Vanguard University of Southern California

Suggested Four Year Plan: Communication Studies

This four year plan is a sample and only for planning purposes; this is not an official document. You are required to meet with an Academic Advisor each semester.

Year One: Fall Semester(15 units)

Year One: Spring Semester(15 units)

Speech Composition and Presentation (COMM 201C)
Persuasive Writing (ENGL 120C)
Cornerstone (CORE 100C)
Social Science Requirement (ANTH 102C, PSYC 103C or SOCI 100C)
Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Lecture and Lab (KINE 145C and 146C)
Foundations of Christian Life (THEO 101C) or Intro to Theology (THEO 103C)

Visual Technologies (COMM 273)
US History (HIST 156C) or US Government (POLS 155C)
New Testament Survey (NT 101C)
History of Comm. Studies (COMM 212)
Intro to Statistics (SOCS 265C)

Year Two: Fall Semester(15 units)

Year Two: Spring Semester(16 units)

Social Science Requirement (ANTH 102C, PSYC 103C or SOCI 100C)
Intro to Interpersonal Communication (COMM 290)
Christianity &the Artistic Culture (COMM 258)
World Civilization I (HIST 203C)
Old Testament Survey (OT 201C)

Visual Storytelling (COMM 220)
Comm. Emphasis Elective* (3 units)
Intro to the Arts (FINA 215C) or Other Fine Arts Req.
The Empirical World
(NSCI 210C)
Researched Writing (ENGL 220C)

 

Year Three: Fall Semester(15 units)

Year Three: Spring Semester(18 units)

Communication Theory/Research (COMM 305)
Comm. Emphasis Elective* (3 units)
Developing a Christian Worldview (THEO 300C)
Literary Perspectives (ENGL 300C) or Other Literature Requirement
Elective
(3 units)

Comm. EmphasisElectives* (9 units)
Comm. Practicum Course (COMM 455/450)
Electives (6 units)

Year Four: Fall Semester(15 units)

Year Four: Spring Semester(15 units)

Comm. Practicum Course (COMM 455/450)
Media Criticism (COMM 464C)
Comm. Emphasis Elective* (3 units)
Christian Heritage (CHIS 400C)
Elective (3 units)

Comm. Emphasis Elective* (3 units)
Electives (12 units)

 

 

 

(*Communication Emphasis Electives)
Please choose from one of the following emphases (each emphasis is 21 units):

Public Relations

 

COMM 331: Television Advertising

COMM 363: Motion Graphics Design

COMM 378: Public Relations: Corp. Comm., Info.

COMM 380: Public Relations: Corp. Comm., Proj.

COMM 445: Persuasion

MRKT 362: Advertising and Promotion

MRKT 365: Marketing Research

MRKT 369: Consumer Behavior

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

   
Interpersonal/Organizational Communication  

COMM 333: Small Group Leadership

COMM 345: Intercultural Communication

COMM 364: Organizational Communication

COMM 374: Gender Communication

COMM 376: Interracial Communication

COMM 445: Persuasion

COMM 452: Advanced Interpersonal Communication

ANTH 440: Culture, Personality, and the Individual

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

Journalism  

COMM 119/319: Publications: Newspaper

COMM 222: Photography

COMM 320: Journalism

COMM 351: Documentary/Ethnographic Film Prod.

COMM 362: Contemporary Issues in Public Discourse

COMM 370: Advanced Composition and Rhetoric

COMM 376: Interracial Communication

COMM 378: Public Relations: Corp. Comm., Info.

COMM 380: Public Relations: Corp. Comm., Proj.

COMM 445: Persuasion

COMM 447: Ethnographic Communication Research

ENGL 380: Advanced English Grammar

1 unit

4 units

3 units

4 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

   

Intercultural Communication

 

COMM 318: Nonverbal Communication 

COMM 345: Intercultural Communication

COMM 374: Gender Communication

COMM 376: Interracial Communication

COMM 452: Advanced Interpersonal Communication

COMM 447: Ethnographic Communication Research

ANTH 440: Culture, Personality and the Individual

ICST 454: Principles and Methods of Inter. Ministry

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units

3 units