375 | Communication Ethics |
| COM 376 | Nonverbal Communication |
| COM 378 | Social Approaches to Interpersonal Communication |
| COM 382 | Social Scientific Approaches to Comm. Research |
| COM 395 | Communication Internship |
| COM 401 | Telecommunication Policy and Convergent Media |
| COM 402 | New Media as Virtual Communities |
| COM 405 | New Media Criticism |
| COM 406 | Public Discourse on the Internet |
| COM 407 | The Internet and Politics |
| COM 411 | Seminar in Political Comm. |
| COM 414 | Public Opinion and the Mass Media: Processes and Methods |
| COM 417 | Political Deliberation |
| COM 418 | Communication and the Environment |
| COM 420 | Comparative Media Systems |
| COM 423 | Communication and Social Change |
| COM 425 | European Media Systems |
| COM 426 | International Media Images |
| COM 427 | International Communications Law and Policy |
| COM 428 | Asian Media Systems |
| COM 429 | Chinese Communication Systems |
| COM 430 | Canadian Documentary Film Traditions |
| COM 431 | Rhetorical Criticism |
| COM 433 | Speech Composition |
| COM 434 | Argumentation Theory |
| COM 435 | Historic American Public Discourse |
| COM 436 | Contemporary American Public Discourse |
| COM 437 | Rhetorical Perspectives in Intellectual Revolutions |
| COM 438 | Rhetoric of Science |
| COM 440 | Mass Media Law |
| COM 441 | United States Media History |
| COM 442 | History of Media Technology and Regulation |
| COM 444 | Public Relations and Society |
| COM 445 | Journalism and Literature |
| COM 451 | Mass Media and Culture |
| COM 452 | Crisis Communications |
| COM 464 | Opinion and Editorial Writing |
| COM 468 | Journalism Ethics |
| COM 469 |
Intellectual Foundations of American Journalism |
| COM 471 | Persuasion |
| COM 472 | Empirical Approaches to Interpersonal Communication |
| COM 473 | Discussion Leadership |
| COM 474 | Communication, Conflict, and Cooperation |
| COM 475 | Organization Communication |
| COM 476 |
Models and Theories in Communication |
| COM 478 | Intercultural Communication |
| COM 479 | Communication in Children's Environments |
| COM 480 | Communication in Adolescent Environments |
| COM 482 | Computer-Mediated Interpersonal Communication |
| COM 484 |
Cultural Codes in Communication |
| COM 485 |
Fieldwork in Communication Studies |
| COM 489 | Ethnicity, Gender, and Communication |
| COM 495 | Special Topics in Communication |
| COM 498 | Independent Research |
| COM 499 | Directed Research |