Recommended Academic Plan
Freshman Year
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| Engl 015 or 030 GWS: Rhetoric and Composition | 3 |
| COMM 100 or 150: Mass Media and Society or The Art of Cinema | 3 |
| Arts (GA) | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 4 |
| Humanities (GH) | 3 |
| Total Credits | 16 |
|
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| Quantification (GQ) | 3 |
| Health and Physical Activity (GHA) | 1.5 |
| Humanities (GH) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| First-Year Seminar FYS | 1 |
| Foreign Language | 4 |
| Total Credits | 15.5 |
|
Sophomore Year
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| Quantification (GQ) | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 4 |
| COMM 100 or 150: Mass Media and Society or The Art of Cinema | 3 |
| Natural Sciences (GN) | 3 |
| B.A. Requirement | 3 |
| Total Credits | 16 |
|
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| COMM 242 or 280: Basic Video / Filmmaking | 3 |
| CAS 100 (GWS): Effective Speech | 3 |
| ENGL 202D GWS: Effective Writing | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS) | 3 |
| Health and Physical Activity (GHA) | 1.5 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Total Credits | 15.5 |
|
Junior Year
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| COMM Theory* | 3 |
| Arts (GA) | 3 |
| COMM Theory* | 3 |
| COMM 260W: News Writing and Reporting | 3 |
| B.A. Requirement | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
|
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| COMM Theory* | 3 |
| COMM Application* | 3 |
| COMM 470 A or B: Convergent Media Newspaper or Radio | 3 |
| Natural Sciences (GN) | 3 |
| U.S Culture (US) | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
|
Senior Year
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| COMM Theory* | 3 |
| COMM Application* | 3 |
| COMM 470 A or B: Convergent Media Newspaper or Radio | 3 |
| Natural Sciences (GN) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
|
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| COMM 490A: Convergent Media Seminar | 3 |
| COMM Application* | 3 |
| B.A. Requirement | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
|
Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of "C" or better
Bold Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements
GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, GS, FYS are codes used to identify General Education requirements
US and IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy university United States/International Cultures requirements
W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy university Writing Across the Curriculum requirements
*Consult with adviser for appropriate selections
Contact: Dr. Kenneth A. Womack
Professor of English, Division Head
Office: Elm Building
Phone: 814-949-5750
E-mail:
WWW:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/kaw16
