Requirements for a Major in Communication

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Thirty-six hours including the following:
Required Courses
CSS 1301	Fundamentals of Public Communication	3
or CSS 1302	Speech for Business and Professional Students
or CSS 1304	Argumentation, Discussion, and Debate
CSS 3302	Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Criticism	3
CSS 3310	Communication Theory	3
Concentrations
Students will select a concentration for the remaining twenty-seven hours of coursework which relates to their academic or professional focus.		27
Corporate Communication Concentration
Rhetoric and Public Discourse Concentration
Generalist Concentration
Honors Concentration
Total Hours		36

Communication Subfields

Each of the concentrations includes coursework from the following subfields:

Corporate Communication

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CSS 1305	Introduction to Communication
CSS 3304	Small-Group Communication
CSS 3306	Interviewing
CSS 3311	Interpersonal Communication
CSS 3312	Nonverbal Communication
CSS 3314	Cross-Cultural Communication
CSS 4301	Organizational Communication
CSS 4302	Communication Training and Development
CSS 4303	Leadership and Communication
CSS 4304	Advanced Small Group Theory and Practice
CSS 4305	Nonprofit Organizational Communication
CSS 4306	Advanced Interviewing
CSS 4311	Conflict and Communication
CSS 4312	Systemic Inquiry
CSS 4313	Communication and the Family
CSS 4314	Communication Assessment in Organizational Settings
CSS 4315	Health Communication
CSS 4316	Advanced Interpersonal Communication
CSS 4318	Communication and New Technology
CSS 4319	Cultural Approaches to Health Communication
CSS 4336	Seminar in Contemporary Communication Issues
CSS 4380	Internship in Communication

Rhetoric & Public Discourse

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CSS 2264	Contest Speaking
CSS 2265	Contest Speaking
CSS 3247	Advanced Debate
CSS 3248	Advanced Debate
CSS 3302	Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
CSS 3305	Advanced Public Speaking
CSS 3307	Legal Communication
CSS 3316	Persuasion and Communication
CSS 3393	Rhetoric and Contemporary Culture
CSS 3395	Theories and Methods of Visual Communication
CSS 4307	Communication & International Politics
CSS 4310	Politics and Communication
CSS 4317	Narrating Health Across Culture
CSS 4336	Seminar in Contemporary Communication Issues
CSS 4350	Rhetoric of Women and Gender
CSS 4351	Criticism of Contemporary Public Address
CSS 4352	Corporate Advocacy and Public Policy
CSS 4353	Public Discourse and Foreign Policy
CSS 4354	African American Communication
CSS 4380	Internship in Communication
CSS 4392	Rhetorics of Race
CSS 4394	Rhetorical Theory
CSS 4395	Visual Rhetoric
CSS 4396	American Rhetoric
CSS 4397	Public Discourse and the Classic Liberal Tradition
BIC 1313	World of Rhetoric I
BIC 1323	World of Rhetoric II: Rhetoric in Context