Communication Major (B.A.)

Major Requirements

44 credits

Communication Foundations (16 credits)

Communication Core (8 credits)

COMM-1100	Communication & Culture	4 credits
COMM-1900	Foundations of Public Advocacy	4 credits

Communication Methods (8 credits)

COMM-2100	Criticism As Praxis	4 credits
COMM-	Any COMM course designated as Journalism (COMM-X5XX)	4 credits

Communication Inquiry (12 credits)

COMM-3680	Topics in Philosophy of Comm	4 credits
COMM-3780	Topics in Identity and Power	4 credits
COMM-3980	Topics in Public Controversy	4 credits

Electives (12 credits)

Complete an additional 12 credits of COMM coursework, any level. Or complete 8 credits of COMM coursework and 4 credits from the list below.

Topics courses (COMM-3680, COMM-3780, and COMM-3980) may be repeated for additional credit toward this category as long as the topics are different. COMM-2070 and COMM-4070 may count for up to 4 credits each in this category.

COMM-

Elective COMM coursework, any level

8-12 credits

Up to 4 credits from the following may count toward this requirement:

ARTD-1000	Ways of Seeing	4 credits
PHIL-1110	Logic and Critical Reasoning	4 credits
PHIL-3009	Feminist Philosophy	4 credits
THEA-2000	The Art of Film	4 credits

Capstone (4 credits)

COMM-4990	Capstone	4 credits
-	or
COMM-4994	Independent Study	1-4 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate engagement with humanistic inquiry through the application of theory and methodology (appropriate to discipline) to cultures, texts, or artifacts:
   1. Describe the communication discipline and its central questions. (100)
   2. Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts. (100; 250)
   3. Engage in communication inquiry. (100; 101; 250)
2. Provide evidence of their own artistic work and active engagement with the creative process.
3. Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts. (100; 250)
   1. Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context. (101; 250)
   2. Understand the importance of audience, purpose, and context in their cognitive, affective, and aesthetic dimensions. (101)
   3. Demonstrate the ability to accomplish communicative goals. (101; 250) (100)
4. Demonstrate engagement with non-dominant cultures and cultural products:
   1. Apply ethical communication principles and practices. (100; 101; 250)
   2. Utilize communication to embrace difference. (100; 101; 250)
5. Critically assess the normative dimensions of human experience:
   1. Critically analyze messages. (100; 250)
   2. Influence public discourse. (100; 101; 250)