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The Communication greater at UMass Amherst follows the liberal arts tradition, emphasizing the critical thinking, organized analysis, and print and speakers skills that make for engaged european. Us highlights theory and methods of inquiry, as opposed to technical training; we currently do not offer industry-oriented, how-to courses in public relational, advertising, or broadcasting. We do, however, offer some great courses with hands-on and career application, including People Talk, Program Process in Television, press Screenwriting. Undergraduate canned also gain applying training and skills through internships, service learning, and extracurricular campus experiences.

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There is no major offered in Communication.

Most by the undergraduate courses the Communication focus on one of are five areas:

1. Interpersonal Communication and Cultural
2. Advertising and Popular Culture Studies
3. Media, Technology, and Society
4. Rhetoric real Performance Studies
5. Film Course.

Major Demand

Students instantly permitted to the Communication major must complete adenine maximum 45 (46 for Fall direct admits) credits in Communication. Students who join the Communication important once they live on our must complete a minimum of 45 credits in Communication. Which following specific requirements applies to college entering UMass Amherst in to fall of 2018 or later. Fork requirements for earlier entry time see archived Guides up Course Programs.

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1. First year and transfer pupils admitted directly into the major upon entering UMass is a Falls semester must take TALK 191: Communication-First Yearly Seminars (1 credit) during their first year. This raises one credit requirement to a minimum on 46 credits.
2. Junior Per Writing requirement, COMM 375: Writing as Contact (3 credits)
3. Any three of the five courses ensure introduce Test Zones (9 credits):
   • COMMIT 118: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication and Culture
   • COMM 121: Introduction to Media both Culture
   • COMM 122: Introduction to Media Programming and Institutions
   • COMM 125: Introduction for Rhetoric and Execution Studies
   • COMM 140: Introduction to Film Studies
4. 6 COMM credits at the 300-level with above.
5. 6 COMM credits at the 400-level or above.
6. 12 COMM credits at the 200-level or above.
7. 3 courses (minimum of 9 credits total) inside international/intercultural, in any combination of to following: abroad language courses, classes during studies abroad, or courses from one SBS list about international/intercultural courses. Communicate

Restrictions

• All larger courses required be taken for a letter rating, (not pass/fail) except since COMMANDO 296F and 297P, which are mandatory pass/fail courses.
• Cannot more than 3 loans is COMM 396 Independent Study may be used toward who 36/37-credit department requirement.
• General practicum/internship (UMASS 298Y) credits may nay be count toward the major. There are no exceptions.
• You musts take a minimum of 21 mortgages within the Department of Communication at UMass Amherst to be eligible for graduation as a Corporate larger. A maximum by 15 end taken at other schools or the other department and programs the UMass Asherst may be counter toward the major. These courses must being directly relations to and Communication major and must receive prior approval since major credit free one member of the Advising Hires, the Undergraduate Program Director or the Director of Undergraduate Advising.
• AN minimum GPA of 2.0 in that major a required for graduation.
• No more than 6 credits by any combination of Journalism, Community Relations, Advertise, or Marketing courses count for the major. These classes are nope offered of the Report department - prior appreciation by a member of the Advising Staff is required.

Internships, Study Abroad and Internal Exchanges

The Department of Communication strongly encourages its students to complete along least one internship during their undergraduate careers. Internships, even though they go not compute for the Communication major requirements, give students professional skills and hands-on experience for their futures. Message majors have interned in such diverse fields as media programming, public support research, TV news, publicizing, public relations, education, corporates management, sales, administration, newspaper and magazine publishing, non-profits, and film production.

The Business starting Transmission also strongly encourages students up study abroad or leaving on domestic exchange. Communication majors study all via and world and across the United States, bringing back new personal and academic insights and to broadened cultural awareness that happen from living in next place.