Course Prerequisites

The following is a list of pre-requisite courses required for each course taught in the Department of Communication Arts. Students may NOT receive credit for a course unless they have successfully completed the proper pre-requisite class(es).

Students are responsible for adhering to these pre-requisite requirements.

Course
Title
Pre-req
AMST 3033
Introduction to American Studies
ENGL 1101
AMST/HIST/AAST 3130
African-American History to 1877 None Listed
AMST/HIST/AAST 3131
African-American History Since 1877 None Listed
AMST/ENGL 3132/3132S
American Literature II ENGL 2111 or ENGL 2112
AMST/HIST 3133
United States Constitutional History None Listed
AMST/HIST 3134
American Economic History None Listed
AMST/HIST/WGST 3137
History of Women in the United States None Listed
AMST/HIST 3230
American Military History None Listed
AMST/ENGL/AAST 3231
Survey of African-American Literature ENGL 2211 & ENGL 2112
AMST/POLS/AAST 3237
African American Politics None Listed
AMST/FILM 3331
History of American Film None Listed
AMST/THEA/AAST 3332
African American Theatre None Listed
AMST/POLS 3333
Southern Politics None Listed
AMST/SOCI 3336
Social Problems SOCI 1101
AMST/PHIL 3430
American Philosophy None Listed
AMST/ART 3437
American Art ART 2531 and ART 2532
AMST/ART 3535
Native American Art ART 531 and ART 2532
AMST 4033
Seminar in American Studies 9 hours of American Studies courses or permission of instructor
AMST/POLS 4130
American Political Thought None Listed
AMST/HIST 4131
American Biography None Listed
AMST/HIST 4132
Recent America: U.S. Since 1945 None Listed
AMST/HIST 4135
The United States in the 1960's None Listed
AMST 4139/ANTH 4131
North American Archeology None Listed
AMST/ENGL 4237
The American Novel ENGL 2111 & ENGL 2112
AMST/JOUR 4331
History of American Journalism None Listed
AMST/JOUR 4332
Contemporary American Newspapers None Listed
AMST/AAST/SOCI 4333
Race and Ethnicity SOCI 1101
AMST/COMS/AAST 4337
Rhetoric of Social Movements None Listed
AMST/HIST 4431
Contact, Encounter and Colonization: Early America to 1670 None Listed
AMST/HIST 4432
Diversity and Division: Early America 1670-1763 None Listed
AMST/GEOG 5130/5130G
Geography of North America None Listed
AMST/ANTH 5131/5131G
Historical Archeology ANTH 1102 or permission of instructor
AMST/HIST 5133/5133G
Revolutionary America None Listed
AMST/HIST 5134/5134G
Civil War and Reconstruction None Listed
AMST/HIST 5137/5137G
The Antebellum South None Listed
AMST/HIST 5138/5138G
The New South None Listed
AMST/ENGL 5230/5230G
Colonial American Literature ENGL 2111 and ENGL 2112
AMST/ENGL 5234/5234G
Southern Literature ENGL 2111 and ENGL 2112
AMST/MUSC 5235/5235G
Music in the United States Not Listed
AMST/MUSC/AAST 5236/5236G
Jazz History None Listed
AMST/ANTH 5431/5431G
North American Indians ANTH 1102 or permission of instructor
AMST/ANTH 5432/5432G
Southeastern Indians ANTH 1102 or permission of instructor
AMST/AAST/SOCI/ANTH 5435/5435G
The Rural South ANTH 1102 or SOCI 1101 or permission of instructor
AMST/ANTH 6131
North American Archeology ANTH 1102 or permission of instsructor
AMST/ANTH 6132
Southeastern Archeology ANTH 1102 or permission of instructor
BRCT 3331
Audio Production
COMM 2332
BRCT 3332
Video Production
COMM 2332
BRCT 3333
Telecommunications
COMM 2332
BRCT/JOUR 3334
Broadcast News
JOUR 2331
BRCT 3335
Writing for Electronic Media
COMM 2332
BRCT/INTS 3336
International Media Systems
none listed
BRCT/JOUR 3337
Law and Ethics
COMM 2332
BRCT 3338
Electronic Media Sales
MKTG 3132, COMM 2332, and BRCT 3333
BRCT/POLS 3339
Politics and the Media
POLS 1101 and COMM 2332
BRCT 4030
Selected Topics in Broadcasting
Permission of instructor and BRCT 3333
BRCT 4090
Broadcast Applications
Permission of Instructor
BRCT 4331
Advanced Audio Production
BRCT 3331
BRCT 4332
Advanced Video Production
BRCT 3331 and BRCT 3332
BRCT 4333
Electronic Media Management
COMM 2332 and BRCT 3333
BRCT 4337
Digital Video Editing
BRCT 3332
BRCT 4791/4792/4793
Broadcast Interndship
Total Institution GPA of 2.75 and Permission of Instructor
BRCT 4891
Directed Study in Broadcasting
Permission of instructor and department chair
COMM 1100/1100S
Introduction to Human Communication
ENGL 1101
COMM 1110/1110H/1110S
Principles of Public Speaking
ENGL 1101
COMM 2332/2332S
Introduction to Mass Communication
ENGL 1101
COMM 3030/3030S
Selected Topics in Communication Arts
Permission of instructor
COMM 3331/3331S
Media Criticism
None Listed
COMM/WGST 4331
Gender, Media, and Representation
None Listed
COMM 4332/4332S
Contemporary Communication Application
Permission of instructor
COMM 4333/4333S
Theories of Mass Communication
COMM 2332
COMM 4334
Advanced Law and Ethics
JOUR 3337
COMS 1711
Speech Practicum
None Listed
COMS 2330
Introduction to Communication Research
None Listed
COMS 2711
Speech Practicum
None Listed
COMS 3030
Selected Topics in Speech Communication
Permission of Instructor
COMS 3331
Argumentation
None Listed
COMS 3332
Discussion

