Communication Studies Curriculum
2011/2012
· Majors must take a total of nine (9) courses. These courses have to include Com 101, 121, 201, and 221. You also need at least 3 courses from 301-499. Only one course from 500-510 may count towards the major.
Section One: Majors must take COM 101 and 121.
COM 101: Public Speaking
COM 121: Digital Communication
COM 111: Argumentation
COM 131: Broadcast Communication
COM 141: Small Group Communication
Section Two Majors must take COM 201 and 221 and three other courses
COM 201: Introduction to Rhetoric
COM 221: Introduction to Mass Communication
COM 301: Rhetorical Criticism
COM 311: Rhetoric in the Ancient World
COM 312: Rhetoric in the Modern World
COM 315: US Public Address I: 1630-1865
COM 316: US Public Address II: 1866-Present
COM 321: Media Criticism
COM 331: Media History
COM 335: Political Economy of the Mass Media
COM 341: Interpersonal Communication
COM 343: Organizational Communication
COM 351: Advocacy
COM 353: Political Communication
COM 355: Propaganda
COM 401: Studies in Rhetoric
COM 411: African American Rhetoric
COM 412: International Women’s Rhetoric
COM 414: Rhetoric of Emerging Democracies
COM 421: Studies in Mass Communication
COM 435: Race, Class, & Gender in the Mass and Media
COM 337: International Communication
COM 460: Communication Ethics
COM 461: Communication Law
COM 470: Seminar in Rhetoric
COM 475: Seminar in Mass Media
Section Three: Majors may take only one course as a major elective
COM 501: Directed Independent Study in Communication
COM 502: Directed Research in Communication
COM 503: Directed Individual Internship
COM 504: Communication Internship Class
COM 509: Forensics