Communication Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts in Communication

Major Requirements (36 credit hours of the 120 total credit hours necessary to graduate)

I. Common Core (9 credit hours)
CMS 102J Introduction to Communication
CMS 103 Introduction to Media Studies
CMS 200 Research Methods in Communication

II. Communication Theory (9 credit hours - select three)
CMS 255 Business and Professional Communication
CMS 265 Intrapersonal Communication
CMS 272 Persuasion
CMS 275 Theories of Language
CMS 330 Theories of Interpersonal Communication
CMS 332 Communication in the Family
CMS 345 Small Group Communication
CMS 375 Meaning and Communication
CMS 385 Intergenerational Communication and the Internet
CMS 390 Theories of Organizational Communication

III. Media Theory (6 credit hours – select two)

CMS 284 Film Appreciation
CMS 294 Visual Communication
CMS 303 Media Effects
CMS 310 Topics in Media Criticism II
CMS 350 The Internet in Society
CMS 355                  Consumer Culture
CMS 370 Media and Social Change
CMS 374 Media Criticism and Aesthetics
CMS 380 Film Genres
CMS 384 Film and Cultural Studies
CMS 394 Theories of Film

IV. Senior Experience (6 credit hours)

Senior Seminar (3 Credit hours – select one)

CMS 420 Communication and Cognition
CMS 432 Topics in Interpersonal Communication
CMS 450 Computer-Mediated Communication
CMS 475 Discursive Practices
CMS 484 Topics in Film
CMS 485 Sex-Related Differences in Communication
CMS 486 Women in Film
CMS 490 Theories of Mass Communication

Capstone Senior Seminar (3 credits)

CMS 495 Theories of Communication

V. Electives (6 credit hours)

Communication majors may select any two courses offered by the department as electives as long as they have met the prerequisites.  The exceptions are internships and independent studies.  These count toward the total number of credits needed for a Bachelor of Arts Degree, but not as electives in the major.

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