Interested in CMS?

We recommend the following to students planning to major in Communication and Media Studies.

• Immediately declare your major as “pre-CMS.”
• Do not take the one-hour speech courses COMM 1001 and COMM 1002. CMS requires the three-hour version, COMM 1110.
• Take the following courses early in your college career:
  • ENGL 1102 English Composition II
  • CMS 2010 Introductin to Media Studies
  • CMS 2100 Introduction to Film
  • COMM 1110 Spoken Communication

  Note that you must earn a combined GPA of 2.5 or better in these four courses before you can be admitted to CMS.

• Begin your required language sequence early. (Most students begin with SPAN 1002.)
• Take the Regents' Test and the CMS writing assessment before reaching 45 total hours.
• Apply to the CMS program as soon as you are eligible. Electronic application forms are available from this web site.