Communication Studies B.A./B.S.

Objectives

Communication is the human infrastructure of everyday personal, public, and political life. By embracing both social scientific and humanistic approaches to communication, our undergraduate program provides students with the knowledge to understand the skills to enrich human interaction in these different contexts. Our curriculum offers particular strength in the theory and practice of interpersonal communication in varying contexts, including, but not limited to, health, small group, family, business, organizational, political, and religious communication.

Options

1. B.A. in Communication Studies: 39 hours in Communication Studies, 21 of which must be upper division, and 12 of the upper division hours in the major must be taken at this university; 18 hours in a minor; and four semesters of a foreign language and electives sufficient to meet university requirements.
2. B.S. in Communication Studies: 39 hours in Communication Studies, 21 of which must be upper division and 12 of the upper division hours in the major must be taken at this university; 18 hours in a minor; and six hours of mathematics, science, economics, geography and/or computer science, in addition to those otherwise counted as lower-division preparation and electives sufficient to meet university requirements.
3. Communication Studies as a minor: 18 hours of Communication Studies, 9 of which must be upper division.
4. Health Communication as a minor: 3 hours of communication studies, 6 hours of public health, and 9 hours of various health related courses offered across campus.