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Twin Cities Campus
Communication Studies B.A.Communication Studies
College of Liberal Arts
This program examines human communication using humanistic and social scientific methods. Fields of study include speech writing, rhetorical criticism, ethics, interpersonal, small group, organizational, intercultural, and electronic (broadcasting, cable, satellite, internet) forms of communication. Students are strongly encouraged to declare their major during the first or second year. Students intending to declare a communication studies major must first meet with an a communication studies advisor in 274 Ford Hall.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of
any second language.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
Students may earn a bachelor of arts or a minor in communication studies, but not both.
CLA BA degrees require 4 semesters or the equivalent of a second language.
All CLA BA degrees require 18 upper division (3xxx-level or higher) credits outside the major designator. These credits must be taken in designators different from the major designator and cannot include courses that are cross-listed with the major designator. The major designator for the Communication Studies BA is COMM.
All incoming CLA freshmen must complete the first year experience course sequence.
Introductory Courses
Take 2 courses for a total of 6 credits.
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
COMM 1101H - Honors: Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
COMM 1313W - Analysis of Argument
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Performative Electives
Required Performance Elective
Note: in order for COMM 3990 to count as a performative elective, it must be taken for at least 3 credits.
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
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COMM 3201 - Introduction to Electronic Media Production
(4.0 cr)
·
COMM 3411 - Introduction to Small Group Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3422 - Interviewing and Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3605W - Persuasive Speaking and Speech Writing
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3994 - Directed Research
(1.0-3.0 cr)
Upper Division Elective
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
COMM 4xxx
·
COMM 5xxx
Additional Communications Studies Electives
In addition to the above requirements and the senior project, take as many COMM 1xxx-5xxx credits as needed to reach the 34-credit graduation requirement.
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
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COMM 1xxx
·
COMM 3xxx
·
COMM 4xxx
·
COMM 5xxx
Senior Project
The senior project is fulfilled by completing a senior paper. The senior paper can be written in any COMM 4xxx or 5xxx course. COMM 3995W, an S-N only, senior paper course, must be taken during the same semester in which the senior paper is written.
COMM 3999W - Capstone Project
[WI]
(1.0 cr)
Upper Division Writing Intensive within the Major
Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
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COMM 3263W - Media Literacy: Decoding Media Images and Messages
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3452W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3605W - Persuasive Speaking and Speech Writing
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3635W - Famous Speeches
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3645W - How Pictures Persuade
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3676W - Communicating Terrorism
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3681W - Rhetorical Fictions and 20th Century Conflicts
[LITR, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
COMM 3682W - Communicating War
[AH, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3999W - Capstone Project
[WI]
(1.0 cr)
·
COMM 4404W - Language Borderlands
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4602W - Contemporary Political Persuasion
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4621W - Rhetoric of Feminism
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5451W - Intercultural Communication Processes
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5615W - Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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