Special Notes for Fall 2012 Registration

What should I take? Answer:  Required Courses!

First, for those of you who are current Freshmen or Sophomores, please check out our advice for those who are thinking about COM as a major!

If you're in your first year or two here at VU, think about taking as many COM courses as you can fit in your schedule. Two things to remember: 1) COM 1000 and 1100 are required to declare the major (1200 is an introductory course but not required prior to major declaration); and 2) since 2000-level courses are prerequisites for all our 3000-level courses, the sooner you take at least one 2000 level course, the sooner you're into our advanced courses!

A current Junior? Unsure of what to take? Current Juniors might also think about taking the required Advanced research course (4001 OR 4002), if you've already taken COM 1200.

If you're a Senior, then be sure to check out the topics for our Senior Project sections, so you can match your interests with the right section of this course.

Wondering what courses COM is offering in the Fall?

Download the COM Department electives guide below:

Which Senior Project section should I take in the Spring?

As you hopefully know, each section of COM 5050 has a different topic, one chosen by the section's instructor. This topic will be the one that will help guide you in the selection of projects for the semester. Thus: we urge you to consider the section topic when signing up for your section of 5050. Please consult the electives guide to see the descriptions of each section's topic.

Want to take a course not regularly offered?

As always, we're rotating in some courses that you might find of interest. Descriptions of these can be found in our electives guide but keep in mind that these courses all have prerequisites at the 2000 level, as per our curriculum.  All of these are courses that are LESS FREQUENTLY offered…so you can't count on these appearing next Spring. We won't even guarantee they will be offered next Fall. So, if you've got the prerequisites, catch these NOW!

• COM 3203 - 001 Communication Law & Policy with Prof. Derek D. Arnold
• COM 3207 - 100 African American Rhetoric with Dr. Terry Nance
• COM 3240 - 001 Performance for Social Change with Dr. Shauna MacDonald
• COM 3303 - 001 Screenwriting with Dr. John O’Leary
• COM 3306 - 001 Audio Production with Prof. JJ Brown
• COM 3342 - 001 International Cinema with Prof. Nasser Chour
• COM 3353 - 001 Media & Politics with Dr. Len Shyles
• COM 3390 - 001 Media Design for Mobile Devices with Prof. Michael Mafodda
• COM 3401 - 001 Relational COM Studies with Dr. Kermit Moore
• COM 3440 - 001 Leadership with our new faculty member, Dr. Amy Way