Communication (B.A. or B.S.)

Students first entering college in Fall 1999 or after should see section on “New Core Curriculum” under “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”

1.  Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after.  See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”
2.  Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree.
3.  General requirements:

Lower Division or Upper Division - 3 semester hours of speech and satisfy computer literacy/proficiency requirement.

Upper Division – ENG 3430 Professional Writing; PSY 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences or MKT 4311 Buyer Behavior or NPL 4312 Public Policy and Quality of Life; PSY 3315 Statistics for the Social Sciences; ENG 3312 Grammar and Rhetoric; 9 semester hours of HUM, HIS, or  ENG courses; ENG 3310 Introduction to the Study of Language (B.S. option only).

4. Concentration/Specialization: 24 semester hours, including COM 3318 Communication and Public Culture; COM 4314 Intercultural Communication; COM 4318 Mass Media Communication; and 18 semester hours, which can include up to 3 semester hours of lower division communication or speech classes.

5. Free electives - Enough electives to fulfill the 122 semester hour requirement and the 54 semester hours of upper division courses.

These requirements are summarized in the following table:

Communication Plan
I.  CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS (42 total core hours required.)
II.  PLAN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS	LD	LD/UD	UD	TOTAL
A.  General
ENG 3430 Professional Writing			4	4
ENG 3310 Intro. to the Study of Language (B.S. Option Only)			3	3
Computer Literacy / Proficiency	3			3
SPCH	3			3
ENG 3312 Grammar and Rhetoric			3	3
PSY 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences         Or MKT 4311 Buyer Behavior         Or NPL 4312 Public Policy and Quality of Life			3	3
PSY 3315 Statistics for Social Sciences			3	3
Natural Science with Lab (for B.S. option)	4			4
Foreign Language (for B.A. option)  (6 s.h. in same foreign              language or3 s.h. in sophomore-level foreign language and          3 s.h. in linguistics.)		6		6
Nine s.h. UD HUM/HIS/ENG			9	9
B.  Concentration / Specialization (24 s.h.)
COM 3318 Communication and Public Culture			3	3
COM 4314 Intercultural Communication			3	3
COM 4318 Mass Media Communication			3	3
COM elective (LD/UD)		0-3		0-3
COM electives (UD)			12-15	12-15
III. FREE ELECTIVES – Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 122 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums such as 54 upper division hours.)
*TOTAL				*122

*Total must be minimum of 122 s.h. with minimum of 54 s.h. at upper division level.