**This program is closing and will no longer accept students as of August 1, 2025. A teach-out plan pending SACSCOC approval is in place for any currently enrolled students so that they may complete this program**

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Communication Arts

Additional Graduation Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
General Education Component
Area I (Written Composition)		6
Area II (Humanities and Fine Arts) 1		12
Area III (Natural Sciences and Mathematics) 2		11
Area IV (History, Social and Behavioral Sciences)		12
Area V
Major Core Requirements in Communication Arts
COM 205	Communication in a Global Age	3
COM 215	Media Writing	3
COM 243	Introduction to Media Production 3	3
COM 303W	Communications Research Methods	3
COM 314	Communication Theory and the Public Interest	3
COM 400W	Communication Law and Ethics	3
COM 420	Communication Capstone 4	1
COM 498	Independent Study	1-3
or COM 499	Internship
Major Concentration Requirements
Communication Studies
Minor
A minor and/or additional courses are required to bring the total to 120 hours
Total Hours		120

¹

For the Bachelor of Arts degree the student must satisfy the following requirement: 6 hours of a required foreign language at the introductory level.

²

The Department of Communications does not accept Mathematical Reasoning for the Arts (MA 111) to fulfill the general education mathematics requirement.

³

Fulfills computer literacy requirement.

⁴

Includes exit survey.

Communication Studies

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
COM 221	Communication In Everyday Life	3
COM 306	Communicating to Improve Relationships	3
COM 308	Nonverbal Communication	3
COM 330	Group Communication	3
COM 402	Persuasion	3
Select nine additional hours from the following Communication courses:		9
COM 331
COM 386	Communication and Gender
COM 417	Communicating Across Cultures
COM 440	Organizational Communcation
Communication elective at the 300/400 level
Total Hours		24