DEGREE REQIUREMENTS - Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
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The Communication Studies major requires a minimum of 122 hours. For degree completion,
at least 25 percent of the semester credit hours must be earned through instruction offered
by UH-Downtown. The last 30 of the total hours and 18 of the upper-level hours toward the
degree must be successfully completed in residence at UH-Downtown. An overall minimum
grade point average of 2.0 at UH-Downtown is required for graduation, and a minimum
average of 2.0 must be maintained in the upper-level hours in the major.

Common Core Requirements (42 hours)

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Preparatory Requirements (26 hours)

Foreign language in one language (8 hours)
Fine arts: (3 hours)
Speech/lower-level (3 hours-SPCH 1304 required
if not taken as part of core)
Philosophy: (3 hours)
Social Sciences (6 hours)

Upper-Level Requirements (24 hours)

SPCH 3320 Communication Theory (3 hours)
Additional courses in Speech Communication (21 hours)

Cognate Areas (15 hours)

 

Requirement: ENG 3302 Business and Technical Report Writing (3 hours)
Additional courses may be selected from among the following:

COMM 3312 Writing for Presentation
ENG 3316 History of Rhetoric
HUM 3310 Cultural Criticism
PSY 3301 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
PSY 3310 Psychology of Women
PSY 4304 Learning and Behavior
SOC 3303 Sociology of the Family
SOC 4307 Public Opinion and Mass Communication

Other courses may be substituted upon petition to the degree coordinator by a student.

Electives (15 hours)

From any department at any level, with the following restrictions: Developmental courses (ENG 1300, MATH 0300, MATH 1300, and RDG 1300) may not apply to graduation requirements. No more than 25 percent of the hours presented for graduation may be credits in business. Electives are an important part of the degree program and should be selected in consultation with an academic advisor.