Undergraduate Programs in the School of Communication

Note: Any student who has earned 60 credit hours and has not achieved a cumulative grade point average of 2.50 will not be allowed to take courses in the school.

A strong liberal arts background is emphasized by the school. To ensure that communication majors attain this background, a significant portion of undergraduate coursework is taken outside the field of communication.

All students intending to major in the School of Communication begin to take core courses during their freshman and sophomore years. During the freshman year COMM-100 Understanding Media is required for all majors except Communication: Film and Media Arts (BA) and Photography (BA) [SOC] . Film and media arts and Photography majors take COMM-105 Visual Literacy during the freshman year. During the sophomore year most students (except for Film and media arts and Photography majors) take COMM-200 Writing for Communication . Public Relations and Strategic Communication majors take COMM-209 Communication and Society during the sophomore year, and journalism majors take COMM-320 Reporting following COMM-200 Writing for Communication . Communication studies majors complete COMM-378 Introduction to Communication Research Methods before their sophomore or junior year.

Students continue with one of the programs (Communication: Communication Studies (BA) , Communication: Film and Media Arts (BA) , Communication: Journalism (BA) , Foreign Language and Communication Media (BA) [SOC] , Photography (BA) [SOC] , or Public Relations & Strategic Communication (BA) ) and take a series of carefully chosen skills courses, and communication media studies courses which examine the history, current issues, and future of communication and the media. The ability to write correctly and clearly is stressed in all programs.

Programs

Major Program (UG)

Minor (UG)

Communication (Minor)