Bachelor of Communication - Information Design

Curriculum & Courses

Below is the list of courses required to complete the Bachelor of Communication — Information Design major.

Year 1

COMM 1600	Foundations of Information Design
COMM 1610	Tools for Information Designers
COMM 1620	Foundations of Graphics
COMM 1661	Technical Writing I
COMM 2500	Introduction to Communication Studies
COMM 2663	Rhetoric
General Education	Requirement Foundation Level, Cluster 1
General Education	Requirement Foundation Level, Cluster 2
General Education	Requirement Foundation Level, Cluster 3
General Education	Requirement Foundation Level, Cluster 4

Year 2

COMM 2501	Media History and Contemporary Issues
COMM 2666	Typography
COMM 2667	Information Architecture
COMM 2670	Programming for Information Designers
COMM 2673	Introduction to Digital Layout
COMM 2680	Intercultural Communication in Information Design
COMM 4690	Information Design Workplace Issues and Preparation Seminar (non-credit)
General Education	Requirement Level 2, Cluster 1
General Education	Requirement Level 2, Cluster 2
General Education	Requirement Level 2, Cluster 3
General Education	Requirement Level 2, Cluster 4

Spring / Summer

COMM 4691

Information Design Work Experience (non-credit required)

Year 3

COMM 3500	Media, Culture and Communication Theory
COMM 3600	Usability
COMM 3605	Research in Information Design
COMM 3610	Visual Communication for Information Design I
COMM 3611	Visual Communication for Information Design II
COMM 3620	Document Production I
COMM 3670	Project and Content Management
General Education	Requirement Level 3
General Education	Requirement Level 3
Elective

Note 1: For their final four general education requirements, students need take at least one course in 2 of the 4 general education clusters described earlier in the calendar. Elective courses can, at the student’s choice, be additional senior level general education courses, or additional COMM courses, for which the student has the appropriate prerequisites.

Spring / Summer (or subsequent semesters)

COMM 4692

Information Design Work Experience II (non-credit optional)

Note: Dependent upon when a student completes the Information Design Internship II, the final on-campus semesters can be taken in either order as long as all academic requirements are met.

Year 4

COMM 4501	Roles and Practices in Contemporary Communication
COMM 4620	Document Production II
COMM 4665	Instructional Design
COMM 4679	Ethics and Law
COMM 4680	Portfolio
General Education	Requirement Level 3
General Education	Requirement Level 3
Elective
Elective
Elective

Suggested Electives:

COMM 3663	Editorial Function
COMM 3664	Software and Systems Documentation
COMM 3668	Multimedia Authoring
COMM 3671	Communication Process in Technology Transfer
COMM 3677	Science Writing

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