A. Skill Areas (3 courses)

B. Foreign Language (Number of courses based on placement)
Language (French, Spanish, Etc.)

C. Competency Areas
1. Humanities/Fine Arts (3 courses, one in each discipline)

2. Social Sciences (3 courses in a minimum of 2 disciplines)

3. Natural Sciences (3 courses in a minimum of 2 disciplines)

4. Multicultural (2 courses) [must include one Diversity of U.S. Culture
and one Non-Western course

5. Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) [2 courses: Minimum of
one in major]

6. Developmental Courses (Do not count toward graduation,
except as noted.)

All Communication majors must complete four courses in common. You must complete the Comm 2000 and Comm 2400 by the end of your sophomore year. You should take
Comm 3870 during your junior year and you should only register for Comm 4910 after
achieving senior status.

Choose applied communication courses from the list based on your area of concentration.
Special topics courses will not count toward the minimum 8 hours required.

Choose conceptual communication courses from the list based on your area of concentration.
Special topics courses will not count toward the minimum 8 hours required.

(6 hrs. maximum in either COMM 4930 -OR- COMM 4940 but not both) Note: Field study
available only for students who do not meet internship requirements.

Courses beyond University Skill and Competency areas, a Major and a Minor belong in the
Free Electives category. You may list Free Electives below.
(No minimum number of courses/credits required)

These include courses outside of the College of Arts and Sciences such as Business or Education courses, and a few within the College such as Military Science. They are not
required and you may take only up to 15 hours maximum of these courses. In consultation
with your adviser, however, you may count Technical Electives toward the Related
requirement, in which case the maximum you may take is 31 hours. See your Adviser for details.