Program Overview
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Location: Candelaria 1265
Email: HSS@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/hss/communication-studies
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of four parts:
- Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- Required Minor Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
A major in the discipline of communication studies allows the student to examine closely the many ways in which message exchange is the foundation of human societies and cultures. At UNC, communication coursework focuses on theoretical, analytic and practical aspects of human interaction. Students may elect to emphasize the study of communication in interpersonal, small group, organizational and intercultural contexts. Practical skills may be obtained in professional presentation, persuasion, leadership, and communication consulting.
Students completing this program may elect to apply for graduate study in the field of communication, to apply to law or other professional schools, or to begin a career with businesses who are interested in hiring people whose expertise involves human communication.
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing.
Program Requirements:
- Complete a minimum of 15 credits in 300- and 400-level COMM courses, with a minimum of 6 credits at the 400-level, which include the required courses in the major. Note: a maximum of 3 credits of credits from COMM 422 and six credits of COMM 492 may count toward the major requirements.
- Majors may count one course in a related discipline toward their communication electives. This course must be approved by their major advisor.
- Students in the Honors Program may count HON 351 and HON 451 as electives in Communication Studies.
- Students who are not eligible for an internship are required to complete six additional credits of Communication electives.
- Communication Studies majors are required to complete a minor. Because of the wide scope of the major (i.e., communication across multiple contexts, audiences, contexts & purposes), selecting a minor provides an understanding of career-related contexts.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
1. Liberal Arts Curriculum — 31 credits
Written Communication — 6 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Written Communication courses
Mathematics — 3 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Mathematics courses
Arts & Humanities, History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Multicultural Studies [MS], and International Studies [IS] — 15 credits
To complete the LAC in the minimum number of credits, be sure to choose at least one course with an IS designation and one course with an MS designation.
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Arts & Humanities, History, and Social & Behavioral Sciences courses
Natural & Physical Sciences — 7 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Natural & Physical Sciences courses
See Liberal Arts Curriculum
2. Required Major — 36 credits
Take all of the following courses:
Choose six credits from the following courses:
| COMM 492 | Undergraduate Internship | 1-10 |
| | or | |
| | Any COMM prefix electives | |
Choose nine credits from the following courses:
3. Required Minor — 18 credits
4. University-Wide Credits — 35 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 35 credits.