Journalism Media Studies Freshman Pathway

Pathway View

These pathways serve as tools, not prescribed programs of study. Before enrolling, you can use them to get a feel for what you can do in this program. After enrolling, you and your advisors can use them as a starting point for building your personalized outcomes-based ILP.

This pathway, intended as a reference, shows a productive route to graduation in four years.  Your actual pathway may not look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses, such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan, in consultation with your advisors

Courses by Requirement

Degree requirements are considered a guideline for graduation, and cannot replace the feedback of an academic advisor. Learn more about degree requirements at CSUMB.

Course units may only be counted once, when a course meets multiple requirements, the letter 'C' means that the completed course units were counted elsewhere.

First Year Seminar

RequirementCourseUnits
First Year Seminar FYS 100: First Year Seminar3
Total:3

University Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
Community ParticipationAny approved course4
Creative/Artistic ExpressionAny approved course4
Democratic ParticipationAny approved course4
Engcom AAny approved course4
Engcom B HCOM 284: Newswriting4
Ethics HCOM 284: Newswriting4
Literature and Popular CultureAny approved course4
MathcomAny approved course4
Science ContentAny approved course4
Science Methods LabAny approved course4
Science Methods LectureAny approved course4
U.S. HistoriesAny approved course4
Vibrancy ActivityAny approved course1
Vibrancy TheoryAny approved course3
Total:52

Upper-division General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
GWAR HCOM 312: GWAR-Cooperative Argumentation4
Upper Division Service LearningComplete the following Journalism and Media Studies Concentration Courses: HCOM 307S; HCOM 487S.6
Total:10

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & EquityComplete one of the following: HCOM 322; HCOM 327; HCOM 3354
GWAR HCOM 312: GWAR-Cooperative Argumentation4
Language 2Any approved course4
Language 3Any approved course4
Language 4Any approved course4
Tech/Info HCOM 300L: Major ProSeminar Lab2
Upper Division Service LearningComplete the following Journalism and Media Studies Concentration Courses: HCOM 307S; HCOM 487S.6
Total:28

Major Learning Requirements

Click on each MLO to see which courses fulfill that requirement.

RequirementUnits
MLO 1 Critical communication skills2
MLO 2 Media, narrative and ethnographic skills4
MLO 3 Relational communication skills4
MLO 4 Philosophical analysis4
MLO 5 Critical cultural analysis4
MLO 6 Comparative literary analysis4
MLO 7 Historical analysis4
MLO 8 Creative writing and social action4
Total:30

Major Core Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Major Core Course HCOM 474: Research Methods2
Major Core Course HCOM 475: Senior Capstone4
Major Core Course HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar2
Total:8

Major Concentration Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Concentration courseComplete one of the following Journalism and Media Studies Concentration Courses: HCOM 307; HCOM 310; HCOM 316; HCOM 334; HCOM 352; HCOM 384; HCOM 385; HCOM 387; HCOM 388; HCOM 389; only with the prior consent of instructor, HCOM 390; HCOM 406; HCOM 486.4
Concentration courseComplete one of the following Journalism and Media Studies Concentratin Courses: HCOM 307; HCOM 310; HCOM 316; HCOM 334; HCOM 352; HCOM 384; HCOM 385; HCOM 387; HCOM 388; HCOM 389; only with the prior consent of instructor, HCOM 390; HCOM 406; HCOM 486.4
Concentration courseComplete the following Journalism and Media Studies Concentration Courses: HCOM 307S; HCOM 487S.6
Total:14

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Elective Course4
Elective course4
Total:8