Communication Concentration B.S.
This concentration meets the requirements of a variety of career paths and graduate studies related to advertising, public relations, and news reporting, editing, and corresponding related to scientific information. Students must complete a series of required courses along with upper-level electives to be determined in consultation with advisors. A minimum of 4 credit hours of Category 1 upper-level electives must be completed.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses:
| COM 224 | Media and Society | 4 |
| or | |
| COM 232 | Visual Literacy | 4 |
| COM 242 | Digital Citizenship | 4 |
| or | |
| ART 110 | Foundations: Digital Arts | 4 |
| JOU 101 | Introduction to Journalism | 4 |
| JOU 221 | Multimedia Storytelling | 4 |
| JOU 271 | News Reporting and Writing | 4 |
| SPE 200 | Oral Communication | 4 |
| or | |
| SPE 208 | Speech for Business and the Professions | 4 |
| MAT 201 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 28 |
Category 1 Elective Courses (at least 1 course must be from Category 1):
| COM 212 | Co-Creative Documentary Abroad | 4 |
| COM 284 | Principles of Public Relations | 4 |
| COM 302 | Digital Media and Design for Communication | 4 |
| COM 350 | Strategic Social Media | 4 |
| COM 384 | Writing for Public Relations | 4 |
| SPE 308 | Group Presentation and Leading Change | 4 |
| WRI 281 | Technical Writing | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4-12 |
Category 2 Elective Courses (additional course options for meeting concentration electives):
| ECO 310 | Environmental Economics and Management | 4 |
| GEO 205 | Principles of Resource Utilization | 4 |
| GEO 207 | Economic Geography | 4 |
| GEO 250 | Urban Geography: Cities in Global Context | 4 |
| PHL 210 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| PSC 285 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| PSC 318 | Science, Technology and Public Policy | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-8 |
Total Credit Hours: 40