Communication Major (B.A.)

Academic Advisers: Kimble; Krall; Meade; Ohrenberger-Hopkins; Radwan; Rauchberg; Robinson; Tsuria; Zizik

The Communication major is a comprehensive and flexible program of study that focuses on immediate interaction in face to face real-time contexts. This basis provides a foundation for examining all forms of human communication.

A list of required courses for the Communications major can be found below. In consultation with a faculty adviser, students must also select the “approved elective” courses from associated communication disciplines.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required in the College Core
COMM 2616	History of Rhetoric (Fulfills Core A or B)	3
Subtotal		3
Required Courses
COJR 2136	Media Law	3
COJR 1421	Writing for the Media	3
COMM 1670	Introduction to Communication Theory	3
COMM 2134	Communication Ethics	3
COMM 2135	Communication Research Methods	3
COMM 2640	Organizational Communication *	3
COMM 5899	Senior Sem Communication Stu	3
Subtotal		21
Elective Courses
Select one of the following:		3
COMM 1610	Dynamics-Human Comm
COMM 2130	Intercultural Communication
COMM 2630	Non-Verbal Communication
COMM 2626	Rhetorical Criticism	3
or COMM 2627	Great Amer Speech of Our Time
Select three of the following:		9
COMM 2622	Team Building and the Group Process
COMM 3200	Moral Argumentation and Debate *
COMM 2623	Persuasive Speaking *
COMM 2625	Public - Presentational Spkng *
COMM 2620	Performing Literature: Story-Telling and the Narrative Process
Subtotal		15
Select two additional elective courses **		6
Total Hours		45

*

COST 1600 Oral Communication is a pre-requisite.

**

From approved electives from other Communication and the Arts programs, Philosophy, English, or Political Science as approved by the adviser. Students select courses each semester in consultation with his/her adviser and recommended study plan.