Communication with an emphasis in Communication Studies

Major Requirement Total (39 credits)

• COMM 131 - Media and Society (3)
• COMM 151 - Interpersonal Communication (3)
• COMM 201 - Introduction to the Study of Human Communication (3)
• COMM 255 - Virtual Presentations (2)
• COMM 301 - Professional Development (1)
• COMM 312 - Public Deliberation (3)
• COMM 313 - Advanced Public Speaking (3)
• COMM 411 - Strategic Influence in Human Communication (3)
• TH 121 - Introduction to Theatre (3)
• TH 221 - Performance Studies (3)

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  Choose from the following (3 credits):

• COMM 212 - Civic Forums, Groups & Parliamentary Practice (3)
• COMM 251 - Communication and Culture (3)
• COMM 253 - Communication and Gender (3)
• COMM 314 - Contemporary Issues in Strategic Influence (3)
• COMM 315 - Civilization, Technologies, and Influence (3)
• COMM 352 - Group Communication (3)
• COMM 353 - Organizational Communication (3)
• COMM 415 - Free Speech in the Digital Age (3)

Additional Requirements (6 hours)

• Choose two from the following:

• COMM 141 - Introduction to Film (3)
• COMM 213 - Visual Communication (3)
• COMM 241 - Film Criticism (3)
• COMM 341 - Gender and Film (3)
• COMM 342 - Horror Films and Their Audiences (3)
• COMM 343 - Major Directors (3)
• COMM 344 - Film Genre Studies (3)

Communication Elective (3 hours)

• Choose from COMM / PTEC / TH

Signature Learning Requirements for Communication Majors:

• First Year Seminar
• Reading and Writing
• Oral Communication
• Ethics
• Quantitative Reasoning 
• Fine Arts - (Requirement fulfilled by major)
• Social Science 
• Religion  
• Natural Science * (Students must take six (6) credit hours of Natural Science (the combination of the Natural Science and Society requirement and the Laboratory Science requirement)
• Humanities 
• Global Systems

See Signature Learning   Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.