Communications, Combined Media Studies Concentration, B.S. & Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communications

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III)

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II and III may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

# Scientific Reasoning General Education category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

Courses in Major (36 credits)

Required Undergraduate (24 credits total)

• COM 201 Introduction to Communications
• COM 202 Writing for Media
• COM 205 Computer Production in Communications
• COM 300 Communication Research Methods
• COM 305 Communications: Problems of Law and Ethics in Media
• COM 309 Editing
• COM 315 Communication Theory
• COM 316 Communications in the Global Village

¶ Required Graduate (3 credits total)

• COM 700 Strategic Communications

Major Undergraduate Elective (3 credits total)

Choose any one UGRD COM course

• COM ____ _____________________

Major Graduate Elective (3 credits total)

Choose any one course from the following list:

• COM 710 Communications Technology
• COM 715 Persuasion, Propaganda and PR
• COM 716 Com in the Global Village
• IDS 725    IT Fluency in Professional Practice

Major Capstone and Elective Courses (9 credits)

Required Minor: _______________________ (15-18 credits total)

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Required Support Courses: Foreign Language (3 credits total)

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* Post Baccalaureate Graduate Electives (9 credits total)

Choose any three courses from the following list:

• COM 710 Communications Technology
• COM 715 Persuasion, Propaganda and PR
• COM 716 Communications in the Global Village
• IDS 725   IT Fluency in Professional Practice

Additional Information and Notes

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications Courses may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

*         The additional credits listed above are required for graduate certificate.

†         Total credits for BS and Certificate: 129 credits.

¶         COM 700 and one other graduate course listed may be applied toward the B.S.

To Be Completed Within the First 30 Credits

† Total credits for graduation: 120 Total credits for graduation and certificate: 129