Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication Degree
As one of the most studied subjects in western civilization, the Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication provides students with a culturally vital and significant education. The study of oral, as well as written communication, is at the heart of all academic fields. This particular major offers the opportunity to explore how individuals create, maintain, and alter their identity in artistic and everyday endeavors.
The Speech Communication major combines well with other majors such as English, art, pre-law, sociology and psychology, by addressing students' artistic vision and critical thinking and writing skills.
The Speech Communication major locates its synergy in Aristotle's major works 'The Rhetoric' and 'The Poetics', as well as contemporary methods of communicating. For these reasons, students will choose between emphases in Communication Studies, Performance Studies, and/or Media Studies enhanced by interdisciplinary study in related fields.
Degree Requirements
A. | General Education | 38-41 sem. hrs | ||
| PHIL 330 |  | Ethics | 3 hrs | |
B. | Foreign Language Requirement | 6 sem. hrs | ||
C. | Multicultural Requirement | 3 sem. hrs | ||
| (Courses from this list are noted in the major requirements below with an asterisk.) | ||||
D. | Core Requirements | 18 sem. hrs | ||
| (All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses in the major cannot be taken as Pass/Fail.) | ||||
| COMM 230 | | Introduction to Communication Theory and Research | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 303 | | Intercultural Communication* | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 323 | | Advanced Public Speaking and Persuasion | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 344 | | Visual Communication and Culture | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 360 | | Oral Interpretation of Literature | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 495 | | Speech Communication Integrative Seminar | 3 hrs | |
E. | Track Related Electives | 15 sem. hrs | ||
| Students will select nine hours from one track and three hours from each of the others for a total of 15 hours. (Courses offered in more than one track or those that can be taken more than once can only count once under Track Related Electives.) | ||||
| Track A: Communication Studies | ||||
| COMM 203 | | Understanding Human Communication | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 214 | | Mass Media and Society | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 233/433 |  | Topics | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 313 | | Interpersonal and Small Group Communication | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 343 | | Gender Communication | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 393 | | Organizational Communication | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 399/499 | | Communication Internship | 3 hrs | |
| Track B: Performance Studies | ||||
| COMM 220 | | Introduction to Theatre | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 224 | | Film History and Analysis* | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 233/433 | | Topics | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 320 | | Advaned Theatre | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 380 | | Performance Studies | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 385 | | Performance Styles and Genres | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 399/499 | | Communication Internship | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 420 | | Advanced Acting and Production Techniques | 3 hrs | |
| Track C: Media Studies | ||||
| COMM 214 | | Mass Media and Society | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 224 | | Film History and Analysis* | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 233/433 | | Topics | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 324 | | Film Styles and Genres | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 334 | | Political Economy of Film and Media | 3 hrs | |
| COMM 399/499 | | Communication Internship | 3 hrs | |
| JOUR 301OR302 | | Newspaper Production | 3 hrs | |
F. | Related Interdisciplinary Electives | 6 sem. hrs | ||
| Six 300- 400-level semester hours of electives chosen from the following areas of study: Art, English, Geography, History, Management, Marketing, Music, Religious Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology and Women's Studies. | ||||
G. | Electives | 31-34 sem. hrs | ||
120 sem. hrs | ||||