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Bachelor of Arts - Program Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required for entrance into the major and for enrollment in all upper division courses. Of the minimum required 48 semester hours, majors must complete:

• nine semester hours of program core courses
• 18 semester hours of selected coursework across competency-based categories (all of which must be upper division, and nine hours of which must be at the 400-level)
• 21 hours of elective coursework (up to nine hours of which may be lower division)

COM 484 (internship) and 499 (Independent Study) may not be used to satisfy selected coursework requirements but may fulfill elective coursework requirements.

Students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree must complete one lower division statistics course and one additional upper division statistics course.

All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C.

Required Coursework

• CMN 225 Public Speaking
• CMN 308 Empirical Research Methods in Communication
• CMN 309 Rhetorical, Interpretive, and Critical Methods in Communication

Elective Coursework

Students are required to complete one course from each of the six categories below, nine hours of which must be at the 400-level:

Diversity

• CMN 316 Gender and Communication (C)
• CMN 371 Cross-Cultural Communication Perspectives (G)
• CMN 394 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)
• CMN 416 Gender, Race, Colonialism, and Media
• CMN 463 Cultural and Intercultural Communication Theory and Research (SB, G)
• CMN 465 Intercultural Communication Workshop
• CMN 471 International Communication (G)
• CMN 494 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)

Media Literacy

• CMN 324 Rhetoric and Media Criticism
• CMN 394 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)
• CMN 424 Television Studies and Criticism
• CMN 429 Semiotics and Visual Communication
• CMN 457 New Media
• CMN 494 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)

Public Influence Processes

• CMN 325 Advanced Public Speaking
• CMN 329 Persuasion
• CMN 353 Professional Communication
• CMN 394 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)
• CMN 414 Crisis Communication
• CMN 454 Rhetorical and Critical Approaches to Public Relations
• CMN 494 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)

Critical/Rhetorical Inquiry

• CMN 321 Rhetorical Theory and Research (L/HU)
• CMN 394 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)
• CMN 421 Rhetoric of Social Issues (HU)
• CMN 422 Argumentation, Critical Reasoning, and Public Communication (L)
• CMN 456 Political Communication (SB)
• CMN 494 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)

Relational Interaction

• CMN 310 Relational Communication
• CMN 312 Communication, Conflict, and Negotiation
• CMN 394 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)
• CMN 410 Interpersonal Communication Theory and Research (SB)
• CMN 411 Communication in the Family (SB)
• CMN 417 Communication and Aging
• CMN 475 Nonverbal Communication Theory and Research
• CMN 494 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)

Social Organizations

• CMN 320 Communication and Consumerism (SB)
• CMN 394 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)
• CMN 430 Leadership in Group Communication (SB)
• CMN 450 Theory and Research in Organizational Communication (SB)
• CMN 451 Employee Participation Processes in Organizations
• CMN 453 Communication Training and Development
• CMN 494 Special Topics (only as designated by instructor)

Other Requirements

In addition to the above listed requirements, students must satisfy the General Studies Program requirements. Students should consult their advisors for current information concerning the College of Human Services and the Communication Studies courses applicable to General Studies requirements.