Communication Degree Plan

Semester 1

• BIB 1003 - Exploring the Bible
• COM 1113 - Public Speaking
• ENG 1113 - English Composition I
• FYE 1001 - First Year Experience
• HHP 1061 - Lifetime Fitness
• HUM 1013 - Humanities I: Prehistory through 1000 A.D.
• CIN 1202 - Film Appreciation or THE 2212  -  Theatre Appreciation   (fulfills Fine Art requirement)

Semester 2

• COM 1033 - Introduction to Media
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3041  -  Debate and Forensics Lab   
• ENG 1123 - English Composition II
• HUM 1023 - Humanities II: The World from 1000 to 1700
• Science requirement (BIO/ESC/OCY/PHY) 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Semester 3

• COM 2133 - Interpersonal Communication
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3041  -  Debate and Forensics Lab  
• HUM 1033 - Humanities III: The World from 1700 to Present
• Math requirement (MAT 1803  -  Survey of Finite Mathematics  or higher) 3 Credit Hours
• Social Science requirement 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Semester 4

• COM 2573 - Communication Theory & Research
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3041  -  Debate and Forensics Lab  
• Global Studies requirement 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Semester 5

• COM 3513 - Communication Ethics
• Communication, Faith & Culture Concentration:  COM 3163  -  Non-Verbal Communication  or  COM 3253  -  Gender Communication  
• Media Studies Concentration:  COM 3033  -  Persuasion  
• Professional & Applied Communication Concentration:  PRL 2863  -  Risk & Crisis Communication  
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3013  -  Speech Performance and the Oral Tradition  
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3041 - Debate and Forensics Lab  
• Communication Elective 3 Credit Hours
• PLS 3003 - Freedom in American Society
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Semester 6

• Communication, Faith & Culture Concentration:   COM 3203 - Intercultural Communication
• Media Studies Concentration:   COM 3523 - Global Digital Media Ethics
• Professional & Applied Communication:   COM 3403 - Conflict Resolution
• COM 2403 - Civil Discourse and the Common Good
• Communication Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Semester 7

• THL 4153 - Christian Values and Biblical Faith
• Communication, Faith & Culture Concentration:  COM 4783  -  Digital Culture  
• Media Studies Concentration:  COM 4783  -  Digital Culture  
• Professional & Applied Communication Concentration:  COM 4143  -  Principles of Organizational Communication  
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3223  -  Rhetoric in Western Thought  
• Speech & Civil Discourse Concentration:  COM 3041 - Debate and Forensics Lab  
• Communication Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Semester 8

• Communication, Faith & Culture Concentration:   COM 4603 - Music and the Art of Communication: A Seminar  or  COM 4743  -  Church in the Age of Entertainment  
• Media Studies Concentration:   COM 3553 - Artificial Intelligence, Smartphones & Social Media
• Professional & Applied Communication:   PRL 3363 - Professional Communication
• Communication Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Minor/General Elective 3 Credit Hours

Note

Note:  One COM or General Elective can be satisifed by taking COM 3041 for three additional credits after satisfying the program requirement.  These labs may also count as electives should the student elect to take COM 3343 - Argumentation & Debate.