Nov 16, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Communication Studies BA Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (14 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
CMS 101 - Introduction to Communication Studies 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
COM 110 - Careers and Skills in Communication 1 hr.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.

2nd semester (14 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs. or
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs. or higher level MAT course
Foreign Language 3 hrs.
CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs.
COM 210 - Introduction to Digital Skills 2 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

Foreign Language 3 hrs.
COM 310 - Digital and Social Media 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Select 1:

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 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)

Foreign Language or cultural awareness course 3 hrs.

(CMS 340 or CMS 499 or ANT 221 or ENG 313 or PS 350 or REL 460 or other dept. approved course)

CMS 150 - Digital Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 201 - Rhetoric and Public Life 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.

Junior

1st Semester (15 hours)

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 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 310 - Research Methods in Communication Studies 3 hrs.
CMS Elective 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 6 hrs.
CMS, COM, FLM, MCJ, MEA Elective 3 hrs.

Senior

1st Semester (15 hours)

Minor/Elective 12 hrs.
CMS Elective 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

CMS 490 - Capstone in Communication Studies 3 hrs.
CMS Elective 3 hrs.
Minor/Elective 9 hrs.