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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Communication Studies B.A.
Sample Plan: Communication Studies
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking : 3.0 cr : CIV
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 1313W - Analysis of Argument : 3.0 cr : WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 3211 - Introduction to Media Studies : 3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 3401 - Introduction to Communication Theory : 3.0 cr
COMM 3422 - Interviewing and Communication : 3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
COMM 3625W - Communication Ethics : 3.0 cr : WI
COMM 3341 - Asian American Images : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 3452W - Communication and the Intercultural Reentry : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Good time for international exchange program
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
COMM 5221 - Media, Race, and Identity : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 3999W - Capstone Project : 1.0 cr : WI
COMM 5110 - Special Topics in Communication Theory : 3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr