The following timeline illustrates how one student might move through the Communication Graduate Program at the College of Charleston to earn a Master of Arts in Communication. This timeline assumes a student who is admitted as a regular graduate student and is not required to take any undergraduate courses to qualify for regular admission.

Actual course offerings supporting the Communication Graduate Program will vary from year to year and term to term. See the Graduate Director if you have questions about your own graduation timeline. Admitted students are permitted to begin their coursework in any term.

SUMMER 2008 and FALL 2008 courses:

Full-time Graduate Student, Non-thesis Option

Fall Semester Year One
COMM 502
COMM 507
COMM 525
COMM 584

Spring Semester Year One
COMM 501
COMM 535
COMM 561
COMM 682

Fall Semester Year Two
COMM 510
COMM 522
COMM 698
COMM 580

Spring Semester Year Two
COMM 502
COMM 524
COMM 795 
COMM 681

Note:  501, 502 and 510 rotate through each Fall/Spring semester every year and a half; 681 and 682 rotate each Spring

Summer courses are offered at least once per year.

Thesis option should substitute 701 and 702 in the second year.