Ability to communicate critically and empathically in both oral and written contexts, including reading, writing, listening and speaking
Total credits: 120
Credits at CSUMB: 48-64 (Please check with your HCOM advisor as this will vary.)
Credits in the major: approximately 56 (Please check with your HCOM advisor as this will vary.)
You officially begin the major by enrolling in HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar where you work with the instructor to create or revise your Individual Learning Plan. That ILP maps out how you will achieve each of the Major Learning Outcomes designated below and at least one Depth Concentration by successfully completing the listed courses or alternative assessment options. In consultation with your advisor, you can take one concentration course outside the major. You conclude the major by enrolling in HCOM 474: Research Methods, usually a semester before graduating. This prerequisite course will prepare you for HCOM 475: Senior Capstone, where you will complete a publicly presented project that displays your cumulative learning in the major. You should enroll in Capstone during your graduating year. [Learn more at CSUMB.EDU/capstone].
MLO 1 Critical communication skillsAbility to communicate critically and empathically in both oral and written contexts, including reading, writing, listening and speaking |
MLO 2 Media, narrative and ethnographic skillsAbility to gather responsibly, interpret critically, narrate and disseminate the voices and stories of people, communities or events by integrating ethnographic or journalistic field research methods, cultural or media analysis, narrative writing and media production, including new digital media
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MLO 3 Relational communication skillsAbility to interact ethically and effectively in interpersonal and group communication and decision-making processes |
MLO 4 Philosophical analysisAbility to understand why and how beliefs, values, assumptions and communication practices interact to shape ways of being and knowing |
MLO 5 Critical cultural analysisAbility to investigate and explain relationships among cultural ideologies and sociohistorical experiences, interests, identities, and actions of specific cultural groups Required Courses
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MLO 6 Comparative literary analysisAbility to appreciate and analyze literature in a social, historical, and cultural context ~ ability to compare and contrast literatures of at least three different cultural traditions, including non-Eurocentric traditions Required Courses
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MLO 7 Historical analysisAbility to actively engage our complex multicultural pasts by integrating historical understanding with historical thinking skills Required Courses
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MLO 8 Creative writing and social actionAbility to acquire basic competency in creative writing ~ ability to apply this skill to the production and presentation of an art project that actively responds to a public issue ~ ability to sustain the creative process throughout a given project, taking it to completion Required Courses
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Chicana/o-Latina/o StudiesRequired Courses
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Comparative American StudiesRequired Courses
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Creative Writing and Social ActionRequired Courses
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History, Oral History & New MediaRequired Courses
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Journalism & Media StudiesRequired Courses
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Literary & Film StudiesRequired Courses
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Peace StudiesRequired Courses
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Practical and Professional EthicsRequired Courses
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Pre-LawRequired Courses
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Single Subject Waiver in English
For those intending to teach English at the secondary level, the Single Subject Waiver in English Concentration offers a California-state-approved curriculum that prepares you to enter a fifth-year teaching credential program and attain a credential to teach English in middle and secondary schools. The concentration features a multicultural study of poetry, drama, essays, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs and film drawing from American and British literatures. It includes the study and practice of expository and creative writing; the study of argument; and the history, politics, global significance and social dynamics related to the English language.
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Women's StudiesRequired Courses
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Writing and RhetoricRequired Courses
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