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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Communication, B.S. 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science with a major in Communication requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
COM 101 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONS Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Social Sciences)
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
COM 252 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

COM 249 - MASS MEDIA AND MASS CULTURE Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Third Semester Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Citizenship - USA Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

COM 327 - COMMUNICATION AND SPORT Credit(s): 3
COM 326 - COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE Credit(s): 3
OR
COM 351 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION THEORY Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
Cognate Course Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

Choose one of the following:
COM 353 - TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN SPORT Credit(s): 3
COM 426 - SPORT COMMUNICATION AND ANALYTICS Credit(s): 3
COM 460 - SPORT INDUSTRIES AND AUDIENCES Credit(s): 3
COM 563 - CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SPORT MEDIA AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
Cognate Course Credit(s): 3
Cognate Course Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

Choose one of the following:
COM 353 - TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN SPORT Credit(s): 3
COM 426 - SPORT COMMUNICATION AND ANALYTICS Credit(s): 3
COM 460 - SPORT INDUSTRIES AND AUDIENCES Credit(s): 3
COM 563 - CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SPORT MEDIA AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
COM 325+ Course Credit(s): 3
Elective 300+ Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

COM 325+ Course Credit(s): 3
Cognate Course Credit(s): 3
Elective 300+ Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

Choose one of the following:
COM 353 - TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN SPORT Credit(s): 3
COM 426 - SPORT COMMUNICATION AND ANALYTICS Credit(s): 3
COM 460 - SPORT INDUSTRIES AND AUDIENCES Credit(s): 3
COM 563 - CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SPORT MEDIA AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
Cognate Course Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3