Communication Major

Required Courses – All emphasis areas
COM 300Career and Professional Portfolio3.00
COM 380Com: Questions Contexts & Theory3.00
COM 381Research Methods in Communication3.00
COM 427Communication Ethics3.00
COM 495Senior Capstone Experience3.00
COM 498E-WInternship in Communication3.00
Specialization
Select one of the following specialization areas:6.00
Human Communication and Conflict (HC)
Interpersonal Communication
Organizational Communication
Media and Society (MS)
Digital Storytelling
Critical Media Studies
Public Relations and Civic Engagement (PR)
Principles of Public Relations
Strategic Public Relations
Upper Division Electives
Select fifteen upper division semester hours of the following courses: 115.00
Intercultural Communication
Media Aesthetics
Community Storytelling
Interpersonal Conflict Studies
Performances of Self and Society
Divisive Discourses & Difficult Cnvrstns
Writing for the Media
Persuasion and Argumentation
New Communication Technologies
Video Production
Media and Politics
Podcasting
Advertising Theory and Practice
Deliberative Democracy
Gender Sexuality and Communication
Freedom of Speech
TV Programming and Criticism
Culture of Politcs and Public Memory
Special Topics: Communication/ Diversity
Special Topics: Communication/ Envirnmnt
Special Topics: Communication/ Justice
Special Topics: Communication/ Meaning
Film Criticism:
Int'l Comm & Comparative Media Systems
Media Technology I
Media Technology II
Media Technology III
Special Topics/Communications:
Independent Study in Communication
Total SHs39
1

Students may count one Integrative Core course as a COM elective if course was taught by a Communication Faculty member.