2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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2020-2021 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Communication Studies, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Communication Studies will be able to:

Learn basic theory and application or performance skills about and within the discipline of communication.
Use communication competently in a variety of complex environmental and social contexts.
Participate in the disciplines of communication in the collective community around them.

Lower-Division Core Requirements

COM 1090 - Interpersonal Communication (3)
COM 2020 - Small Group Communication (3)
COM 2031 - Argumentation and Debate (GE) (3)
COM 2050 - Intercultural Communication (3)
COM 2065 - Introduction to Research in Communication (3)

Total: 15 Units

Upper-Division Core Requirements

COM 4022 - Portfolio Construction (1)
COM 4060 - Rhetorical Theories and Models (3)
COM 4085 - Communication, Values, and Society (2)
COM 3010 - Nonverbal Communication (3)
COM 3030 - Persuasion (3)

Total: 12 Units

Lower-Division Electives

Choose 3 units from:

COM 2010 - Communication Practicum I (1-2)
JRN 2050 - Introduction to Journalism (3)
TRE 2070 - Acting (3)

Total: 3 Units

Upper-Division Electives

Choose 18 units from:

COM 3012 - Gender and Communication (WS) (3)
COM 3015 - Oral Interpretation (3)
COM 3060 - Professional Speaking for Career Settings (3)
COM 3090 - Introduction to Public Relations (3)
COM 3095 - Media Literacy (3)
COM 4020 - Communication Practicum II (1-2)
COM 4021 - Internship in Communication (3)
COM 4065 - Communication Theories and Research (3)
COM 4090 - Special Studies in Communication (1-3) (3) Units required
PSY 3020 - Social Psychology (3)
WRI 3065 - Writing for Professional Careers (3)

Total: 18 Units

Major Total: 48 Units