Communication, BA

1. Three core courses (all required). Each is a prerequisite for a specific upper-level course.

• COMMRC 0300 - COMMUNICATION PROCESS
• COMMRC 0310 - RHETORICAL PROCESS
• COMMRC 0320 - MASS COMMUNICATION PROCESS

2. Two skills courses

• COMMRC 0520 - PUBLIC SPEAKING

3. Six upper-level courses that focus on specific topics or contexts of communication

Since these courses require substantive research and writing components, 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 - 21ST CENTURY PUBLIC ARGUMENT
• 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 *

Note:

*This course is offered by the School of Health and Rehabilitation Science

The major also has the following rules and requirements:

• The Department of Communication offers three special project courses (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, and COMMRC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY  requires a GPA of 3.00. These two courses can fulfill elective credits.
• Although any department could be a related area, past majors often have selected political science, sociology, business, English writing, psychology, anthropology, or history. Students who plan to do graduate work in communication are advised to do additional work in a second language.