Communication and Human Relationships

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Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies; Comm & Human Relationships Concentration

College Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 48

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2017-2018

Note: To graduate with a degree in Communication Studies, the student must complete 36 COMX  credits with 18 of those credits in courses numbered 300 or above. Students must also complete an approved statistics course. For the Human Relationships concentration, students must complete an additional 12 credits in Allied courses to reach 48 total degree credits. A maximum of 6 credits in COMX 312  and a maximum of 6 credits in COMX 398

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog. 

Summary

Lower Division Core Courses12
Upper Division Core Courses6
Research
Upper Division Writing
Comm & Human Relationships Option30
Major Courses
Allied Courses
Additional Major Electives
Statistics3-4
Total Hours51-52

Lower Division Core Courses

Rule: Must complete all of the following courses:

COMX 111AIntro to Public Speaking3
COMX 115SIntroduction to Interpersonal Communications3
COMX 220SIntro to Organizational Comm3
COMX 240HIntro to Rhetorical Theory3
Total Hours12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper Division Core Courses

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

6 Total Credits Required

Research

Rule: Must complete the following course

Note: Students taking COMX 460 in the fall or spring semester will also be required to take COMX 461. Those taking COMX 460

COMX 460Research Methods3
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper Division Writing

Note: One of these courses is required to complete the upper division writing requirement in the major. This counts toward the total credits needed for the major.

Select one of the following:3
COMX 347
Rhetoric Nature & Environmtlsm
COMX 413
Comm & Conflict-Writing
COMX 414
Comm in Personal Relationshps
COMX 421
Comm in Non-Profit Organizatns
COMX 422
Communication and Technology
COMX 424
Risk Crisis & Comm
COMX 445
Rhetorical Criticism & Theory
COMX 447
Rhetorical Contruction of Women
COMX 449
Rhetoric of Women's Activism
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Comm & Human Relationships Option

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

30 Total Credits Required

Major Courses

Select at least five of the following:15
COMX 202S
Nonverbal Communication
COMX 311
Family Communication
COMX 380
Gender and Communication
COMX 412
Communication and Conflict
COMX 413
Comm & Conflict-Writing
COMX 414
Comm in Personal Relationshps
COMX 415
Intercultural Communication
COMX 485
Communication and Health
Total Hours15

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Allied Courses

Select at least four of the following:12
ANTY 427
Anthropology of Gender
COUN 242S
Intimate Relationships
COUN 475
Forgiveness & Reconcilia
COUN 485
Counseling Theories
PSYX 230
Developmental Psychology
PSYX 233
Fund of Psychology of Aging
PSYX 345
Child & Adolescent Psych Dis
PSYX 348
Psychology of Family Violence
PSYX 360
Social Psychology
PSYX 385
Psychology of Personality
S W 420
Child Abuse/Child Welfare
S W 455
Social Gerontology
SOCI 220S
Race, Gender & Class
SOCI 275S
Gender and Society
SOCI 330
Juvenile Delinquency
SOCI 332
Sociology of the Family
SOCI 350
The Community
SOCI 382
Soc Psych and Social Structure
Total Hours12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Additional Major Electives

Rule: May take additional COMX courses to achieve 36 degree credits

Statistics

Select one of the following:3-4
EDU 421
Statistical Procedures in Educ
PSYX 222
Psychological Statistics
SOCI 202
Social Statistics
STAT 216
Introduction to Statistics
Total Hours3-4

Minimum Required Grade: C-