Civic Advocacy Advising Sheet
- Students may propose other courses to their academic advisor to best meet their academic goals.
- This advising sheet is not a contract but is designed to help students track academic progress.
- A maximum of 6 credit hours total from COMM 3890, 3891, 3892 and 3893 may be counted for the major.
- Download the Civic Advocacy Advising Sheet (Word Document).
- Information on departmental class offerings can be found on the semester-by-semester course rotation webpage, or by downloading a PDF version of the semester-by-semester course rotation schedule.
2026-27 Catalog Year
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Required for all Communication Majors (24 credits)
Course Title Credits COMM 1020 HU Principles of Public Speaking 3 COMM 1130 Media Writing OR
COMM 1140 Writing for Workplace Communication3 COMM 2110 HU/CEL Interpersonal and Small Group Communication 3 COMM 3000 Communication Theory
Prerequisite for many upper-division courses and should be taken as early as possible.3 COMM 3150 Communication Research Methods 3 COMM 3650 Communication Law 3 COMM 4890 INT Communication Internship 3 COMM 4990 Senior Seminar 3 -
Required for Civic Advocacy Emphasis (18 credits)
Course Title Credits COMM 2010 HU Mass Media and Society 3 COMM 2270 Argumentation and Debate OR
COMM 1270 Analysis of Argument3 COMM 3080 Intercultural Communication OR
COMM 3090 Gender and Communication3 COMM 3120 Advanced Public Speaking 3 COMM 3820 Persuasive Communication 3 COMM 4150 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism 3 -
Electives for Civic Advocacy (Pick 9 credits)
Course Title Credits COMM 2250 HU Essentials of Digital Media 3 COMM 2400 Social Media for Communicators 3 COMM 3050 Conflict Management and Negotiation 3 COMM 3060 Listening and Interviewing 3 COMM 3070 Performance Studies 3 COMM 3080 Intercultural Communication 3 COMM 3090 Gender and Communication 3 COMM 3100 Small Group Facilitation and Leadership 3 COMM 3130 News Writing and Storytelling 3 COMM 3220 Editing 3 COMM 3400 Introduction to Public Relations & Strategic Communication 3 COMM 3460 Public Relations and Social Media 3 COMM 3550 Organizational Communication 3 COMM 3890 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with Signpost 1-3 COMM 3891 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with KWCR 1-3 COMM 3892 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with Public Relations 1-3 COMM 3893 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with Studio 76 1-3 -
Non-Communication Electives for Civic Advocacy (Pick 18 credits)
Students must complete a minor approved by their academic advisor or one of the following tracks.
- Environmental Advocacy Track
Course Title Credits ANTH 2010 SS/CC Peoples and Cultures of the World 3 BTNY 1303 LS Plants and People 3 BTNY 1403 LS/SUS Principles of Environmental Science 3-4 BTNY 2303 Ethnobotany 3 ECON 1100 SS Environmental Issues and Economic Policy 3 ENGL 3520 HU Literature of the Natural World
Prerequisite: ENGL 1005 or ENGL 1010, ENGL 2010 or ENGL 20153 ENGL 4530 American Literature: Realism and Naturalism
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010, ENGL 2010, ENGL 30803 FAM 4520 Basic Mediation Training 3 GEOG 1000 PS/SUS Planet Earth: Air, Water, Land and Life 3 GEOG 1300 SS/SUS/CC Global Issues: Places, People, and the Planet 3 GEOG 1520 SS/CC/SUS United States & Canada: Geography, Diversity & Change 3 GEOG 3060 SUS Environmental Issues: Local to Global Impacts & Solutions
Prerequisite: GEOG 1000 or BTNY 1403 or Instructor Permission3 GEOG 3070 Wetland Environments
Not currently being offered3 GEOG 3080 Arid Lands: Resources, Landforms, & the Quest for Water
