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Internal Transfers

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Adding a Communication Studies Major

Welcome to Communication Studies at LMU! If you’re interested in changing your major to Comm Studies (or adding it as your second major), please follow these steps:

  1. Contact the Comm Studies department chair, Dr. Jason Jarvis (Jarvis@lmu.edu), and set up a meeting to learn about the major.

 

  1. After meeting with the Chair, if you would like to add the major, contact the Comm Studies Senior Administrative Coordinator, Ms. Lisa (Lugo) Tanaka (Lugo@lmu.edu). She will create a Box folder for your application materials.

 

  1. Upload a PDF of your degree audit (no screenshots please!) from the Degree Works[1] program to your Box folder.

 

  1. For the next step, please determine which category you fit into, and upload the requested documentation to your Box folder:

 

  • If your college GPA is 3.0 or higher, and you have at least 4 semesters left at LMU and space in your schedule to take the 44 units required for the Comm Studies major, you do not need to submit any additional materials.

 

  • If you are a first-year student in your first semester at LMU OR if your college GPA is lower than a 3.0, you also need to submit a personal statement (no more than 3 pages double-spaced). In this statement, you should:
    • Share your academic and professional goals as well as your understanding of how the Comm Studies major could help you to accomplish these goals.
    • Address any challenges you’ve faced in your college coursework that may have negatively impacted your GPA.

 

  • If you have fewer than 4 semesters left at LMU, you may not be able to complete the Comm Studies major. You can still apply, but you must submit a detailed graduation plan demonstrating how you would complete the Comm Studies major in your remaining semesters at LMU (including summers). You can visit the CFA Advising Center (1st floor of St. Roberts Hall; schedule an appointment here) if you need help creating this graduation plan. Please scan and upload this document to your Box folder.

 

  1. The Comm Studies department will review your materials, and if you qualify for the major, you will be notified via email.

 

NOTE: Newly admitted internal transfer students must be in residence at LMU (i.e., not abroad) during their first semester in the major (which is typically the semester after they are accepted into the major). Any future plans to study abroad must be discussed with the Comm Studies Department Chair before transferring into the major.

  1. Log in to myLMU.edu 
  2. Select Academics 
  3. Select Degree Works
  4. Select the icon in the upper right corner of your Degree Works that looks like a printer; when you hover over it with your mouse, it will say "Create PDF"; click on this icon
  5. Choose "Open PDF"
  6. Save the PDF