Undergraduate Studies
The study of communication is essential for participation in an increasingly complex and mediated global environment.
New Curriculum in 2024–2025
The new curriculum is intended to be more interdisciplinary, flexible, and student-centric. We are calling it a pathways approach to communication. We will continue to give students focused opportunities to engage with the department’s core areas of expertise — interpersonal and organizational communication, media arts, media and technology studies, new media, performance studies, rhetoric, and writing for screen and stage — but the new curriculum allows students to bring these areas together in new combinations.
The new curriculum offers students five pathways they can pursue:
- Communication and Everyday Life
- Media Arts, Performance, and Critical Practice
- Media Technologies and Public Culture
- Organization, Communication, and Work
- Rhetoric, Activism, and Advocacy
Other related programs include:
- Cultural Studies Program – an interdisciplinary major, with a focus in COMM
- Writing for the Screen and Stage Minor – an interdisciplinary minor
- Degree Requirements
- Course and Registration Information
- Comprehensive Course Listing
- Online Courses
- Transfer Credit
- Academic Advising
COMM programs for credit beyond the classroom
- Independent Study
- Internships & Job Opportunities
- UNC Hollywood Internship Program
- Study Abroad Credit
- Honors Thesis
Other opportunities with the Department of Communication
- UNC in NYC Media Mentors Program
- Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society
- ACC Debate Tournament {contact Dr. Christian Lundberg for more details}
General Resources for Undergraduate Students at UNC
- Office of Undergraduate Curricula
- Resources for Student Success- Office of Undergraduate Retention
- Office for Undergraduate Research
- Undergraduate Bulletin
- Academic Advising Office
- Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling (includes the Learning Center and the Writing Center)
Media Art Space