Required Courses
39 hours required in major
Introduction to Communication Theory (COM 111)
Interpersonal Communication (COM 123)
Small Group Processes (COM 223)
Communication Research Methods (COM 297)
Organizational Communication (COM 329)
Choose one: Communication and Social Issues I (COM 201), Controversy and Contemporary Society (COM 303), Human Communication and the Aging Process (COM 331), or Intercultural Communication (COM 372)
21 Hours of Speech Communication Elective Courses
Elective Courses
(Select 7 classes from the following list. Minimum of 30 senior hours (courses at 200-300 level) with 9 hours at the 300 level, excluding COM 398.
Group 1 (2 course minimum)
Argumentation (COM 125)
Communication and Social Issues I (COM 201)
Persuasive Public Speaking (COM 202)
Classical Rhetoric (COM 226)
Communication Criticism (COM 302)
Controversy and Contemporary Society (COM 303)
Freedom of Speech (COM 304)
Message Composition (COM 321)
Political Communication (COM 371)
Group 2 (2 course minimum)
Nonverbal Communication (COM 225)
Introduction to Interview (COM 228)
Theory and Research in Small Group Communication (COM 323)
Theory and Research in Interpersonal Communication (COM 325)
Human Communication and the Aging Process (COM 331)
Psychology of Language (COM 370)
Intercultural Communication (COM 372)
Group 3 (addition electives no mimimum)
Professional Practice: Forensics – may be repeated up to 4 hours - (COM 198.02)
Communication Technologies and Impacts (COM 218)
Presentation Media (COM 240)
Independent Research in Communication (COM 296)
Honors Independent Study (COM 299)
Privacy and Information Processing (COM 363)
International Communication Systems (COM 369)
Professional Practice: On campus internship (COM 398.01)
Professional Practice: Off campus internship (COM 398.02)
Minor in Speech Communication
21 Hours Required
Required course: COM 110
A minimum of 6 hours must be at the 300 level (excluding 398)
18 hours of electives selected from:
COM 123, 125, 198.02, 201, 202, 218, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 297, 302, 303, 304, 321, 323, 324, 325, 329, 330, 331, 370, 371, 372.