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2011-2012 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Organized Communication Major


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Communication Studies


Communication major and Emphases

The communication major offers five areas of emphasis: communication studies, electronic media and film (formerly radio-television-film), organizational communication, public relations, and theatre studies. This program works to achieve three important syntheses. The first is to combine the improvement of speaking and dramatic skills with an enhanced analytical understanding of communication processes. The second synthesis involves helping students to explore both traditional public communication contexts and the less formal but equally complex interpersonal contexts of communication. The final synthesis consists of combining traditional artistic approaches to speech and theatre with a scientific perspective so that students in this major gain an appreciation for, and ability to use, both historical/critical analytical skills and experimental methods from the social sciences in approaching problematic communication settings.

Minors are available in public speaking, film studies, organizational communication, public relations, electronic media (formerly radio-TV), and theatre.

Students seeking Integrated Language Arts licensure (ILA) for Adolescent-Young Adults (AYA) should complete the requirements for the Communication major with emphasis in communication studies plus other course required for licensure (see Education  for the additional requirements.)

All communication majors, regardless of area of emphasis, must adhere to the following guidelines:


make at least a C in

All communication majors, regardless of area of emphasis, will take the following courses:


Notes:


In addition an individualized area of concentration of at least 15 hours (including internship hours) is developed in consultation with the academic advisor.

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