Prerequisites: GEOG 1000, GEOG 1500, or GEOG 1060, or instructor permission3 GEOG 3210 Urban Geography: The How and Why of Cities 3 GEOG 3360 Economic Geography: Globalization, Development and Conflict 3 GEOG 4410 SUS Sustainable Land Use Planning 3 HIST 3270 SUS American Environmental History 3 HIST 4070 United States since 1945 3 HIST 4120 The American West since 1900 3 PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Democracy 3 POLS 4750 Public Policy Analysis 3 SOC 3300 Environment and Society 3 SOC 3400 Social Change
Prerequisite: SOC 1010 or SOC 10203 ZOOL 1010 LS Animal Biology 3 ZOOL 1020 LS Human Biology 3 ZOOL 3500 Conservation Biology
Prerequisites: ZOOL 1110, ZOOL 2220 or instructor permission3 - Ethnic Studies/Ethnic Advocacy Track
Course Title Credits ANTH 3600 Culture Area Studies
Prerequisites: ANTH 1000 or ANTH 20103 ARTH 3030 Native American Art of the Southwest: From the Anasazi to the Present 3 ENGL 3730 Literatures of Cultures and Places
Prerequisites: ENGL 1005 or ENGL 1010, ENGL 2010 or ENGL 20153 FAM 4520 Basic Mediation Training 3 GEOG 3360 Economic Geography: Globalization, Development and Conflict 3 GEOG 3540 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean 3 GEOG 3740 Geography of Africa: Culture, Colonialism, Crises and Change 3 HIST 3030 African-American History 3 HIST 3050 History of U.S. Latinos 3 HIST 4070 United States since 1945 3 HIST 4630 History of Ancient and Colonial Latin America 3 HIST 4650 Modern Latin America 3 HIST 4670 History of Mexico 3 POLS 4750 Public Policy Analysis 3 PSY 3100 Psychology of Diversity
Prerequisite: PSY 10103 SOC 3400 Social Change
Prerequisites: SOC 1010 or SOC 10203 - Legal Advocacy Track
Course Title Credits CJ 1330 Criminal Law and Courts 3 FAM 4520 Basic Mediation Training 3 HIST 4070 United States since 1945 3 PHIL 4600 Ethical Theory 3 POLS 3610 Campaigns and Elections 3 POLS 4020 Constitutional Law: Powers 3 POLS 4030 Constitutional Law: Rights 3 POLS 4750 Public Policy Analysis 3 SOC 4270 Sociology of Law 3 - Public Policy Advocacy Track
Course Title Credits FAM 4520 Basic Mediation Training 3 HIST 4050 U.S. in the Gilded age and Progressive Era: 1877-1919 3 HIST 4070 United States since 1945 3 PHIL 3200 Philosophy of Democracy 3 PHIL 4600 Ethical Theory 3 POLS 2300 SS Introduction to Political Theory 3 POLS 3330 American Political Thought: Contemporary 3 POLS 3760 State and Local Government 3 POLS 4360 Classical Political Thought 3 POLS 4380 Modern Political Thought 3 POLS 4750 Public Policy Analysis 3 PSY 3270 Motivation and Emotion
Prerequisite: PSY 10103 SOC 3400 Social Change
Prerequisites: SOC 1010 or SOC 10203 - Religious Advocacy Track
Course Title Credits ANTH 3900 Magic, Shamanism and Religion 3 CHF 2400 SS/CC Family Relations 3 ECED 3640 Collaborating with Families of Young Children
Prerequisite: CHF 15003 FAM 3350 GLB Diverse Families 3 FAM 3550 Parenting Education 3 FAM 3650 Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
Prerequisite: CHF 24003 FAM 4520 Basic Mediation Training 3 PHIL 3500 Philosophy of Western Religion 3 PHIL 3550 Philosophy of Eastern Religion 3 PHIL 4600 Ethical Theory 3 POLS 4750 Public Policy Analysis 3 PSY 3100 Psychology of Diversity
Prerequisite: PSY 10103 PSY 3270 Motivation and Emotion
Prerequisite: PSY 10103 SOC 3400 Social Change
Prerequisites: SOC 1010 or SOC 10203 SOC 3410 Sociology of Religion 3 - Women's Advocacy Track
Course Title Credits ECON 3410 Women in the World Economy
Prerequisites: ECON 2010 and MATH 1050 or MATH 1080 or MATH 12103 ENGL 2710 HU/CC Perspectives on Women's Literature 3 FAM 4520 Basic Mediation Training 3 HIST 3070 Women in American History: 1600 to Present 3 HIST 4070 United States since 1945 3 POLS 3330 American Political Thought: Contemporary 3 POLS 4600 American Congress 3 POLS 4750 Public Policy Analysis 3 PSY 3100 Psychology of Diversity
Prerequisite: PSY 10103 SOC 3400 Social Change
Prerequisites: SOC 1010 or SOC 10203 SW 2200 SS/CC Issues in Diversity 3 WGS 1500 SS/CC Intro to Women, Gender, and Queer Studies 3 WGS 3050 Introduction to Feminist Theories 1700 - Present 3 WGS 2900/4900 Topics in Women's Studies 3
- Environmental Advocacy Track