2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 03, 2025  
2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Communication Studies, Media track, B.A.

To graduate with a major in Communication Studies students must take a minimum 36 credit hours and satisfy the requirements outlined in each course category below. Students must also have at least a 2.00 grade point average for courses used to satisfy major requirements.

Communication Studies: Media Majors complete foundational courses, media studies courses, and engaged learning experiences for a total of at least 36 hours in the major.

Foundational Courses:

All Communication Studies majors complete the following two courses:

Media Studies Courses:

Students electing the Media track complete a minimum of 6 courses:

Two upper-level courses in Media Studies

And, two additional courses in communication studies (COM) above the 300-level

These courses are intended to be selected with the communication studies advisor and in consideration of a student’s purposeful pathway in the major. In addition to the courses listed in the track above, many media studies students fulfill these requirements with courses such as: 

Engaged Learning Experience:

All Communication Studies majors complete at least 4 credit hours in culminating experiences, selected from:

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