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Communication

Requirements

 

All Majors

Common core* (12 hours; Complete 4 courses)
Course No., Title and Hours                                                  
COMM 250: Mass Communication (3 hrs.)
COMM 357: Survey of Rhetoric (3 hrs.)
COMM 382: Communication Theory (3 hrs.)
COMM 424: Communication Ethics (3 hrs.)

Methods of Inquiry* (3 Hours; Complete 1 course)

COMM 300: Experimental Methods and Survey Research (3 hrs.)
COMM 330: Argumentation (3 hrs.)
COMM 350: Media Criticism (3 hrs.)
COMM 360: Rhetorical Criticism (3 hrs.)
Communication Electives* (9 hours)
Choose from any of the additional courses in the Methods or Emphases areas, or from these COMM electives listed below. None of the elective courses can be used to complete other requirements in the major or LSP.

COMM 263: Communication and Democracy (3 hrs.)
COMM 270: Advanced Public Speaking (3 hrs.)
COMM 272: Speech Communication Activities (1 hrs.)
COMM 273: Oral Interpretation (3 hrs.)
COMM 274: Parliamentary Procedure (1 hrs.)
COMM 276: Oral Advocacy and Debate (3 hrs.)
COMM 340: Critical Perspectives on Performance (3 hrs.)
COMM 351: Communication Practicum (2 hrs.)
COMM 352: History of American Journalism (3 hrs.)
COMM 353: Critical perspectives on Public Relations (3 hrs.)
COMM 358: Advanced Radio Broadcasting (3 hrs.)
COMM 381: Business and Professional Communication (3 hrs.)
COMM 410: Media and Social Theory (3 hrs.)
COMM 442: Publication Design and Layout (3 hrs.)
COMM 450: Editing (4 hrs.)
COMM 451: Internship (1-6 hrs.)
COMM 452: Internship Evaluation (1-3 hrs.)
COMM 453: Magazine and Feature Writing (3 hrs.)
COMM 454: Advertising (3 hrs.)
COMM 457: Advanced Television Production (3 hrs.)
COMM 458: Special Topics Seminar (3 hrs.)
COMM 478: Readers Theater/Chamber Theatre (3 hrs.)
COMM 481: Undergraduate Readings in Comm (1-4 hrs.)

 

Areas of Emphases

Communication Arts* (15 hours; Complete 4 courses from this area and one from Comm Science )
COMM 375: Rhetoric and Medicine (3 hrs.)
COMM 385: American Rhetorical Traditions (3 hrs.)
COMM 390: Classical Rhetoric (3 hrs.)
COMM 401: Rhetoric of Women's Rights (3 hrs.)
COMM 429: Political Communication (3 hrs.)
COMM 490:: Contemporary Rhetoric (3 hrs.)

Communication Science* (15 hours ; Complete 4 courses from the this area and one from Comm Arts)

COMM 315: Family Communication (3 hrs.)
COMM 370: Group Process (3 hrs.)
COMM 395: Interpersonal Communication (3 hrs.)
COMM 420: Intercultural Communication (3 hrs.)
COMM 471: Persuasion Theory (3 hrs.)
COMM 480: Organizational Communication (3 hrs.)

Journalism* (15 hous; Complete the courses listed
below in sequence listed)

COMM 251: Media Writing (4 hrs.)
COMM 367: News Reporting and Writing (4 hrs.)
COMM 355: Broadcast Production (4 hrs.)
COMM 455: Media Law (3 hrs.)

Communication Studies* (15 hours)

Complete at least one 300+ level course from each area of emphasis listed above, plus adit ional hours of communication coursework to total 15 hours

 

Communication Minor (15 hours)

 
Choose one Common Core course* (3 hrs.)
Choose one Methods of Inquiry course* (3 hrs.)
Electives*, with at least 6 hours at the 300 level or above (9 hrs.)

* Certain courses have prerequisites that must be met. Please check the 2005-2007 General Catalog (or catalog for your
worksheet year) for a complete listing of prerequisites.