School of Arts and Sciences

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

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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.
   Bachelor of Arts option – 6 semester hours of sophomore foreign language
   Bachelor of Science option - natural sciences with lab (for a total of 11 semester hours of natural sciences)

3. General requirements:

   • Upper Division – ENGL 3430 Professional Writing; PSYC 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences or MKTG 4311 Buyer Behavior or NONP 4312 Public Policy and Quality of Life; PSYC 3315 Statistics for the Social Sciences; ENGL 3312 Grammar and Rhetoric; 9 semester hours of HUMA, HIST, or ENGL courses; ENGL 3310 Introduction to the Study of Language (B.S. option only).

      

4. Concentration/Specialization: 24 semester hours, including COMM 3318 Communication and Public Culture; COMM 4314 Intercultural Communication; COMM 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 120 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).	LD	LD/UD	UD	TOTAL
English Composition	6			6
College Math or higher	3			3
Natural Sciences	6			6
Humanities	3			3
Visual/Performing Arts	3			3
U.S. History	6			6
Political Science	6			6
Social/Behavioral Science	3			3
Speech	3			3
Computer Literacy	3			3
II. PLAN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS	LD	LD/UD	UD	TOTAL
A. General
ENGL 3430 Professional Writing			4	4
(B.S. Option Only) ENGL 3310 Intro. to the Study of Language			3	3
ENGL 3312 Grammar and Rhetoric			3	3
PSYC 4318 Research Methods for the Social Sciences             Or MKTG 4311 Buyer Behavior             Or NONP 4312 Public Policy and Quality of Life			3	3
PSYC 3315 Statistics for Social Sciences			3	3
(for B.S. option) Additional Natural Science with Labs	5			5
(for B.A. option) Foreign Language (6 s.h. in same foreign language.)		6		6
Nine s.h. UD HUMA/HIST/ENGL			9	9
B. Concentration / Specialization (24 s.h.)
COMM 3318 Communication and Public Culture			3	3
COMM 4314 Intercultural Communication			3	3
COMM 4318 Mass Media Communication			3	3
COMM elective (LD/UD)		0-3		0-3
COMM electives (UD)			12-15	12-15
III. FREE ELECTIVES – Additional hours to satisfy the minimum of 120 credit hours on the degree plan and any other minimums such as 54 upper division hours.
* TOTAL				120
* Total must be minimum of 120 semester hours with minimum 54 s.h.at upper division level.