COMMUNICATIONS

Degrees

This page is not official.
See disclaimer.

MAJOR IN MASS COMMUNICATION (Bachelor of Arts)

A student majoring in Mass Communication must complete the core requirements and one concentration totaling 61 hours, the required cognates, the general studies program, and all baccalaureate degree requirements as outlined in this bulletin. Senior students are required to complete a senior project.

Core Requirements:

COMM	145	Mass Communication Media	4
COMM	231	Broadcast Techniques and Announcing	4
COMM	235	Introduction to Video	4
COMM	357	Communication Law and Ethics	4
COMM	487	Senior Project	1
COMM	496, 497	Seminar in Mass Media	3
JOUR	245	Newswriting	4
JOUR	246	Reporting Methods	3
SPCH	101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4
			_______ 31

CONCENTRATION: Journalism and Public Relations

COMM	333	Principles of Development	4
JOUR	247	Copy Editing	3
JOUR	257	Photojournalism	2
JOUR	341	Magazine Article Writing	4
JOUR	451	Publication Production	4
MKTG	481	Public Relations	4
		Electives (3 must be writing; 4 may be COMM)	9
			_______ 30

Electives must be chosen in consultation with and approved by the academic adviser assigned by the department chair.

CONCENTRATION: Media

COMM	301	Audio Production	4
COMM	302	Video Studio Production	4
COMM	303	Video Field Production	4
COMM	352	Broadcasting and Society	4
MKTG	381	Marketing	4
or
MKTG	383	Advertising and Sales Promotion
or
MKTG	481	Public Relations
		Electives (3 must be writing; may include	10
		COMM, JOUR and the following:)
SPCH	107	Voice and Articulation
SPCH	211	Oral Interpretation
SPCH	242	Acting
SPCH	252	Play Performance
SPCH	253	Technical Production
SPCH	363	History of Dramatic Arts
SPCH	365	Play Direction
			_______ 30

Electives must be chosen in consultation with and approved by the academic adviser assigned by the department chair.

Cognates:

ART	244	Commercial Art	2-3
or
GRPH	295	Printing Layout and Design
GRPH	261	Desktop Publishing	2
INFO	105	Personal Computing (or proficiency)	0-3
or
CIS	280	Intermediate Word Processing
PHTO	156	Principles of Photography	3

MAJOR IN SPEECH COMMUNICATION (Bachelor of Arts)

A student majoring in Speech Communication must complete 50 quarter hours in the major, the general studies program, and all baccalaureate degree requirements as outlined in this bulletin. Senior students are required to take a departmental comprehensive exam.

Major Requirements:

COMM	145	Mass Communication Media	4
JOUR	245	Newswriting	4
SPCH	101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4
SPCH	107	Voice and Articulation	4
SPCH	211	Oral Interpretation	4
SPCH	310	Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication	3
SPCH	341	Argumentation	4
or
SPCH	443	Persuasive Speaking
SPCH	496	Seminar in Speech Communication	2
		Electives (12 must be upper division;	21
		may include up to 8 hours from among
		courses with COMM or JOUR prefixes,
		or courses cited in the SPCH curriculum
		but offered by other departments.)
			_______ 50

Electives must be chosen in consultation with and approved by the academic adviser assigned by the department chair.

MINOR IN COMMUNICATIONS

A student minoring in communications must complete 30 quarter hours.

Electives (selected from COMM, JOUR, SPCH; 9 must be upper division)

In addition to courses from the department, a maximum of 10 credits may be selected from the following:

ENGL	215	Introduction to Film Literature	4
PHTO	156	Principles of Photography	3
MKTG	383	Advertising and Sales Promotion	4
MKTG	481	Public Relations	4
GRPH	261	Desktop Publishing	2

Approval of communications adviser required.

MINOR IN SPEECH COMMUNICATION

A student minoring in speech communication must complete 27 quarter hours:

SPCH	101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4
		Electives (9 must be upper division)	23
			_______ 27

Approval of speech communication adviser required.

MINOR IN DRAMA

A student minoring in drama must complete 30 quarter hours.

ART	161	Design	3
SPCH	242	Acting	4
SPCH	252	Play Performance	2
SPCH	253	Technical Production	2
SPCH	363	iHistory of Dramatic Arts	4
SPCH	365	*Play Direction	3
		Electives	12
			_______ 30

A minimum of 2 hours required for SPCH 252 and 253. Additional hours may apply as electives. 9 of the 30 hours must be upper division.

*Classes alternate

Electives may be chosen from the following:

ART	244	Commercial Art	2
COMM	302	Video Studio Production	4
ENGL	215	Introduction to Film Literature	4
ENGL	336	*Drama Writing	3
ENGL	445	*Shakespeare	4
ENGL	358	*Classical Literature	3
ENGL	464	*Development of English Drama	3
PEAC	181	Fencing	1
SPCH	107	Voice and Articulation	4
SPCH	211	Oral Interpretation	4

*Classes alternate

Aproval of drama adviser required.

MINOR IN JOURNALISM

A student minoring in journalism must complete 27 quarter hours.

COMM	145	Mass Communication Media	4
JOUR	245	Newswriting	4
JOUR	246	Reporting Methods	3
		Electives (9 must be upper division;	16
		minimum of one additional writing course)
			_______ 27

Approval of journalism adviser required.

COMMUNICATIONS