Major Requirements

The UC Davis undergraduate major in communication encompasses 69-70 units, consisting of 29-30 units of preparatory subject matter and 40 units of depth subject matter.

Required preparatory lower-division courses -- 29-30 units
Each student must complete the following courses before graduating. Students must maintain a 2.0 grade average in these courses.

  • ANT 4: Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics 

    OR 

    LIN 1 or LIN 1Y: Introduction to Linguistics

    Note: ANT 4 is not offered regularly.

  • ECS 15: Introduction to Computers 

    OR 

    PHI 12: Introduction to Symbolic Logic 

    OR 

    CMN 12Y: Data Visualization in the Social Sciences

    Note:  ECS 15 is no longer offered, however we still accept equivalent transfer courses. We are in the process of officially adding CMN 12Y to the major requirements (technically the catalog currently only lists PHI 12 but we will honor CMN 12Y).

  • PSC 1 or PSC 1V or PSC 1Y: General Psychology
  • SOC 1 or SOC 1V: Introduction to Sociology

  • STA 13 or STA 13Y: Elementary Statistics 

    OR 

    SOC 56 or SOC 56Y: Introduction to Social Statistics

  • CMN 10V or CMN 10Y: Introduction to Communication

  • CMN 1: Introduction to Public Speaking  

    OR

    CMN 3 or CMN 3V or CMN 3Y: Interpersonal Communication Competence 

    OR 

    CMN 5: Global English and Communication

Required upper-division courses (depth subject matter — 20 units)
  • CMN 101 or CMN 101Y: Communication Theories
  • CMN 102: Empirical Methods in Communication
  • CMN 120 or CMN 120V: Interpersonal Communication
  • CMN 140: Introduction to Mass Communication

  • CMN 170 or CMN 170V: Digital Technology and Social Change 

    OR 

    CMN 172: Interpersonal Technologies

 Upper-division elective courses (Choose FIVE additional courses from below – totaling 20 units)
BASIC COMMUNICATION PROCESSES:

CMN 110: Communication Networks

CMN 111: Gender Differences in Communication

CMN 112: Theories of Persuasion

CMN 114: Communication and Cognition

GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION:

CMN 130: Group Communication

CMN 131: Strategic Communication in Public Relations

CMN 132: Social Media for Public Relations

CMN 136: Organizational Communication

CMN 139: Advanced Organizational Communication

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION:

CMN 121: Language Use in Conversation

CMN 122: Nonverbal Communication

CMN 123: Intercultural Communication

CMN 124: Family Communication

HEALTH COMMUNICATION:

CMN 161: Health Communication

CMN 165: Media and Health

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY:

CMN 150V: Computational Social Sciences

CMN 151: Simulating Communication Processes

CMN 152V: Social Science with Online Data

CMN 170 or CMN 170V: Digital Technology and Social Change

CMN 172: Interpersonal Technologies

CMN 174: Social Media

CMN 176: Video Games Theory and Research

CMN 178: Persuasive Technologies

SPECIAL TOPICS CLASSES

CMN 180: Current Topics in Communication

CMN 189: Proseminar A (Social Interaction), B (Mass Communication), C (Health Communication) or D (Organizational Communication)

MASS COMMUNICATION:

CMN 141: Media Effects: Theory and Research

CMN 142: Newsmaking

CMN 143: Analysis of Media Messages

CMN 144: Media Entertainment

CMN 145: Political Communication

CMN 146: Communication Campaigns

CMN 147: Children, Adolescents, and the Media

CMN 148: Contemporary Trends in Media

CMN 149: Race & Media

ALTERNATE ELECTIVES:

ANT 120: Language and Culture

ECN 122: Theory of Games and Strategic Behavior

LIN 171: Introduction to Psycholinguistics

LIN 177: Computational Linguistics

LIN 182: Multilingualism

POL 165 or POL 165V: Mass Media and Politics

PSC 100 or PSC 100Y: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

PSC 107: Questionnaire and Survey Research Methods

PSC 152: Social Cognition

PSC 154 or PSC 154V: Psychology of Emotion

SOC 126: Social Interaction

STA 106: Applied Statistical Methods: Analysis of Variance

STA 108: Applied Statistical Methods: Regression Analysis

Note: Up to a total of 4 units taken from 198/199/194H per quarter may be counted as an elective, for a total of no more than 8 units. CMN 192 and 197T do not count toward fulfillment of major requirements.

 

 

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