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2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

Communication Studies, B.A.


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Professors: Paula Baldwin, Emily Plec, Dana Schowalter
Associate professor: 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


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


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