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Communication Studies, B.A. Semester-by-semester Guide

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Freshman

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.
CMS 111 - Oral Communication 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.
Fine Arts 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (15 hours)

CMS 101 - Introduction to Communication Studies 3 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs. or
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.
Mathematics 3 hrs.

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

CMS 201 - Rhetoric and Public Life 3 hrs.
Foreign Language or alternative 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs. or
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.
LIS 201 - Introduction to Information Literacy 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Junior

1st Semester (15 hours)

PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.
CMS 311 - Persuasion 3 hrs.
CMS 310 - Research Methods in Speech Communication 3 hrs. or
CMS Elective 3 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 3 hrs.

2nd Semester (15 hours)

CMS 310 - Research Methods in Speech Communication 3 hrs. or
CMS Elective 3 hrs.
Social Science Elective 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs. or
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.

Senior

1st Semester (16 hours)

2nd semester (16 hours)

CMS Elective 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 3 hrs.
CMS Elective 3 hrs. or
Capstone 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 1 hr. or
CMS 492 - Special Problems 1-3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 3 hrs.
Elective 3 hrs.

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