COMM 1100 or COMM1110

COMS/WGST 3333
Communication and Gender
None Listed
COMS 3334
Communicating in the Workplace
None Listed
COMS 3335
Interpersonal Communication
COMM 1100
COMS 3336
Introduction to Performance Studies
None Listed
COMS 3337
Persuasion
COMM 1110
COMS 3338
Rhetorical Criticism
None Listed
COMS 3339
Intercultural Communications

COMM 1100 or COMM 1110

COMS 3711
Speech Practicum
None Listed
COMS 4234
Small Group Communication Theories
COMS 3332
COMS/INTS 4330
Rhetoric of International Relations
Jr. or Sr. Standing or Permission of Instructors
COMS 4331
Communication and Conflict
None Listed
COMS 4332
Political Communication
None Listed
COMS/LING 4333
General Semantics
None Listed
COMS 4334
Communication Theory
None Listed
COMS/LING 4335
Linguistic Analysis
None Listed
COMS 4336
Advanced Performance Studies
None Listed
COMS/AAST/AMST 4337
Rhetoric of Social Movements
None Listed
COMS 4338
Organizational Communication
None Listed
COMS 4339
Philosophy of communication
None Listed
COMS 4711
Speech Practicum
None Listed
COMS 4831
Directed Study in Speech
Permission of instructor and department chair
   
