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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication offers four areas of concentration: speech communication, technical communication, electronic media, and public relations. The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree is 120, including Core Curriculum requirement hours. Thirty-nine of the 120 total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All common Communication degree requirements (COM 2733, COM 3023, COM 3073, COM 3083, COM 3553 or COM 3563, ENG 2413) must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. Students who declare a concentration in Public Relations must complete each course required for the Public Relations concentration (COM 3513, COM 3523, COM 3893, COM 4523, COM 4533) with a grade of “C” or better.

Technical Communication Concentration

Students interested in preparing for careers in the news media should use their Communication and free electives to complete a recommended curriculum available from the advisor. All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication with a Technical Communication Concentration must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements

Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
ECO 2023 Introductory Microeconomics

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Note: If a language is used to satisfy this three-hour requirement, students will need to take an additional three hours in the same language for the degree requirement.

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Degree Requirements

A. 30 semester credit hours of required coursework:

1. Common Communication degree requirements:

COM 2733 Introduction to Communication Technologies
COM 3023 Foundations of Communication
COM 3073 Conduct of Communication Inquiry
COM 3083 Language and Communication Theory
COM 3553 Intercultural Communication
or
COM 3563 International Communication
ENG 2413 Technical Writing

2. Other required courses:

COM 2433 Editing
COM 3413 Writing for New Media
COM 3623 Commercial Publications
COM 3633 Professional Presentation

B. 9 additional semester credit hours in Communication at the upper-division level

C. 6 semester credit hours in a single foreign language

D. 15 semester credit hours of support work:

1. ACC 2013 Principles of Accounting I
ECO 2023 Introductory Microeconomics
FIN 3003 Survey of Finance

2. 6 semester credit hours of approved support work in one of the following areas, at the upper-division level:

  • intercultural/international studies
  • English language and composition, philosophy, and visual arts
  • social and behavioral sciences
  • business, management, marketing, nd information systems
  • other subjects as may be individually justified by the student and approved by the undergraduate advisor.

E. 18 semester credit hours of free electives, 3 semester credit hours of which must be at the upper-division level.

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