Communication Studies, B.A. + M.A.
Students in the Beach EDGE Communication Studies program will complete the requirements for both the B.A. and M.A. in Communication Studies. Beach EDGE students in Communication Studies may double-count 9-M.A. electives towards both their B.A. and M.A. degrees.
Advisor/Staff Contacts:
Graduate Advisor
Dr. Christopher Duerringer
christopher.duerringer@csulb.edu
12-units of required lower-division
COMM 110, 130, 132, 131, 200
15-units of required upper-division “core” courses
COMM 300, 301, 306, 307, 330
21-units of upper-division electives, 9 of which may be 500/600 level courses
COMM 309, 331, 333, 334,335, 337, 338, 344, 352, 355, 358, 300, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 420, 421, 422, 423, 425, 430, 432, 434, 439, 411, 442, 443, 444, 449, 450, 490.
MA-Level Electives that double-count towards the B.A. and M.A.
COMM 590, 590A,610, 623, 630, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 639, 644, 650, 697
After the first four years (3 semesters of Beach EDGE Program participation), students will have accumulated 120 units toward their BA. Nine of those units will be MA-Level courses that will count both toward their BA requirements of 120 units and the major required units.
A minimum of thirty hours of graduate work in Communication Studies distributed as follows:
- COMM 541 and 546 (6 units) preferably completed in the first semester of graduate study and prior to advancement to candidacy.
- COMM 640 and 646 (6 units) preferably completed in the second semester of graduate study and prior to advancement to candidacy.
- 18 units of graduate level electives or 15 units of electives plus 3 thesis units