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Program checklist · Major in Communication Studies

Major in Communication Studies

State University of New York at New Paltz · New Paltz, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Major in Communication Studies
CIP
30.2301
Total credits (published)
22
Catalog edition
2025-2026 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
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Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196176
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196176_4278db1a
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Core Courses (all concentrations) (18 Credits)

concentration · 6 items
  1. CMM 100
    3
  2. CMM 104
    3
  3. CMM 315
    3
  4. CMM 353
    3
  5. CMM 360
    3
  6. CMM 370
    3

Complete one of the concentrations below (22 Credits)

concentration · 1 item
  1. Select a concentration in Organizational Communication, Relational Communication, or Strategic Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    22

Organizational Communication

0 items

    Professional Communication Skills Course (3 Credits)

    1 item
    1. CMM 302
      3

    Required Methods Course (3 Credits)

    Choose 1 of the following · Select one of the following: · 3 items
    1. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. CMM 352
      3
    3. CMM 354
      3

    Concentration Electives (9 Credits)

    Choose 3 of the following · Select three of the following: · electives · 5 items
    1. Select three of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    2. CMM 204
      3
    3. CMM 362
      3
    4. CMM 430
      3
    5. CMM 450
      3

    Communication Elective Course (3 Credits)

    electives · 1 item
    1. Select one lower- or upper-division CMM course.
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Capstone Seminar (4 Credits)

    1 item
    1. CMM 454
      4

    Relational Communication

    0 items

      Professional Communication Skills Course (3 Credits)

      1 item
      1. CMM 302
        3

      Required Methods Course (3 Credits)

      Choose 1 of the following · Select one of the following: · 3 items
      1. Select one of the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. CMM 352
        3
      3. CMM 354
        3

      Concentration Electives (9 Credits)

      Choose 3 of the following · Select three of the following: · electives · 8 items
      1. Select three of the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      2. CMM 275
        3
      3. CMM 325
        3
      4. CMM 355
        3
      5. CMM 359
        3
      6. CMM 379
        3
      7. CMM 389
        3
      8. CMM 452
        3

      Communication Elective Course (3 Credits)

      electives · 1 item
      1. Select one lower- or upper-division CMM course.
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Capstone Seminar (4 Credits)

      1 item
      1. CMM 455
        4

      Strategic Communication

      0 items

        Professional Communication Skills Course (3 Credits)

        1 item
        1. CMM 231
          3

        Required Methods Course (3 Credits)

        Choose 1 of the following · Select one of the following: · 3 items
        1. Select one of the following:
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. CMM 352
          3
        3. CMM 354
          3

        Intermediate Concentration Core (9 Credits)

        concentration · 3 items
        1. CMM 312
          3
        2. CMM 316
          3
        3. CMM 317
          3

        Concentration Elective (3 Credits)

        Choose 1 of the following · Select one of the following: · electives · 5 items
        1. Select one of the following:
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. CMM 324
          3
        3. CMM 326
          3
        4. CMM 334
          3
        5. CMM 375
          3

        Capstone Seminar (4 Credits)

        1 item
        1. CMM 456
          4
        Source. State University of New York at New Paltz, catalog 2025-2026 Catalog — https://catalog.newpaltz.edu/undergraduate/college-liberal-arts-sciences/communication-studies/major-communication-studies/. Captured page pages/0321.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.