Program: Communication, BA - University of Scranton

Degree Program Requirements

A student wishing to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 36 credits from the department’s course offerings. Included among these 36 credits are five core courses required for all Communication majors:

Department Track Requirements

Although the media are interrelated, students should develop an in-depth knowledge of at least one specific field. To that end, students majoring in Communication must select a track, or area of study, within the department. Although the department expects students to enroll in multiple courses within their chosen track, each track has three required courses:

Communication Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Course Title	Fall Cr.	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR	COMM ELECT - Comm. Elective–COMM 115 (W) Writing for Communication	3	3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Elective		3
GE WRTG/SPCH	WRTG 107 Composition –COMM 100 Public Speaking	3	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 Computing and Information Literacy	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE PHIL - T/RS	PHIL 120 Introduction to Philosophy –T/RS 121 (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible	3	3
GE FSEM - PHED	INTD 100 Freshman Seminar –PHED ELECT - Physical Education	1	1
		16	16
Second Year
MAJOR	210 (W) Logical and Rhetorical Analysis		3
MAJOR	COMM 215 Introduction to Communication Theory	3
MAJOR	COMM ELECT - Communication Electives	3	3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3	3
GE PHIL - T/RS	PHIL 210 Ethics –T/RS 122 (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
GE QUAN - S/BH	QUAN - Quantitative–S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective	3	3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education	1	1
		16	16
Third Year
MAJOR	COMM 316 Communication Ethics –COMM ELECT - Comm. Elective	3	3
MAJOR	COMM ELECT - Comm. Elective	3	3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3	3
GE PHIL - T/RS	PHIL - Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - Elective	3	3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	3	3
		18	18
Fourth Year
MAJOR	COMM 415 Senior Seminar	3
MAJOR	COMM ELECT - Comm. Elective		3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3	6
GE HUMN - S/BH	HUMN - Humanities–S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective	3	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	6	3
		15	15
	Total: 130 Credits

Communication, BA

Degree Program Requirements

Department Track Requirements

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Journalism

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Communication Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 130 Credits