Major in Communication Studies (BA/BS)

CIP Code

09.0101

51 credits

Common core requirements, 21 credits

COMM 201	Exploration of Communication Studies	2
COMM 220	Argumentation and Debate	3
COMM 240	Introduction to Interpersonal Communication	3
COMM 290	Intercultural Communication	3
COMM 320	Persuasion	3
COMM 360	Communication Theory	3
COMM 375	Presentational Communication	3
COMM 401	Communication Studies Senior Seminar	1

Complete one concentration

Interpersonal communication concentration, 30 credits

COMM 330	Small Group Communication	3
COMM 335	Communication and Health	3
COMM 370	Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction	3
COMM 440	Advanced Interpersonal Communication	3
COMM 442	Communication and Conflict Management	3
COMM 465	Communication Research Methods	3

COMM directed electives

6 credits from COMM other than COMM 210, COMM 475

Outside directed electives, 6 credits from

CPSY 230	Human Relationship Development	3
ECYF 250	Family Relations	3
PSYS 313	The Psychology of Human Adjustment	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOC 224	Family and Society	3
SOC 235	Sociology of Gender	3
SOC 242	Social Problems	3
Total Credit Hours:		51

Organizational communication concentration, 30 credits

COMM 351	Organizational Communication	3
COMM 441	Contemporary Issues in Organizational Communication	3
COMM 452	Applied Organizational Communication	3
COMM 465	Communication Research Methods	3
COMM 489	Paid Professional Experience	1 TO 6
	or
COMM 479	Unpaid Professional Experience	1 TO 3

Directed electives, 6 credits from

COMM 251	Business and Professional Communication	3
COMM 325	Interviewing	3
COMM 330	Small Group Communication	3
COMM 340	Leadership Communication	3
COMM 442	Communication and Conflict Management	3

6 credits from COMM other than COMM 210, COMM 475

Outside directed electives, 3 credits from

ECON 201	Elementary Microeconomics	3
ENG 213	Introduction to Digital Literacies	3
ENG 231	Professional Writing	3
ENT 241	The Entrepreneurial Experience	3
MGT 300	Managing Behavior in Organizations	3
MKG 300	Principles of Marketing	3
PSYS 373	Industrial Psychology	3
SOC 329	Work and Society	3
Total Credit Hours:		51

Public communication concentration, 30 credits

COMM 310	Communication and Democracy	3
COMM 322	Communication and Popular Culture	3
COMM 385	Rhetoric of Marginalized Voices	3
COMM 412	Rhetorical Theory and Criticism	3
COMM 425	Speechwriting	3
COMM 450	Rhetoric and Advocacy	3

Directed electives

9 credits from COMM other than COMM 210, COMM 475

3 credits from

AHS 264	Film Analysis	3
ANTH 342	Anthropology of the United States	3
ENG 213	Introduction to Digital Literacies	3
ENG 328	Language and Gender	3
ENG 425	Film Studies	3
ENG 435	Issues in Rhetoric and Writing	3
HSC 180	Principles of Community Health	3
HIST 240	Introduction to Public History	3
HIST 301	The United States and the Vietnam War	3
PHIL 200	Symbolic Logic	3
PHIL 202	Ethics	3
PHIL 203	Social Philosophy	3
POLS 475	Minority Group Politics	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOC 235	Sociology of Gender	3
SOC 242	Social Problems	3
Total Credit Hours:		51