Undergraduate Programs
BA in
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BA in Mass Communication
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BA in Journalism
Minor In Communication
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Minor in Public Relations
Communication
Humans possess a “mighty genius of
construction” (Nietzsche) for using communication to produce cultures,
institutions, and even our sense of self. The study of communication
asks how we do this, how our basic ability to communicate allows us to
weave a powerful web between and within individuals, cultures and
organizations. Students pursue such questions as these:
- How do we use the power of language
within personal relationships?
- How do the stories we tell in
conversation provide meaning and significance to the identities we
fashion for ourselves, or cultures?
- What communication practices do we
engage in to maintain and build organizations?
- What rhetorical strategies do we
employ to spin new social webs or tear down old ones?
- How do technologies extend and alter
our communication abilities and practices?
By engaging these and similar questions
students understand and critically evaluate human communication in their
lives and in their careers.
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Degree
Requirements
(36 credit hours)
(CMJ courses must obtain a C- or better to count)
Core Course Requirements 3
courses (9 credits)
- CMJ 201 Communication Studies I
- CMJ 202 Communication Studies II
- One of following 2 courses:
- CMJ 401 Speech, Space, Event:
Critical Applications
or
- CMJ 402 Communication Research
Major Course Requirements: 9
courses (27 credits)
from the following list of CMJ courses
[no more than 2 of CMJ 102/103/106;
at least 4 courses (12 credits) at 400 level or above]
No more than 2 of CMJ 102/103/106
- CMJ 102 Interpersonal Communication
- CMJ 103 Public Communication
- CMJ 106 Oral Communication of
Literature
- CMJ 257 Business and Prof
Communication
- CMJ 324 Interpersonal Communication
in Everyday Life
- CMJ 345 Small Group Communication
- CMJ 347 Argument and Critical
Thinking
- CMJ 366 Speech Play and Performance
- CMJ 360 Nonverbal Communication
- CMJ 367 Public Relations
At least 4 courses (12 credits) at
400 level or above
- CMJ 401/402 (if not used for core
requirement)
- CMJ 403 Persuasion and Social
Influence
- CMJ 405 Women and Communication
- CMJ 410 Social Influence of Mass
Communication
- CMJ 420 Health Communication
- CMJ 444 Political Rhetoric
- CMJ 450 Communication and Technology
- CMJ 466 Narrative and Communication
- CMJ 470 Communication in
Organizations
- CMJ 475 Sexualities in Mass
Communication
- CMJ 493 Topics in Communication
External Requirements
(for All Undergraduate Majors in Communication, Journalism, and Mass
Communication):
1. A total of 9 credits in the
areas of Writing and Language, with at least 3 credits in each of the
two areas. (take 6 credits from one area; 3 credits from the other).
Writing Area: ENG 205, ENG 206, ENG
212, ENG 301, ENG 317, ENG 417, ENG 418 (CMJ 236 and CMJ 237 may count
here if not used to fulfill a major or sequence requirement)
Language Area: French, German, Spanish,
American Sign Language, or other language
2. A total of at least 18
credits of coursework concentrated in an area outside of the CMJ
Department. This requirement can be fulfilled by completing: (a) a Minor
in another department, (b) an Interdisciplinary Curricula, or (c) a
concentration of 6 courses (18 credits) taken in another department,
with at least 12 of the 18 credit hours taken in coursework above the
100 level. No CMJ or Honors courses can be used to meet any part of this
requirement.
Students must achieve a C- or
better in each Communication course in order to count that course
toward the major. Students may take more than 36 Credit Hours of CMJ
courses, but must take at least 72 Credit Hours outside of CMJ.
Additional CMJ course work and electives may include those listed on
this page and courses such as:
- CMJ 362 Photographic Reporting
and Storytelling
- CMJ 398 Topics in Mass
Communication
- CMJ 495 Internship
- CMJ 497 Problems in
Communication and other CMJ courses.
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