Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Communication Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Common Requirements | ||
| COMM 1101 | Introduction to Communication Studies | 4 |
| COMM 1112 | Public Speaking | 4 |
| or COMM 2301 | Communication Research Methods | |
| Foundation Course | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Persuasion and Rhetoric | ||
| Communication Theory | ||
| Principles of Organizational Communication | ||
| Communication in a Digital Age | ||
| Cluster Course | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Sex, Relationships, and Communication | ||
| Global and Intercultural Communication | ||
| Communication and Gender | ||
| Communication Law | ||
| Free Speech in Cyberspace | ||
| Writing-Intensive | ||
| Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | 8 | |
| Mobile Communication | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Communication and Inclusion | ||
| Political Communication | ||
| Communication Criticism | ||
| Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
| Free Speech: Law and Practice | ||
| Communication and Sexualities | ||
| Theories of Conflict and Negotiation | ||
| Nonverbal Social Interaction | ||
| Youth and Communication Technology | ||
| Crisis Communication and Image Management | ||
| Communication Studies Electives | ||
| Complete 12 semester hours from the following: | 12 | |
COMM courses between COMM 1100 - 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements. | ||
| Visual Storytelling in Journalism | ||
| Introduction to Film Production | ||
MSCR courses in the ranges MSCR 2100 - 2199, MSCR 3100 - 3199, and MSCR 4100 - 4199. | ||
| Public Relations Principles | ||
| Public Relations Practice | ||
Design Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition | 2 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Electives | ||
| Complete 6 semester hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Representational Drawing | ||
| Abstract Drawing | ||
| Making with Form and Materials | ||
| Making with Video, Sound, and Animation | ||
| Designing Interactive Experiences | ||
| Design Required | ||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World and Seminar for Design Perspectives | 4 |
| ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 |
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 |
| Design Elective | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of ARTG courses, as long as prerequisites have been met and courses have not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program. | 4 | |
| Art + Design History Elective | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses. | 4 | |
| Art + Design Elective | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTF, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met. | 4 | |
| If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | ||
Design Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following options: | 8 | |
| Creative Fabrication | ||
| Creative Fabrication Design Principles | ||
| Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry | ||
| Experience Design | ||
| Experience Design Principles | ||
| Topics In Experience Design Inquiry | ||
| Graphic Design | ||
| Graphic Design Principles | ||
| Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | ||
| Information Design | ||
| Information Design Principles | ||
| Topics in Information Design Inquiry | ||
| Interaction Design | ||
| Interaction Design Principles and Interaction Design Principles Tools | ||
| Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry | ||
Integrative Requirement Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | ||
| COMM 2200 | Visual Communication | 4 |
Capstone Experience Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
| or COMM 4755 | Production Capstone | |
| or COMM 4901 | Seminar in Communications | |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | 1 |
| or COMM 1000 | Communication Studies at Northeastern | |
| Experiential Learning | ||
| EEAM 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| Writing Requirements | ||
| First-Year Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 1102 | First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers | |
| or ENGW 1114 | First-Year Writing with Service-Learning | |
| Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
| COMM 3409 | Advocacy Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 3314 | Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design | |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
Communication Studies Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a “C” in Communication Studies courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.
Communication Studies and Design Major Credit Requirement
84 semester hours required in the major
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Session B/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ARTF 1000 or COMM 1000 | 1 | COMM 1112 or 2301 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| COMM 1101 | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ARTF 1220 | 2 | COMM Foundation | 4 | ||||
| ARTF elective | 2 | COMM Cluster | 4 | ||||
| ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | ARTH Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ARTF Elective 1 | 2 | COMM Elective 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ARTF Elective 2 | 2 | COMM Writing Intensive 1 | 4 | ||||
| COMM 2200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| COMM Elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ARTG elective | 4 | COMM 3409, ENGW 3314, or ENGW 3315 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| COMM Elective 3 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| COMM Writing Intensive 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Design Option Level 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
| A+D Elective | 4 | ||||||
| COMM Elective 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Design Option Level 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||