Bachelor of Arts Communication - Communication Studies

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

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 1125/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105/POLS 2401/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/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 2010
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 1110 (no lab); GEOL 1112/1112L; 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; CPSC 1301/1301L; MATH 1113; MATH 1125; MATH 1131; MATH 1132; MATH 1165; MATH 2125; PHIL 2500; STAT 1127

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 2030/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
PHED 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Program Requirements              Required Hours: 18
Select three from the following four courses:
COMM 2105 Interpersonal Communication (3)
COMM 2137 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
COMM 2110 Inter-Ethnic Cultural Communication (3)
COMM 2136 Group Communication (3)
Take the following courses:
Foreign Language 1002, 2001
ENGL 2157 Writing in the English Major or Foreign Language 2002

Area G Program Requirements             Required Hours: 6
COMM 3256 Communication Theory
COMM 3255 Communication Research
COMM 4000 Exit Assessment 
 
Area H Program Requirements             Required Hours: 30
Program Electives- Take a total of 30 hours from H1 and/or H2 and/or H3 depending upon area of interest

Area H1 Program Options                                                         Recommended Hours: 6
COMM 3120 Listening
COMM 3135 Persuasion
COMM 3146 Political Communication
COMM 3147 Intercultural Communication
COMM 4157 Qualitative Research
COMM 4555 Selected Topic
COMM 4899 Independent Study

Area H2 Interpersonal & Rhetorical Communication        Recommended Hours: 12
COMM 3110 Analysis of Argument
COMM 3118 Public Address
COMM 3136 Non-Verbal Communication 
COMM 3145 Family Communication
COMM 3148 Building Community
COMM 4107 Gender & Sexuality
COMM 4115 Rhetorical Criticism

Area H3 Organizational Communication                             Recommended Hours: 12 
COMM 3119 Introduction to Computer Mediated Communication
COMM 3116 Business & Professional Communication
COMM 3139 Interpersonal Conflict Resolution
COMM 3141 Introduction to Public Relations
COMM 3246 Communication Training and Development
COMM 4105 Networked Communication
COMM 4145 Organizational Communication
COMM 4141 Public Relations Management
COMM 4158 Organizational Assessment and Facilitation
COMM 3698 Junior Internship or COMM 4698 Senior Internship

Area I Program Requirements               Required Hours: 24
General Electives

Total Hours Required: 123