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Program checklist · BS

Communication and Media, BS

Pennsylvania Western University · California, PA

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Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Total credits (published)
120
Credits (computed from items)
117
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
498571
CourseShelf checklist
CK_498571_4871d3c2
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Curriculum Requirements

0 items

    General Education

    21 items
    1. FOUNDATIONS 15-18
      Not resolved to a course
    2. First Year Seminar - FYS 1000 - Navigating the First Year at PennWest
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. Quantitative Reasoning - Any Course (GFQR)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. Written Communication - Choose 1 of the following options:
      Not resolved to a course
    5. Written Communication - ENGL 1100 - Introduction to College Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. AND ENGL 1200 - College Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      or: Written Communication - ENGL 1200 - College Composition
      3
    7. Oral Communication - COMM 1010 - Public Speaking
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. Technological Literacy - COMM 2060 - Media Aesthetics & Technology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. DISCOVERIES 24-27 Credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. Arts and Humanities - Any Course (GDAH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. Arts and Humanities - Any Course (GDAH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    12. Social Sciences - Any Course (GDSS)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. Social Sciences - Any Course (GDSS)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    14. Natural Sciences and Technology - Any Course (GDNS)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. Natural Sciences and Technology - Any Course (GDNS)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    16. Flex Discoveries - Any Course (GDAH, GDSS, GDNS, GDWH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    17. Flex Discoveries - Any Course (GDAH, GDSS, GDNS, GDWH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    18. Flex Discoveries - (If not completing ENGL 1100) - Any Course (GDAH, GDSS, GDNS, or GDWH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    19. ESSENTIAL SKILLS Essential Skills remain in General Education requirements but are completed within the major and do not add to the 42 standalone credits.
      Not resolved to a course
    20. Intensive Writing - Choose from COMM with attribute GCWI
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    21. Capstone - COMM 4920 - Communication & Journalism Practicum
      Not resolved to a course
      or: Capstone- COMM 4950 - Communication & Journalism Internship
      3

    Required Major Courses

    10 items
    1. COMM 1040
      3
    2. COMM 1101
      3
    3. COMM 1107
      3
    4. COMM 2070
      3
    5. COMM 2231
      3
    6. COMM 2251
      3
    7. COMM 3060
      3
    8. COMM 3806
      3
    9. COMM 3826
      3
    10. COMM 4920
      Communication & Journalism Practicum
      or: COMM 4950 - Communication & Journalism Internship
      3

    Major Electives

    13 items
    1. COMM 3201
      3
    2. COMM 3202
      3
    3. COMM 3241
      3
    4. COMM 3407
      3
    5. COMM 3609
      3
    6. COMM 3619
      3
    7. COMM 3816
      3
    8. COMM 3856
      3
    9. COMM 4222
      3
    10. COMM 4803
      3
    11. COMM 4846
      3
    12. COMM 4866
      3
    13. Any 3000-Level or Higher COMM course, including COMM 3990 or COMM 4950, and not in the Required Major Courses
      Not resolved to a course
    Source. Pennsylvania Western University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.pennwest.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=12&poid=1985. Captured page pages/0042.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.