Communication Studies
Program Overview
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication Studies
Major in Communication Studies
This is a distinct major from Strategic Communication, a description of which can be found here
Required courses:
- COMM 100: Public Speaking (4 credits)
- COMM 220: Interpersonal Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 328: Communication of Race, Class Gender (4 credits)
- COMM 366: Persuasion and Social Influence(4 credits)
- COMM 480: Capstone: Communication Ethics (4 credits)
Elective Communication Studies Courses 16 required credits (4 and 2 credit courses):
- COMM 105: Workplace Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 212: Communication Criticism (4 credits)
- COMM 242: Health Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 244: Sport Communication 2-credit (2 credits)
- COMM 246: Building Communication Skills Though Improvisation (2-credit)
- COMM 248: Building Communication Skills Through Improvisation II (2 credits)
- COMM 264: Media Communication Skills (4 credits)
- COMM 274: Small Group Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 320: Organizational Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 324: Communication and Leadership (4 credits)
- COMM 326: Communication and Popular Culture (4 credits)
- COMM 338: Political Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 370: Intercultural Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 372: Communication and the Environment (4 credits)
- COMM 373 Approaches to Crisis Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 374: Family and Couple Communication (4 credits)
- COMM 378 Communication and Underrepresented Families (4 credits)
- Internships/Study Abroad/Experiential Learning
- ENGL 256: Intro to Professional Writing (4 credits)
or ENGL 315: Business Writing (4 credits) - DIMA 240: Digital Imagery and Sound(4 credits)
Minor in Communication Studies
- COMM 100: Public Speaking 4 credits
Plus:
- 12 additional credits in COMM
Majors must complete a minimum of eighteen credits in Communication Studies at St. Thomas.