Bachelor of Arts (BA)	Bachelor of Science (BS)
Requires completion of 101,102, 201, 202 sequence of a foreign language.	Requires 8 additional hours of science and/or math beyond the General Education core.

Degrees

A total of 130 or more credit hours is required to graduate.                                   

In addition to completing the General Education core, 37 hours in Communication Studies courses are required:

Required COMS core (15 hours):

COMS 140	Public Speaking	3
COMS 141	Interpersonal Communication	3
COMS 200	Introduction to Comm. Research Methods	3
COMS 330	Persuasion	3
COMS 499	Senior Exit Portfolio	3

Choose 22 hours from the following:

COMS 220	Introduction to Public Relations	3
COMS 320	Communication Theory	3
COMS 344	Organizational Communication	3
COMS 350	Nonverbal Communication	3
COMS 360	Group Discussion	3
COMS 375	Gender Communication	3
COMS 410	Environmental Communication	3
COMS 430	Argumentation and Debate	3
COMS 435	History & Criticism of U.S. Public Address	3
COMS 445	Training and Development	3
COMS 450	Rhetorical Criticism	3
COMS 452	Advanced Public Speaking	3
COMS 455	Intercultural Communication	3
COMS 460	Seminar in Communication Studies	3
COMS 475	Internship in Communication Studies	1-6
COMS 491	Directed Study	1-3

Required for COMS Minor (21 hours, including COMS 101):

In addition to COMS 101, COMS minors are required to take

COMS 140, COMS 141, and 15 additional hours of COMS courses with the approval of a faculty advisor.