Bachelor of Arts - Communication

For general degree requirements, see the College of Arts and Letters and the General Degree Requirements pages.

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Area A Essential Skills                         Required 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 1101/1111/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options                 Required Hours: 4-5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/LIBR 1105
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/ LEAD 1705/POLS 2401/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts                 Required 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 humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology         Required Hours: 10-11
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 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1127/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1165/MATH 2125/PHIL 2115



Area E Social Sciences                            Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
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/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement                            Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major            Required Hours: 18
COMM 2105 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 2106 Intro to Human Communication
COMM 2136 Group Communication
Foreign Language 1002
Foreign Language 2001
Select three semester hours from Areas A-E of the core.


Area G Program Requirements               Required Hours: 6
COMM 4000 Communication Exit Assessment
COMM 4155 Communication Research
COMM 4156 Communication Theories

Area H Program Electives                        Required Hours: 24
Select twenty-four hours from the following:
COMM 3116 Business & Professional Speaking
COMM 3117 American Communication
COMM 3125 Mass Communication
COMM 3135 Persuasion
COMM 3137 Couples Communication
COMM 3139 Interpersonal Conflict Resolution
COMM 3141 Public Relations 1
COMM 3145 Family Communication
COMM 3146 Political Communication
COMM 3147 Intercultural Communication
COMM 3148 Building COmmunity Through Communication
COMM 3242 Public Relations 2
COMM 4105 Networked Communication
COMM 4107 Communication, Gender, and Sexuality
COMM 4157 Qualitative Communication Research
COMM 4139 Dispute Resolution
COMM 4145 Organizational Communication
COMM 4146 Communication Training & Development
COMM 4555 Selected Topics in Communication
COMM 4698 Internship
COMM 4899 Independent Study

Area I General Electives                            Required Hours: 30

Total Hours Required: 123