Majoring & Minoring

The Communication Studies major requires a total of 11 courses (33 hours), comprised of 7 required courses (21 hours) and 4 elective courses (12 hours) in the major.

All of the courses in the Communication Studies major involve a significant amount of writing, research, and creative work, but several courses even more explicitly engage in the teaching of writing, research, and creative methods and are designated as COM Writing Intensive Courses. In addition to two COM Foundation courses, three COM Core Courses, and four COM major electives, students also must complete at least one COM Writing Intensive Course and the COM Capstone Research Seminar.



Major in Communication Studies

33 semester hours, including Communication Studies 75-133, 153, 203, 403, 603; one from 75-213, 413, 613, 783; 75-963 (Capstone); 12 additional hours of Communication Studies, five hours of which must be above the introductory level.



Minor in Communication Studies

18 semester hours of Communication Studies, 12 hours of which must be above the introductory level. 

See the Education Department for information regarding teacher certification in communication studies.