Course variations

Course summary

This program curriculum promotes the responsible use of communication as a tool for understanding in a variety of situations: one-to-one, small group, public, organizational, intercultural and mass mediated settings. This major also prepares students for graduate work in speech and for a variety of professional fields. Students are encouraged to seek second majors and minors in fields such as Government, English, Political Science, History, Religious Studies, Psychology, Teaching and many more.

Program modules

The major requires a minimum of 30 hours and leads to a Bachelor of Arts Degree: Complete COMM 161 or COMM 145 and ENG 100 with a minimum grade of C; Minimum GPA of 2.3; A minor or second major outside the department is required along with completion of General Education Classes (Work with an Advisor to select their minor or second major); General Education Requirement: COMM 263 - Fundamentals of Comm. and Culture (Category E). Required Courses: COMM 148 Interpersonal Communication; BCOM 201 Process and Effects of Mass Communication; COMM 247 Voice and Diction; COMM 341 Theories of Communication; COMM 345 Advanced Public Speaking (SCOM 145 or 161); COMM 494 Capstone in Communication. One of the following: COMM 349 Group Decision Making; COMM 461 Organizational Communication. One of the following: COMM 240 Critical Listening; COMM 343 Speech Analysis/Speech Writing; COMM 443 Persuasion in Contemporary Society. Two additional courses chosen in consultation with Advisor from any course not selected in above or following list: COMM 245 Argumentation and Debate; COMM 249 Oral Interpretation of Literature; COMM 346 Persuasion; COMM 363 Interracial Communication; COMM 460 Organizational Interviewing; COMM 463 Intercultural Communication; COMM 474 Gender Differences in Communication; COMM 489 Cooperative Education in Communication; COMM 495 Independent Study in Communication; COMM 142-444 Forensic Practicum (up to 3 hrs in these 1 hr. Practicums).

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants should be a high school graduates. Minimum Grade Average: 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or Minimum Composite ACT/Total SAT Scores: 20 composite ACT/930 Total SAT are required. The American College Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) is required of all beginning freshmen. Test dates and a registration form may be obtained from a high school counselor or the test company. For more information contact: ACT Program, Box 414, Iowa City, Iowa 52243. Tel: (319) 337-1313 Final admission cannot be granted before test scores are received. Students who do not meet the University requirements will be admitted to the Bowling Green Community College. To ensure a proper foundation for university study, the following college preparatory curriculum is required as a minimum for all students: English - 4 years: I, II, III, IV; Math - 3 years: Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II or Integrated Math I, II, and III; Social Studies - 3 years: Chosen from U.S. History and World History Economics, Government or World Geography; Science - 3 years: Chosen from Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth/Space Science (at least one lab) Health - 1/2 year, Physical Education - 1/2 year, History and Appreciation of Visual or Performing Arts - 1/2 year. 2004 high school graduates will be required to have two years of a foreign language. A score of 525 on the TOEFL, or a 197 computer based TOEFL, is required for admission.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Department name

Potter College of Arts and Letters, Department of Communication