Communication, Associate of Arts

Program Proficiencies and/or Prerequisites

Students must demonstrate proficiency in these areas either by placement scores  or specific course work.

• English 2 Proficiency 

• MATH 1210 

or

• MATH 1310 

• Reading 2 Proficiency 

Term 1

• COMM 1101 - Introduction to Communication 3 credit hour(s)
• ENG 1101 - College Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Mathematics Requirement  3-4 credit hour(s)
• Social/Behavioral Science Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• IT 1010 - Introduction to Computers 3 credit hour(s)

Term 2

• COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 credit hour(s)
• Program Approved Elective  3 credit hour(s)
• ENG 1102 - Analytic and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hour(s)
• Laboratory Science Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
• Foreign Language Elective  3-4 credit hour(s) (Choose from courses with the prefixes ARBC, FREN, GER, PORT, SPAN, except SPAN 2280 )

Term 3

• COMM 2221 - Interpersonal Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s)
• Program Approved Elective  3 credit hour(s)
• Social/Behavioral Science Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
• Fine Arts Requirement  3 credit hour(s)

Term 4

• Laboratory Science Requirement  4 credit hour(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit hour(s)
  
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Mathematics recommended)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Humanities recommended)
• Elective  3 credit hour(s) (Social/Behavioral Science recommended)

Program Approved Electives

Choose from the following list of courses:

• COMM 1110 - Mass Media and Society 3 credit hour(s)
• COMM 2096-2996 - Special Topics 1-3 credit hour(s)
• COMM 2223 - Introduction to Nonverbal Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s)
• COMM 2225 - Small-Group Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s)
• COMM 2232 - Business and Professional Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s) ³
• COMM 2240 - Organizational Communication 3 credit hour(s) ^1,3
• COMM 2268 - Media Theories 3 credit hour(s)
• COMM 2270 - Communication Studies for Teachers 3 credit hour(s)
• COMM 2280 - Gender Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s) ^1,3
• COMM 2281 - Intercultural Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s) ^1,2
• COMM 2282 - Family Communication Studies 3 credit hour(s) ¹
• COMM 2289 - Listening 3 credit hour(s)