First Year Fall 

CTC101 Connecting to Carlow – 1 credit
SKC101 Communication: Personal to Professional – 3 credits
SKW101 Foundations of Writing I – 3 credits
CM104 Mass Media & Society – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Critical Exploration Elective – 3 credits 

First Year Spring 

CM120 Interpersonal Communication – 3 credits
SKQ101 Quantitative Reasoning – 3 credits
Contemplation & Action Elective – 3 credits
Communication Elective – 3 credits
Communication Elective – 3 credits 

Second Year Fall 

CM232 Organizational Communication – 3 credits
SKW102 Foundations of Writing II – 3 credits
Communication Elective – 3 credits
Communication Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits 

Second Year Spring 

CM210 Persuasion – 3 credits
CM300 Leadership & Teambuilding – 3 credits
Communication Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits 

Third Year Fall 

CM242 Public Relations – 3 credits
CM405 Internship – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits 

Third Year Spring 

SO422 Research Methods II
or
PY320 Qualitative Research Methods
or
PY325 Experimental Psychology – 3 credits 

General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
Ethics & Social Responsibility Elective – 3 credits 

Fourth Year Fall 

Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits 

Fourth Year Spring 

CM450 Senior Seminar – 3 credits
CM457 Communication Ethics – 3 credits
General Elective – 3 credits
General Elective – 2 credits
SSC321 Research Methods Social Sciences I – 3 credits

Communication Specializations & Electives:
Advocacy & Social Change – POL-101, POL-287, CM-255, CM-310SL, CM-325, CM-370, CM-425, DTAN-101N EN/WS-233I, EN/WS-300I, WS-235L
Digital Media – CM-360, CM-382, AR-355, AR-381, CM-307, AR-380
Organizational Management – CM-320, BSM-103, BSM-202, BSM-203, BSM-301, BSM-410 

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