College of Communications

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College of Communications

• Dean Rick Pullen
• Email rpullen_at_fullerton.edu
• Associate Dean Fred Zandpour
• Email fzandpour_at_fullerton.edu
• Assistant Dean Peggy Garcia Bockman
• Email pbockman_at_fullerton.edu

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Program Focus

• The College of Communications provides
  high-quality communications education to a large
  and diverse group of students. Our theoretical
  and applied programs focus on ethics,
  citizenship, intellectual vigor and professional
  preparation.

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• With a strong tradition in the liberal arts and
  social sciences, the academic programs of the
  College share a common theoretical base which
  identifies the elements of human communication
  and the principles governing their use in all
  communicative processes essential to
  contemporary society, namely, the spoken and
  written word and visual images.

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• Cal State Fullerton ranks 9th nationally for
  awarding degrees to Hispanic students and 11th
  for degrees to Asian-American students.
• Communications ranks 2nd and 3rd, respectively,
  for awarding bachelors degrees to
  Asian-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans
  and is ranked 1st in California. Hispanic
  Outlook ranked us 1st in California and 3rd in
  the nation in degrees awarded to Hispanics.

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• Student Services within the College include
  outreach to potential applicants, new student
  orientation, academic advisement, counseling and
  referrals, and leadership development.
• The Assistant Dean for Student Affairs seeks to
  engage members of the University in the process
  of student advocacy, community building and
  collaborative learning thus facilitating
  student success.

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• Department of Human Communication Studies
• Speech Communication
• Communicative Disorders
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• Department of RadioTVFilm
• Department of Communications
•   Advertising
• Entertainment Studies
• Journalism
• -Broadcast
• -Print
• Photocommunications
• Public Relations

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• Minors
• - Speech Communication
• - Advertising
• - Journalism
• - Public Relations
• - Radio-TV-Film
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General Guidance

• A limited number of lower division coursework in
  communications can be completed _at_ the CC.
• Visit http//www.assist.org to find out what, if
  any, courses have been articulated between your
  community college and the intended major
  department at CSUF.

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• The Titan Degree Audit (TDA) is a tracking tool
  that helps students understand how CC coursework
  fits into the new BA requirements at CSUF.
• Identifying the correct name of the major will
  ensure that the TDA will reflect the varied
  requirements needed to complete the BA degree.

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Registration for New Majors

• If a course taken at the CC is a PREREQUISITE for
  an advanced course at CSUF/College of Comm,
• Authorization is required by the department
  office prior to the students online registration
  appointment.

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Radio-TV-Film

• Total units for graduation
• 120 units
• 36 major units
• 12 major/collateral
• units
• 51 GE units
• 21 free electives

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RTVF Transfer Coursework

• Lower Division courses
• RTVF 100, 210, 220, 225, 250, 271, 272
• If a student is not sure about a course at the
  CC, go to the end and work backwards. That is,
  students should go to CSUF first (by email, by
  phone, or in person). Ask an RTVF advisor if a
  course at the community college will transfer. If
  the advisor says yes, get that in the form of a
  written memo or email.

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Speech Communication

• Total units for graduation
• 120 units
• 42 major units
• 51 GE units
• 27 free electives
• Lower Division courses
• H-Comm 102, 200, 235 or 236

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Speech Communication

• Areas of Emphasis
• Persuasion Argumentation
• Intercultural Communications
• Organizational Communications
• Interpersonal Communications

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Speech Communications

• Help students understand the difference between
  Human Communication Studies and other majors in
  the communications field. The shared WORD
  sometimes creates confusion.

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Communications

• Total units for graduation
• 120 units
• 36 major units
• 12 collateral units
• (upper division coursework
• related to major)
• 51 GE units
• 21 free electives

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Communications

• All Concentrations
• Advertising, Public Relations,
• Entertainment/Tourism Studies, Journalism,
  Photocommunications have the same CORE
  requirements.
• These concentrations are considered a upper
  division major, therefore, there are only a few
  lower division courses accepted in each area of
  study.

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Communications

• Out of the 120 units for the BA,  80 units are
  required to be outside the areas of mass
  communications, with 65 units in the liberal arts
  and sciences.  As a result, students should limit
  their mass media transfer courses to just the
  equivalents of lower division communications
  major requirements.

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• If students need to take units to transfer to
  CSUF
• (in addition to GE certified units and
  equivalent communications courses)
  they are encouraged to enroll in liberal arts
  coursework, such as political science, history,
  social sciences, etc.

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Communicative Disorders

• Total units for graduation
• 120 units
• 42 major units
• 51 GE units
• 27 free electives

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• There are 4 CD courses that should be completed,
  if possible, during the first two semesters of
  coursework _at_ CSUF.
• HCOM 241, 242, 307, 344

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• It may be possible to take some of these CD
  courses at a community college that has a
  speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA)
  program.

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• A strong GPA in major coursework is needed to go
  on for graduate study in the major.
• A Masters degree IS required to become a
  licensed, certified speech-language pathologist
  or audiologist.
• Students should consider taking only two CD
  courses each semester during their first two
  semesters of transfer coursework _at_ CSUF.

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• The H-Comm department office is located in CP
  420. Call [phone] to find out how to
  contact the CD undergraduate advisor.
• One of the best strategies for contacting the
  undergraduate advisor is to either email or call
  him/her during their normally scheduled office
  hours.

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Closing Remarks

• As much as "one stop advising" is desirable, at a
  university as large as CSUF that is simply not
  possible.
• The good news is that students have 3 excellent
  resources to help guide them to graduation.

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• Students should realize that coursework at CSUF
  is more demanding than community college.
• Recommend a 12-unit course load the first
  semester at CSUF.
• Recommend that a student see an advisor every
  semester.