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2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog

Communication Studies, B.A.


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Professors: Paula Baldwin, Emily Plec
Associate professors: Dana Schowalter, Alex Curry
Additional faculty: William Andersen, Tiara Good, Sarah Sheldrick

Mission

Committed to excellence in teaching, research and service in communication based on sound theory and practice, concentrating on understanding contexts and perspectives, preparing students for lifelong effective communication.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Learn and apply communication theories, perspectives, principles and concepts.
  2. Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose and context.
  3. Critically analyze targeted messages.

Core Courses


Careers in Communication Studies


Elective Credits: 8


Choose from any COM courses not used to fulfill another requirement in the major including, but not limited to:

Total Credits: 60


Satisfactory Grade Use


Program requirements may be fulfilled with a grade of S.

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