PLAN OF STUDY FOR BS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
NAME:
STUDENT ID#:
DATE:
CATALOG: Fall 2013
ANTICIPATED GRADUATION DATE (SEMESTER/YEAR): _______________
General Education Core Requirements
Communication
6 hrs. from:
6-8 hrs. from:
ENG 131 (C or higher required)
BCM 247
ENG 132 (C or higher required)
COM 111
ENG 133H
COM 170
ENG 273*
FRE 131
FRE 132
GER 131
GER 132
POR 131
POR 132
LAT 131
LAT 132
SPA 131
SPA 132
SPH 172
SPH 272
Mathematics
3 hrs from:
MTH 110
MTH 133
MTH 138
MTH 143
MTH 220
MTH 233
*Required
Natural Sciences
6-8 hrs. from: (Lab required)
AST 105
BIO 131
BIO 121
BIO 133
BIO 123
BIO 225
BIO 238
CHE 111
CHE 11
Humanities & Visual & Performing Arts
3 hrs. from:
ART 280
DAN 140
MUS 140
ART 281
DAN 341
THR 161
ART 282
MHL 245
THR 370
Social & Behavioral Sciences
6 hrs.
6 hrs.
HIS 133
PSC 141
HIS 134
PSC 142
CHE 133
CHE 134
CHE 231
ENV 110
GOL 131
GOL 132
3 hrs. from:
ENG 200
ENG 211
ENG 212
ENG 221
ENG 222
ENG 229
PHY 101
PHY 102
PHY 110
ENG 230
ENG 233H
ENG 209
PHY 118
PHY 131
PHY 132
HIS 151
HIS 152
PHY 241
PHY 242
PHI 153
PHI 223
3 hrs. from:
ANT 231
EPS 380*
PSY 133
SOC 139
ECO 231
GEO 131
PSY 153
ECO 232
GEO 230
SOC 137
*Applies only to students completing a minor in Secondary Education.
Additional Requirements
6-8 additional hrs. from ONE of the following sequences:
Anthropology/Archaeology/Geography:
ANT 248
ANT 251
Biology:
BIO 131
BIO 133
BIO 225
BIO 238
Chemistry:
CHE 133
CHE 134
CHE 231
Geology:
ENV 110
GOL 131
GOL 132
Physics:
AST 105
PHY 110
PHY 131
PHY 132
3-4 additional hrs. from MTH courses numbered 133 or above:
MTH 133+
GEO 130
BIO 239
PHY 241
PHY 242
COMMUNICATION STUDIES MAJOR (36 hours,18 advanced with at least 12 advanced hours at SFA)
Communication Studies Major Required Courses
COM 215 Small Group Communication (COM 170)
COM 305 Introduction to Communication Theory
COM 310 Communication Research Methods
COM 375 Organizational Communication Theory (COM 102 & COM 111/170)
COM 408 Principles of Leadership
COM 414 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
COM 435 Intercultural Communication (COM 170)
COM 470 Advanced Interpersonal Communication (9 hrs. COM courses including 170 & advanced standing)
Concentrations (Choose One)
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION:
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION:
COM 406 Professional Communication (Adv. Standing)
COM 460 Issues Management & Crisis Responses
COM 475 Advanced Topics in Organizational Comm.
(COM 375)
COM 270 Nonverbal Communication
COM 412 Interpersonal Crisis Communication
(COM 170 or approval of instructor)
COM 436 Psychology of Comm. (Adv. Standing)
COM Studies Elective - COM _____
Consult with an Organizational Communication Advisor
COM Studies Elective - COM_____
Consult with an Interpersonal Communication Advisor
PUBLIC COMMUNCATION:
MEDIA STUDIES:
COM 311 Principles of Persuasion (COM 111)
COM 313 Argumentation and Debate (COM 111)
COM 406 Professional Communication (Adv. Standing)
COM 415 Political Communication
COM 300 Introduction to Media Studies
COM 400 Advanced Topics in Media Studies
COM 402 Mass Media and Society
COM Studies Elective - COM_____
Consult with a Media Studies Advisor
MINOR
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TO GRADUATE: 120 HOURS (at least 42 semester hours of work in residence at SFA)
42 ADVANCED HOURS, 36 AT SFA
9 HOURS OF WRITING ENHANCED COURSES: __________ __________ __________
Student:
Advisor:
Minor Advisor:
Division Director:
Date:
Date:
Date:
Date:
You may transfer a maximum of 66 hrs. & 4 hrs. of activity from a junior/community college.
You may earn no more than 30 hrs. of credit from the College of Business.
This is not a contract binding the University to offer a given course at any given time. Arrangements concerning the scheduling of courses will be made between
the student and the advisor based on the information at hand. These arrangements will not be binding on the student or the University.