Communication Studies Major Planning Worksheet

Name: CSU ID Advisor: Date

AUCC REQUIREMENTS
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
AUCC 1. BASIC COMPETENCIES CMST-BA6
A. Written Communication 3 credits CMST-BA1 – Communication Studies Major Communication Studies Electives 24 credits
Any SPCM courses EXCEPT 479 or 495.
CO 150 ____cr.
SPCM100 (this course fulfills cat. AUCC3B)
Communication & Popular Culture ____cr. __________________ ____cr.
B. Quantitative Reasoning 3 credits __________________ ____cr.
Choose from: MATH 101, MATH 105, MATH 117, __________________ ____cr.
SPCM 130 (this course fulfills cat. AUCC 3C)
MATH 118, MATH 124, MATH 125, MATH 126,
Relational and Organizational Comm. ____cr. __________________ ____cr.
MATH 141, MATH 155, MATH 157, MATH 159,
MATH 160, MATH 161, MATH 255, STAT 100 __________________ ____cr.
SPCM 200 __________________ ____cr.
__________________ ____cr.
Public Speaking ____cr. __________________ ____cr.
AUCC 2. ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION __________________ ____cr.
SPCM201 (this course fulfills cat. AUCC3B) __________________ ____cr.
Advanced Writing 3 credits History and Theory of Rhetoric ____cr.
CMST Choose from: CO 300, CO 301 A-D __________________ ____cr.
__________________ ____cr. SPCM 207 ____cr.
Optional: 6 credits total allowed from experiential courses. No
Public Argumentation (Prerequisite: SPCM 200)
AUCC 3. FOUNDATIONS/PERSPECTIVES more than 3 credits in each category/course allowed for SPCM
A. Biological/Physical Sciences 7 credits CMST-BA2 - Additional History 6 credits 278 series, SPCM 384, SPCM 386, SPCM 387 and SPCM 486.
One course must have lab (*). Select any class within the History Department (HIST).
Choose from: AA100, AA101*, ANTH 120, ANTH Cannot double count with AUCC 3D
__________________ ____cr. AUCC 4 A/B. DEPTH & INTEGRATION
121*, BSPM 102, BZ 101, BZ 104, BZ 105*, BZ 110,
BZ 111*, BZ 120*, CHEM 103, CHEM 104*, CHEM __________________ ____cr. 3 credits
107, CHEM 108*, CHEM 111, CHEM 112*, FW 104, Select from SPCM 311/341/342/350/354/411/412/415/
GEOL 110, GEOL 120, GEOL 121*, GEOL 122, 420/433/434 Cannot double count with SPCM electives
CMST-BA3.2 - Advanced Writing
GEOL 124, GEOL 150, GR 304, HONR 292A, HORT (AUCC2 fulfills this requirement) __________________ ____cr.
100*, LAND 220, LIFE 102*, LIFE 201 A-B, LIFE
220, MIP 101, NR 120A, NR 130, NR 150, PH 110, PH
CMST-BA4 - Additional Social Sciences C. Capstone 3 credits
111*, PH 121*, PH 122*, PH 141*, PH 142*, WR 304
Select from: 6 credits
With lab__________________ ____cr.
ANTH/AREC 202 only/ECON/GR 100 SPCM 479 ____cr.
Additional: __________________ ____cr. (Prerequisites: SPCM 100, 130, 200, 201, and 207)
only/HIST/JTC/POLS/PSY/SOC/ and
ETST100/250/252/253/255/256/261/310/324/332/
B. Arts/Humanities 6 credits
352/ 364/404/405/410/412/414/432/444/493 only
SPCM 100 ____cr.
Communication & Popular Culture one course from WS prefix. Minor/2nd Major 21 credits minimum
SPCM 201 ____cr. __________________ ____cr. *This major requires a minor or 2nd major.*
History and Theory of Rhetoric __________________ ____cr.

CMST-BA5 - Additional Arts & Humanities ___________________________________

C. Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credits
SPCM 130 ____cr.
Relational and Organizational Communication
D. Historical Perspectives 3 credits
Choose from: AGED 210, AMST 100, AMST 101,
AGED 210, AMST 100, AMST 101, ANTH 140,
ETST/HIST 250, ETST/HIST 252, ETST/HIST 255,
HIST 100, HIST 101, HIST 115, HIST 116, HIST 120,
HIST 121, HIST 150, HIST 151, HIST 170, HIST 171,
HIST 201, HIST 292
__________________ ____cr.
E. Diversity & Global Awareness 3 credits
Choose from: AGRI 116, AGRI 270, AM 250, ANTH
200, E 142, E 238, E 245, ECON 211, ETST 100, ETST
205, ETST 253, ETST 256, HONR 292C, HORT171,
GR 102, IE 116, IE 179, IE 270, IE 370, INST 200, LB
170, LB 171, MU 132, PHIL 170, POLS 131, POLS
232, POLS 241, SA 482, SOC 205, SOC 220, SOCR171
__________________ ____cr.
A grade point average of 2.0 in all AUCC
courses and overall is required.
Select from: 6 credits
ART/D/E/L**/MU/PHIL/TH/WS and ETST
205/234/239/240/254/316/320/354/ 422/430/438/ Electives
Students needs 120 total credits. After completion of
454/ only one course from WS prefix. AUCC, major and minor, completion of electives may
__________________ ____cr. be necessary to bring the total to 120.
__________________ ____cr. ___________________________________
___________________________________
Important: DARS is the official ___________________________________
University record of your degree ___________________________________
requirements.
This worksheet is intended as
convenience for Communication Studies
TOTAL CREDITS ______________
Majors. It is based on the requirements
(Minimum 120)
for the Communication Studies program
and the All-University Core Curriculum, UPPER DIVISION
whose provisions are contained in the (Minimum 42 credits 300/400 level)
CSU General catalog.
You should review your Degree Total (42 cr.) ___________
Progress Audit (DARS) report In Residence (30 cr.): ___________
regularly. Instructions on how to view
your DARS are available on the Liberal Notes/Advising Code
Arts Academic Support Center website:
http://www.advising.libarts.colostate.edu/

Updated January 2020