Current Students

Communication students are able to officially declare the major once they have obtained a 2.75 University of Utah cumulative GPA and have successfully passed at least one University of Utah Communication course with a ‘C’ or better.

Students from Salt Lake Community College that have completed COMM 3060 and/or have an AA/AS in Communication are eligible to declare upon addmittance to the University of Utah. 

 Major declaration can be completed by clicking here. 

A student’s catalog year (major requirements) is determined by when the major is officially declared. Major requirements are subject to change at the beginning of each academic year and therefore it is very important for students to be aware of their catalog year and know how they can access it. Students will be required to complete the set of requirements that are associated with their catalog year. For example, if a student declares their major at the beginning of the spring 2022 semester they would be completing the requirements associated with the 2021-2022 catalog year. Once a student if officially declared they are not subject to any new changes made to major requirements.

A maximum of four (4) Communication courses from another college or university may fulfill major requirements. See an advisor to find out how your transfer communication courses can be applied to the major. 

Bachelor of Arts demonstrates and requires fourth semester proficiency in a second language. Bachelor of Science demonstrates proficiency in math and requires 2 QI classes (upper division statistics/logic).  

One course may fulfill both a university and a major requirement, but one course cannot double-count within the major.  

• QB: COMM 1270, Analysis of Argument
• BF:  COMM 2110, Interpersonal Communication 
• CW: Many COMM course options
• DV: COMM 3070, Communication & Gender 
• DV: COMM 3190, Intercultural Communication 
• DV: COMM 5540, Communication & Race
• IR: COMM 3770, Cross-Cultural Documentary
• IR: COMM 5610, IT & Global Conflict
• IR: COMM 5620, International Communication
• QI: COMM 3710, Introduction to Quantitative Communication Research

It is the student’s responsibility to check the Academic Calendar for important dates and deadlines.  Students should also be aware of registration dates and deadlines for each upcoming semester. 

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Fall 2023

Students are expected to be generating their Degree Audit regularly. It is the official degree tracking tool and is used to clear student for graduation and award degrees. Therefore, students should generate a Degree Audit before and during an academic advising appointment. Click here for detailed instrcutions on how to properly generate and view a Degree Audit.

Communication classes sometimes fill quickly, so students are encouraged to plan ahead and enroll on your assigned Registration Date to help ensure timely graduation. The Department of Communication does not issue permission codes or manage wait lists for classes that are full. 

If a class is full when a student registers, wait listing allows a student to add their name to an electronic wait list and potentially be added to the class if space opens up, and they meet all the requirements. Wait listing is not a guarantee to enrollment into a class.

Once a student wait lists into a class, it is up to them to monitor whether they are added to the class or not. If a student is added and decides they no longer want the class, they are responsible for dropping the class prior to the last day to drop deadline. It is recommended that the student drop themselves from any classes they are wait listed in once they have set their final schedule.

Questions? Email comm-advisor@utah.edu

According to the Humanities Academic Misconduct Policy, academic misconduct includes cheating, plagiarizing, research misconduct, misrepresenting one’s work, and inappropriately collaborating. Definitions can be found in the Regulations Library at Policy 6-400: Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities (“Student Code”). If a student is suspected of academic misconduct, the process proceeds according to the rules found in the Student Code, University Policy 6-400(V). According to that policy, after an initial meeting between the student and the instructor, the instructor must determine whether academic misconduct has, in fact, occurred.

If the instructor determines that no academic misconduct has occurred, he or she will document that the student is not responsible for any academic misconduct. 

If the instructor determines that academic misconduct has occurred and this is the first instance in which the student has been alleged to have committed academic misconduct, the instructor will take into account whether the act was intentional or a result of negligence in determining the appropriate sanction, which can be up to failing the course. The sanction will be noted in the resolution of the case. The student’s right of appeal is as specified in Policy 6-400(V).

If the instructor determines academic misconduct has occurred, and the student has previously been sanctioned for an act of academic misconduct, and the prior instance of misconduct resulted in a sanction less than failing the course, the department will follow the process to fail the student for the course.  If the prior sanction was failure of the course, the student’s new act of misconduct will result in failure of the course and the department will also follow the process to seek the student’s dismissal from both the program and the University.