The Communication Major
The Communication major comprises 14 courses, 11 in communication and three in other
departments. The courses are selected by students to support their primary interests.
The curriculum has three goals:
- Expose students to major strains of communication scholarship – on media systems
and their functions, the relationships of these systems to cultural, political,
and economic life, and myriad influences of communication on the ways people think
and behave;
- Ensure that students acquire basic familiarity with the methods of research used
in communication scholarship and practice;
- Permit flexible opportunities for advanced study in particular topics of a student’s
own choosing.
Areas of concentration within The Annenberg School for Communication curriculum
include critical, cultural and historical media studies; research on children, family
and media; health communication; and political communication. The curriculum also
offers opportunities for independent study, internship experience, study abroad,
and – through the Communication and Public Service program – for putting
communication to work in the service of community.
The Annenberg School partners with the School of Engineering and Applied Science
and the School of Design to offer an interdisciplinary major in Digital Media Design.
Visit http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd/curriculum.php
for more information about the major and curriculum requirements.
Unless otherwise stated, the School follows the policies and procedures of the College
of Arts & Sciences regarding courses, grading, and other instructional matters
(see University of Pennsylvania
rules).
For general information about the College of Arts & Sciences at Penn, visit
www.college.upenn.edu.
For additional information, please contact Alison Berstecher, Associate Director
of Undergraduate Studies, at the Undergraduate Office in the Annenberg School, telephone:
215.898.8892; email:aberstecher@asc.upenn.edu.
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