The Communication Department at Villanova has a cutting-edge undergraduate major
curriculum, which (reflecting our Department's mission) integrates the theory,
research, and practice of communication. For more details on specific courses
that we offer, please look through the news listed here, or choose one of the
links to the left of this page.
Special Notes for Spring 2010 Registration.
What should I take? Required Courses Curriculum Links:
Courses
Scheduling advice
Communication Major
Communication Minor
Business Communication Minor
Major
Handbook (Download as a .PDF)
First, for those of you who are current Freshmen or Sophomores, please check out
our advice for those who are thinking about COM as a major!
You can find the advice page here.
If you're in your first year or two here at VU, think about taking as many COM
courses as you can fit in your schedule. Two things to remember: 1) COM 1000 and
1100 are required to declare the major; and 2) since 2000-level courses are
prerequisites for all our 3000-level courses, the sooner you take at least one
2000 level course, the sooner you're into our advanced courses!
A current Junior? Unsure of what to take? Current Juniors might also think about
taking the required Advanced research course (4001 OR 4002), if you've already
taken COM 1200.
If you're a Senior, then be sure to check out the topics for our Senior Project
sections, so you can match your interests with the right section of this course.
Wondering what courses we're offering in the Spring?
SPRING 2010 ELECTIVES GUIDE! 
Did you notice? Our Journalism specialization has been updated for the class of 2011!
Click here for details!!
Want to help make the next "Price of Life"?
Like most Villanovans, you've probably heard about the documentary created by
a group of our students last Spring…it's been featured on NBC10, and on
newspapers throughout the Philadelphia area. It's been screened on campus, in
New York City, and in Los Angeles…and it's being considered for an Academy
Award. (Haven't heard about it?
Click here!) The class went so well that we're offering TWO sections of
Social Justice Documentary (COM 3390), one led by our own John O'Leary (with the
able assistance of Daniel Hunt), and the other led by our own Hezekiah Lewis.
The catch? You have to interview in order to be selected for the course. Dr.
O'Leary's section may already be full--but there are currently slots open in
Prof. Lewis' section of the course. You do NOT need to have fulfilled all our
prerequisites for the 3000 level course, but you do have to be selected by the
course instructor(s). You, too, can be part of the next great documentary
created for the creation of a more just social world!!
Other Notes about Spring Courses:
As always, we're rotating in some courses that you might find of interest.
Descriptions of these can be found in our electives guide but keep in mind that
these courses all have prerequisites at the 2000 level, as per our curriculum.
All of these are courses that are LESS FREQUENTLY offered…so you can't count on
these appearing next Fall. We won't even guarantee they will be offered next
Spring. So, if you've got the prerequisites, catch these NOW!
• COM 3202 – Rhetoric, Identity, and Conflict, with Bryan Crable;
• COM 3203 – Communication Law and Policy, with Derek Arnold;
• COM 3302 – Advanced Film & Video Production, with Paul Wilson;
• COM 3303 - Screenwriting, with John O'Leary;
• COM 3341 – Gender and Film, with Susan Mackey-Kallis;
• COM 3342 – International Cinema, with Nasser Chour;
• COM 3353 – Media & Politics, with Len Shyles;
• COM 3405 – Health Communication, with Jie Xu;
• COM 3444 – Interviewing, with Maurice Hall;
• COM 3447 – Globalization, Work, and Organizing, with Stacey Wieland;
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