# Transfer Preparation Requirements

**Source**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college/requirements-for-communication
**Parent**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college

## Major Preparation Requirements

- One course in introduction to interpersonal and mass communication – please refer to [ASSIST](https://www.assist.org/) and note that in some cases two courses are required to fulfill the requirement
- One course in principles of public speaking
- One course in introduction to linguistics, meaning of communication, or culture in communication
- One statistics course
- Three courses from:
  - Introductory psychology
  - Introduction to American government/politics
  - Introductory sociology
  - Microeconomics or introduction to political economy

**THIS MAJOR IS HIGHLY SELECTIVE**; ***A minimum UC-transferable cumulative GPA of 3.7 is required.***

### Required by end of fall before transfer

- A minimum of **four** major prep courses, all courses must be taken for a letter grade.

**NOTE:**

- If two courses are listed in ASSIST as equivalents of Comm Studies 10, then BOTH courses must be completed at the same institution in order to satisfy this major requirement.
- You must be admitted directly into this major. You will not be able to change to this major after admission to UCLA.

## More Information

- [More information about this major](https://newstudents.ucla.edu/studyarea/?type=MAJ&code=181)
- [Department homepage](https://comm.ucla.edu/)

\* Demand for this major significantly exceeds space available.

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