Can College of Communications students take extra COMM courses outside their majors to satisfy elective requirements?
In all College of Communications majors, students must carefully utilize their elective credits because 80 credits of non-COMM courses (65 of those 80 credits must come from courses in the Liberal Arts and Sciences) are required to graduate. This requirement is mandated by the Accrediting Council on Education in Mass Communications (ACEJMC), and is one of the measures used by the ACEJMC to evaluate the College for national accreditation purposes. Students should meet with their Academic Advisor on a regular basis to determine their progress toward the” 80 credit rule” to see if they have room in the electives area to take a few extra credits of COMM courses. 5. What is the “Other Cultures” requirement? How is it different from the “Cultural Diversity” (also known as the “Intercultural and International Competency”) requirement? Can students in the College of Communications use the same course to satisfy the Other Cultures and Cultural Diversity? The Other Cultures requirement is a 3 cr
