Communication, BA

Required courses

Communications majors must take all three of the following courses. These courses meet prerequisites for upper-level courses.

• COMMRC 0300 - COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY
• COMMRC 0310 - RHETORIC & SOCIETY
• COMMRC 0320 - MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY

Two skills courses

Students must take two skills courses from the following list. One of the courses must be COMMRC 0520 - PUBLIC SPEAKING .

• COMMRC 0500 - ARGUMENT
• COMMRC 0510 - DEBATE
• COMMRC 0520 - PUBLIC SPEAKING (Required)
• COMMRC 0530 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 0540 - DISCUSSION
• COMMRC 0550 - SPEECH COMPOSITION
• COMMRC 0575 - INTRODUCTION TO RADIO PRODUCTION

Six upper-level courses

These courses focus on specific topics or contexts of communication. Students in these courses will conduct substantive research and do significant writing; therefore, the completion of the composition requirement is a prerequisite.

• COMMRC 1101 - EVIDENCE
• COMMRC 1102 - ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 1103 - RHETORIC AND CULTURE
• COMMRC 1104 - POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 1105 - TELEVISION AND SOCIETY
• COMMRC 1106 - SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 1109 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 1110 - THEORIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 1111 - THEORIES OF PERSUASION
• COMMRC 1112 - THEORIES OF RHETORIC
• COMMRC 1114 - FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS
• COMMRC 1115 - AFRICAN AMERICAN RHETORIC
• COMMRC 1116 - RHETORIC OF THE AMERICAN COUNTERCULTURE
• COMMRC 1117 - PROPAGANDA AND MISINFORMATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
• COMMRC 1119 - PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC 2
• COMMRC 1120 - RHETORIC OF COLD WAR
• COMMRC 1121 - HISTORY OF MASS MEDIA
• COMMRC 1122 - MEDIA CRITICISM
• COMMRC 1123 - RHETORICAL CRITICISM
• COMMRC 1125 - MEDIA THEORY
• COMMRC 1126 - MEDIA AND CONSUMER CULTURE
• COMMRC 1143 - KNOWLEDGE, POWER, AND DESIRE
• COMMRC 1147 - THE RHETORIC OF SCIENCE
• COMMRC 1148 - RHETORIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS
• COMMRC 1730 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION
• COMMRC 1731 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN RHETORIC
• COMMRC 1732 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MASS COMMUNICATION
• LING 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
• LING 1263 - CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
• CSD 1020 - NATURE OF LANGUAGE * This course is offered by the School of Health and Rehabilitation Science

Notes

The Department of Communication offers three special project courses, which are not required.

• COMMRC 1710 - SENIOR THESIS IN COMMUNICATION  requires a GPA of 3.00 for enrollment and can be counted toward the major.
• COMMRC 1900 - COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP  requires a GPA of 2.75; this course cannot be counted toward the major.
• COMMRC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY  requires a GPA of 3.00; this course cannot be counted toward the major.

Students who plan to do graduate work in communication are advised to do additional work in a second language.