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A resource for Arts & Sciences students, the guidebook focuses on policies, the majors, experiential education, the core curriculum and major requirements. Copies are available in the dean's office, or as PDFs, below.

2006-07

Communication Studies
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Via a comprehensive curriculum that combines theoretical courses and practical experiential courses with co-op and internship placements related to the student's personal and professional goals the department seeks:

1. To stimulate the student's personal growth and development in perception and self-expression through the study of historical, contemporary and artistic aspects of speech and communication, and to provide organized knowledge and critical insight;

2. To help prepare the student for professions that require both a theoretical and a technical knowledge of communication, such as broadcasting, the law, government service, public relations, advertising, social service, industrial communication and similar fields;

3. To help prepare the student for advanced graduate study in communication and other professional fields.

Concentrations:	Public Communication Organizational Communication; Media Studies
Degrees:	B.A. and B.S. (FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING BEFORE FALL 2003 ONLY)
Location:	101 Lake
Telephone:	(617) 373-5517
Department Chair:	Alan Zaremba a.zaremba@neu.edu
Head Advisor & Experiential Education Advisor:	Alan Zaremba a.zaremba@neu.edu
Cooperative Education Coordinator:	Pamela Goodale (students A-H) p.goodale@neu.edu Jacqueline Sweeney (students I-P) j.sweeney@neu.edu William Jackson (students Q-Z) w.jackson@neu.edu
Transferring to the major:	Students wishing to transfer to the major must have a cumulative quality point average of 3.0 overall and must have completed CMNU 101 Introduction to Communication Studies AND one of the following courses: CMNU 112 Public Speaking (no pre-requisite), or CMNU 220 Media, Culture and Society (pre-requisite CMNU 101), or CMNU 231 Principles of Organizational Communication (pre-requisite CMNU 101) with grades of B or higher. Acceptance into the major will be based on students meeting the department’s criteria for admission and availability of space in the programs.
Progress in the major:	Departmental probation will result from a cumulative grade average below 2.75 in communication courses. No more than two grades below a C in communication studies courses can be used to fulfill degree requirements. Dismissal from the major may occur as a result of two consecutive semesters on departmental probation.