COMS 4791
Speech Internship
COMM 1110 & at least 20 semester credits in upper division COMS classes & a minimum 2.5 total institution GPA
FILM 2331/2331S
Introduction to Film
None Listed
FILM/ENGL 2422
Movies: The Language of Film
ENGL 1102
FILM 3030/3030S
Selected Topics in Film
FILM 2331
FILM/AMST 3331
History of American Film
none listed
FILM 3332/3332S
Documentary Film
FILM 2331
FILM 3333
Art of Film
FILM 2331
FILM/POLS 3334
Film and Politics
POLS 1101 or permission of instructor
FILM/ENGL 3535
Patterns in Film and Literature
ENGL 2111 or ENGL 2112
JOUR 2331
Introduction to Journalism
ENGL 1101
JOUR 3030
Selected Topics in Journalism
Permission of instructor
JOUR 3331
News Reporting and Writing
JOUR 2331
JOUR 3332
Feature Writing
none listed
JOUR 3333
Photojournalism
JOUR 2331 or permission of instructor
JOUR/BRCT 3334
Broadcast News
JOUR 2331
JOUR 3335
Copy Editing
JOUR 2331
JOUR 3336/3336S
International Media Systems
none listed
JOUR/BRCT 3337
Law and Ethics of Mass Communication
COMM 2332
JOUR 3711/3711S
Journalism Practicum (one semester hour)
ENGL 1101 and permission of instructor
JOUR/AMST 4331
History of American Journalism
none listed
JOUR/AMST 4332/4332S
Contemporary American Newspapers
none listed
JOUR 4333
Opinion Journalism
JOUR 2331 or permission of instructor
JOUR 4334/4332S
Magazine Writing and Editing
None Listed
JOUR 4335
Creative and Investigative Journalism
JOUR 3331
JOUR 4711
Journalism Practicum (one semester hour)
None Listed
JOUR 4791
Journalism Internship
JOUR 3332, JOUR 3335, JOUR 4335 and Permission of Instructor
JOUR 4831
Direct Study in Journalism
Permission of instructor and department chair
PRCA 2330
Introduction to Public Relations
COMM 2332
PRCA 3030/3030S
Selected Topics in Public Relations
PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor
PRCA 3330
Public Relations Writing
JOUR 2331 and PRCA 2330
PRCA 3331
Corporate Public Relations
PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor
PRCA 3332
Public Relations Event Management
PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor
PRCA/INTS 3333/3333S
International Public Relations
PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor
PRCA 3339/3339S
Public Relations Publications
PRCA 2330 and PRCA 3330
PRCA 3711
Public Relations Practicum (one semester hour)
PRCA 3330
PRCA 4330
Public Relations Research
PRCA 2330
PRCA 4331
Public Relations Firms
PRCA 3330 or permission of instructor
PRCA 4332
Public Relations Crisis Communication
PRCA 3330 or permission of instructor
PRCA 4335
Senior Seminar in Public Relations
PRCA 2330, PRCA 3330, PRCA 4330, or permission of instructor
PRCA 4339
Public Relations Campaign Strategies
PRCA 2330, PRCA 3330 and PRCA 4330
PRCA 4711
Public Relations Practicum (one semester hour)
PRCA 3330
PRCA 4791
Public Relations Internship
PRCA 2330 and PRCA 3330
PRCA 4792
Public Relaltions Internship
PRCA 2330 and PRCA 3330
PRCA 4793
Public Relations Internship
PRCA 2330 and PRCA 3330
PRCA 4794
Public Relatlions Internship
PRCA 2330 and PRCA 3330
PRCA 4831
Directed Study in Public Relations
PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor
THEA 3030
Selected Topics in Theatre
None Listed
THEA 1100/1100S
Theatre Appreciation
None Listed
THEA 1331
Stage Make-up
None Listed
THEA 1711

Theatre Practicum

None Listed
THEA 1712
Puppetry Practicum
None Listed
THEA 2332
Stagecraft
None Listed
THEA 2333
Fundamentals of Acting
None Listed
THEA 2712
Puppetry Practicum
None Listed
THEA 3030/3030S
Selected Topics in Theatre
None Listed
THEA 3230
Voice for the Stage
None Listed
THEA 3330
Acting : Scene Study
None Listed
THEA 3331
Advanced Stagecraft
THEA 2332
THEA/AAST/AMST 3332
African American Theatre
None Listsed
THEA/IRSH 3333
Irish Theatre
Permission of instructor
THEA 3334
Sound Design for the Theatre
None Listed
THEA 3335
Scene Painting
None Listed
THEA 3336
Theatre Management
None Listed
THEA 3337
Play Directing
Permission of instructor
THEA 3338
Rehearsal and Performance (one-to-three semester hours)
None Listed
THEA 3711
Theatre Practicum (one semester hour)
None Listed
THEA 3712
Puppetry Practicum ( one semester hour)
None Listed
THEA 4330
Theatre History: To the Elizabethans
Permission of instructor
THEA 4331/4331S
Theatre History: Elizabethan to Modern
Permission of instructor
THEA 4332
Children's Theatre & Storytelling
None Listed
THEA 4333/4333S
Acting Styles
None Listed
THEA 4334
Drama in Performance
None Listed
THEA 4335
Scene Design
THEA 2332 or permission of instructor
THEA 4336
Lighting Design
THEA 2332 or permission of instructor
THEA 4337
Costume Design
THEA 2332 or permission of instructor
THEA 4338
Seminar: World Theatre
None Listed
THEA 4711
Theatre Practicum (one semester hour)
None Listed
THEA 4712
Puppetry Practicum (one semester hour)
None Listed
THEA 4831
Directed Study in Theatre
Must be approved by department chair and the instructor
THEA 5530/5530G
Playwriting
None Listed
THEA 5531/5531G
Puppetry
None Listed