Media & Communication, Combined Journalism 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) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice 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.

♥       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 and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice 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.

♦        Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (42 credits)

¶ Required Graduate (3 credits total)

• COM 700 Strategic Communications

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

* 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
   

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Free Electives (25 credits total)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

          *         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