Related Courses
All CLAS majors require the Related Group requirement. At least 12 credits 2000-level or above in courses closely related to the student’s major, but outside the major department, make up the related group. Courses used to satisfy the Related Group Requirement for Communication Majors (“Relateds”) can be tailored to the unique academic interests and career goals of the student.
For a course toward the Communication Related requirement, the course must meet the following criteria:
1. The course must be taken at the 2000 level or higher; and
2. The course must contain content that is relevant to the Communication discipline and share a common curricular focus with Communication study; and
3. The following courses DO NOT count as they are cross-listed with Communication:
- LLAS 3320 (COMM 3320) – Media and Diverse Audiences
- LLAS 3321 (COMM 3321) – Latinas and Media
- LLAS 3322 (COMM 3322) – Soap Opera/Telenovela
- PSYC 3241 (COMM 3241) – Motivation and Emotion
- WGSS 3210 (COMM 3210) – Gender and Communication
In the interest of facilitating student selection of Related coursework, the COMM Advising Office has approved the following additional policies specifying the courses that may be used to satisfy the Related Group requirement.
A. ALL courses from the following departments are PRE-APPROVED as Relateds:
| Anthropology (ANTH) | Philosophy (PHIL) |
| Art (ART) | Political Science (POLS) |
| Digital Media and Design (DMD) | Psychology (PSYC) |
| Dramatic Arts (DRAM) | Public Health (PUBH) |
| Economics (ECON) | Public Policy (PP) |
| Educational Leadership (EDLR) | School of Business (all departments in the SOB) |
| Foreign Language (all language departments) | Sociology (SOCI) |
| History (HIST) | Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) |
| Human Development & Family Sciences (HDFS) | Theater Studies (DRAM) |
| Journalism (JOUR) | Urban and Community Studies (URBN) |
| Linguistics (LING) | Women’s Studies (WGSS) |
B. Concurrent Plans of Study: Coursework taken to complete a concurrent MINOR, DOUBLE MAJOR or ADDITIONAL DEGREE (through a Major from another UConn School) will be approved to satisfy the Related Group Requirement for the Communication Major.
C. Pre-Approved Individual Courses, by Related Area: The following individual courses listed below, organized by Related Area, are also PRE-APPROVED as satisfying the Related Group Requirement (“Relateds”): (click on one of the Related Areas below)
HRTS 3505 White Racism
AH 3574 Ergonomics
GEOG 2100 Economic Geography
HRM 3204 Employment Law
HRM 3222 Federal Law and Collective Bargaining
HRM 3221 Jobs, Work and Globalization
HRM 3261 Issues in Contract Bargaining
HRM 3262 Introduction to Mediation and Arbitration
HRM 3263 Introduction to US Labor Law
HRM 3264 Labor and Work in the US
HRM 3265 Labor and American Politics
HRM 3266 Introduction to Labor Relations
URBN 2000 Introduction to Urban and Community Studies
AASI 3220/ARTH 3020 Asian American Art and Visual Culture
AASI 3375/ART 3375/INDS 3375 Indian Art and Popular Culture: Independence to the Present
CAMS 3211 Greek Drama
CAMS 3225 Latin Drama
CAMS 3242W Greek and Roman Drama
CAMS 3245 The Ancient World in Cinema
CLCS 2214 Introduction to World Cinema and Comparative Film Theory
CLCS 3207 Film Genres
CLCS 3208 Studies in Film History
HRTS 3139 Theatre and Human Rights
HRTS 3149 Human Rights Through Film
ARE 3434 Environmental and Resource Policy
AASI 3220/ARTH 3020 Asian American Art and Visual Culture
AASI 3222/HRTS 3573 Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the US
AASI 3375/ART 3375/INDS 3375 Indian Art and Popular Culture: Independence to the Present
AASI 3215 Critical Health Issues of Asian Americans
AASI 3216 Asian Medical Systems
CLCS 2201 Intercultural Competency towards Global Perspectives
CLCS 3211 Indigenous Film World Wide
GEOG 2000 Globalization
AASI 3216 Asian Medical Systems
AH 2001 Medical Terminology
AH 3101 Health and Wellness for Life
AH 3133 Cancer and Your Health
AH 3231 Program Planning for Health Promotion
AH 3234 Fitness for Health
AH 3237 Women’s Health and Health Care
AH 3574 Ergonomics
AH 4242 Counseling and Teaching for the Health Professional
AH 4243 Health Care Issues for the Health Professional
ARE 3222 Marketing and Consumer Behavior
PRLS 3250 Latino Health and Health Care
NUSC 2200 Nutrition and Human Development
NUSC 4236 Principles of Nutrition
NUSC 4250 Nutrition for Exercise and Sport
AASI 3222/HRTS 3573 Asian Indian Women: Activism and Social Change in India and the US
CAMS 3212 Historical Greek Writings
HRM 3265 Labor and American Politics
For courses NOT listed above:
- If a course is NOT from the list of pre-approved departments, part of a concurrent Minor or Major, or in the list of pre-approved individual courses, you must complete a Related Approval Request Form.
- Please note that courses approved through the Related Approval Request form will NOT appear on your advisement report as satisfying the “Related Group” requirement. When you apply to graduate (through Student Admin), you will note these courses (each by course catalog number) in the “Comments” section of your “Final Plan of Study” online submission. The academic advisor will note their approval of the courses listed in the student’s Comment, when the Final Plan of Study is approved during the graduation application process.