Bachelor of Arts - Communication

Area A Essential Skills
Req. Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options
Req. Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
CSUS 1106/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LEAD 1706/LEAD 2705/LEAD 2706/LIBR 1105/UNIV 1105

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Req. Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100

*ITDS 1145, though listed under both human-ities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology
Req. Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122 (no lab); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional)
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences
Req. Hours: 12
HIST 2110
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ENGL 2136/ENGL 2137/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement
Req Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Rel. to Major
Req. Hours: 18
COMM 1105 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 1136 Group Communication
COMM 1137 Mass Media and Society
Foreign Language 1002
Foreign Language 2001
Select three semester hours from Areas A-E of the core.

Area G Prog. Requirements
Req. Hours: 12
COMM 3125 Mass Communication
COMM 3141 Public Relations 1
COMM 3145 Family Communication
COMM 3147 Intercultural Communication
COMM 4000 Communication Exit Assessment

Area H Program Electives
Req. Hours: 18
Select from the following:
COMM 3116 Business & Professional Speaking
COMM 3135 Persuasion
COMM 3136 Nonverbal Communication
COMM 3137 Couples Communication
COMM 3146 Political Communication
COMM 3242 Public Relations 2
COMM 4155 Communication Research
COMM 4156 Communication Theories
COMM 4555 Selected Top in Communication
COMM 4698 Internship
COMM 4899 Independent Study
COMM 5145 Organizational Communication
COMM 5146 Communication Train & Develop

Area I General Electives
Req. Hours: 30

Total Hours Required: 123

Also see the program requirements listed on the College of Arts and Letters page.