Communication Studies Major Starting Fall 2010

Total Credit Hours 40

School of Communication Core (10 credit hours)

• COMM 100. SOC Seminar
• COMM 175. Intro to Communication
• COMM 200. Communication & New Media
• COMM 215. Ethics & Communication

Theory/Critical Analysis (6 credit hours)

• COMM 220. Introduction to Rhetoric
• COMM 227. Social Justice and Communication
• COMM 268. Persuasion
• COMM 271. Media, Culture and Communication
• COMM 272. Intercultural Communication
• COMM 273. Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 274. Introduction to Cinema
• COMM 276. Media & Society
• COMM 277. Organizational Communication
• COMM 361 New Media Criticism

Applied (6 credit hours)

• COMM 130. Introduction to Audio Production
• COMM 135. Introduction to Video Production
• CMUN 230. Argumentation and Advocacy
• COMM 231. Conflict Management and Communication
• COMM 232. Dgital Cinema Production
• COMM 234. Interviewing for Communication
• COMM 236. Persuasive Presentations
• COMM 237. Small Group Communication
• COMM 275. Web Design and Usability
• COMM 323. Remix(ing) Culture

Research Methods (3 credit hours)

• COMM 365. Naturalistic Methods of Communication Research
• COMM 366. Observing and Measuring Communication Behavior
• COMM 367. Rhetorical Criticism
• CMUN 368. Critical Ethnography in Communicaition        

Engaged Learning (3 credit hours-Required)

• COMM 204. Community as Story
• COMM 227. Social Justice and Communication
• COMM 237. Small Group Communiation
• COMM 381.Communication Practicum
• COMM 320. Public Service Communication
• COMM 339. Video Documentary

ELECTIVES (12 credit hours)

Electives can be selected from any of the above courses, not taken to fulfill a requirement or any COMM courses offered.