College of Disctinction - 2012_85 
BA in Communication Arts

Department: Communication Arts

Degree Requirements For All Majors In Department

  • Earn a minimum 123 Graduation Credits
  • Pass Senior Seminar for the Communication Arts major and the Oral Comprehensive Exam
  • Meet minimum Cumulative GPA of 2.0
  • Fulfill all General Education Requirements:
    • First Year Experience, 1 credit
    • Cultural Perspectives Requirements, 30 credits
    • Physical Education Skills, 2 credits
    • Lab Science, 4 credits
    • Math requirement, 3 credits
    • Social Science requirement, 3 credits

Communication Arts (BA) Requirements

Communication Arts Core

Choose: All     Credits: 28     Minimum: C-

IDNameCredits
CO120Introduction to Speech3
CO150Introduction to Media Studies3
CO210Introduction to Applied Linguistics3
CO325Promotional Writing3
CO410Persuasion and Argumentation3
CO450Storytelling Across the Media3
CO491Senior Seminar for the Communication Arts Major3
CO491-LSenior Writing Lab1
EN430Modernism and Post Modernism3
TR150Theatre and Culture3

Editing & Publishing Requirement

Choose: 2     Credits: 3     Minimum: C-

IDNameCredits
JW295Editing and Publishing1.5
JW395Editing and Publishing1.5
JW495Editing and Publishing1.5

Journalism Requirement

Choose: 1     Credits: 3     Minimum: C-

IDNameCredits
JW205Introduction to Print Journalism
JW215Writing Across the Media
JW315Feature Writing and Beat Reporting

Creative Writing Requirement

Choose: 1     Credits: 3     Minimum: C-

IDNameCredits
JW150Introduction to Creative Writing
JW312Poetry Writing
JW317Writing Autobiography
JW394International Short Short Story
TR362Writing for Stage and Screen

Design Requirement

Choose: 1     Credits: 3     Minimum: C-

IDNameCredits
CO250Design: Graphic
JW281Digital Photojournalism