Communication Studies B.A. - Communication and Human Relationships

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

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 51-52

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

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 may count toward a major in Communication Studies.

General Education Requirements

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

Summary

Lower-Division Core Courses		12
Upper-Division Core Courses		6
Research
Upper-Division Writing
Comm & Human Relationships Concentration		30
Major Courses
Allied Courses
Additional Major Electives
Statistics Requirement		3-4
Total Hours		51-52

Lower-Division Core Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
COMX 111A	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
COMX 115S	Introduction to Interpersonal Communications	3
COMX 220S	Introduction to Organizational Communication	3
COMX 240H	Introduction to Rhetorical Theory	3
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Core Courses

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 6 total credits required.

Research

Note: Students taking COMX 460 in the fall or spring semester will also be required to take COMX 461. Those taking COMX 460 in summer are exempt from this requirement.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
COMX 460	Research Methods	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Writing

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
COMX 347	Rhetoric, Nature, and Environmentalism
COMX 413	Communication and Conflict-Writing
COMX 414	Communication in Personal Relationshps
COMX 421	Communication in Nonprofit Organizations
COMX 422	Communication and Technology
COMX 424	Risk, Crisis, and Communication
COMX 445	Rhetorical Criticism and Theory
COMX 447	Rhetorical Contruction of Women
COMX 449	Rhetoric of Women's Activism
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Communication & Human Relationships Concentration

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 30 total credits required.

Major Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete five of the following courses:		15
COMX 202S	Nonverbal Communication
COMX 311	Family Communication
COMX 380	Gender and Communication
COMX 412	Communication and Conflict
COMX 414	Communication in Personal Relationships
COMX 415	Intercultural Communication
COMX 480	Health Communication
COMX 485	Interaction and Well-being
COMX 491	ST: Health and Family
Total Hours		15

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Allied Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete four of the following courses:		12
ANTY 126	Anthropology and Global Health
ANTY 220S	Culture & Society
ANTY 422	Mind, Culture and Society
ANTY 423	Culture and Identity
ANTY 426	Culture, Health and Healing
ANTY 427	Anthropology of Gender
COUN 242S	Intimate Relationships
COUN 475	Forgiveness & Reconcilia
HFD 494	Seminar in Human Development
PSYX 230	Developmental Psychology
PSYX 233	Fund of Psychology of Aging
PSYX 330	Child Development
PSYX 345	Child & Adolescent Psych Disorders
PSYX 348	Psychology of Family Violence
PSYX 360	Social Psychology
PSYX 383	Health 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 332	Sociology of the Family
SOCI 350	The Community
SOCI 382	Soc Psych and Social Structure
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Additional Major Electives

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 additional COMX credits to achieve a total of 36.		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Statistics Requirement

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3-4
EDU 421	Statistical Procedures in Educ
PSYX 222	Psychological Statistics
SOCI 202	Social Statistics
STAT 216	Introduction to Statistics
Total Hours		3-4

Minimum Required Grade: C-