Communication Studies, Communication, Culture, and Public Affairs Option, B.A.

(120 units)

This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC.

Requirements

This option requires 48 units of which 36 are upper division. All Communication Studies majors, regardless of option chosen, are required to complete the following core.

Lower Division Core (12 units):

Take all the following:

COMM 110 - Interpersonal Communication (3 units)
“C” or better required
COMM 130 - Essentials of Public Speaking (3 units)
“C” or better required
COMM 131 - Essentials of Argumentation (3 units)
“C” or better required
COMM 200 - Communication Studies Careers and Scholarship (3 units) * “C” or better required

Note(s):

*Students must take COMM 200 in their first year of declaring the major.

Upper Division Core (15 units):

Take all the following courses:

COMM 300 - Survey of Rhetorical Theory (3 units)
COMM 301 - Communication Criticism (3 units)
COMM 306 - Communication Theory (3 units)
COMM 307 - Measurement in Communication Research (3 units)
COMM 330 - Intercultural Communication (3 units)

Electives

(21 units, 9 units must be 400-level) selected from the following:

COMM 309 - Language and Social Interaction (3 units)
COMM 331 - Argumentation and Debate (3 units)
COMM 333 - Performing Culture (3 units)
COMM 335 - Persuasive Speaking (3 units)
COMM 336 - Forensic Activity (1-3 units)
COMM 338 - Ensemble Performance (3 units)
COMM 352 - Story Telling (3 units)
COMM 412 - Gender and Communication (3 units)
COMM 415 - Rhetoric of Social Movements and Protest (3 units)
COMM 422 - Media Effects (3 units)
COMM 430 - Advanced Concepts in Intercultural Communication (3 units)
COMM 434 - Advanced Oral Presentation Skills (3 units)
COMM 439 - Communication and Popular Culture (3 units)
COMM 441 - Issues in Freedom of Communication (3 units)
COMM 449 - Studies in Oral Persuasion and Attitude Change (3 units)
COMM 490 - Selected Topics in Communication Studies (3 units)
(consult with a communication studies advisor about which 490 courses are appropriate for this degree option).

Note(s):

Only courses in which a “C” or better have been earned may be applied to satisfy upper division requirements in the major. Classes taken in which less than adequate grades are received must be repeated until an adequate grade is achieved. Majors will not be permitted to take any upper division class in the major on a credit/non-credit basis.