The college offers a strong liberal arts education plus rigorous professional preparation to those planning careers in the mass media. The college also offers courses analyzing the role of the mass media in modern society.
Administrative controls specify the number of juniors to be admitted annually.
Applications are approved based on a student's cumulative grade-point average after the third semester and the completion of specific course entrance requirements by the end of the fourth semester. For Film and Video, a grade of C or higher is required in COMM 150 and a grade of B or higher is required in COMM 242. It is strongly recommended that a student schedule all courses under the guidance of his or her adviser and by using a computer-generated audit. No course offered by the College of Communications may be used by College of Communications students to satisfy the General Education or Bachelor of Arts requirements. The policy does not apply to COMM courses that are required as a part of a minor outside the College of Communications.