Bulletin Year: 2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog. | View this program in the current bulletin.

Department minors must maintain a 2.00 grade point average.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Communication and Media Studies department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/home.htm

Total Credits Required 24
Core Component16
SP 100 Public Address [EFFC] 4
SP 110 Interpersonal Communication [INTT] 4
SP 120 Small Group Process 4
SP 250 Research Methods and Careers in Communication *4
Elective Component**8
Choose two courses from the following:
SP 200 Argumentation (4 cr.)
SP 300 Rhetorical Theory (4 cr.)
SP 310 Communication Theory (4 cr.)
SP 320 New Media Literacy (4 cr.)
SP 401 Persuasion (4 cr.)
SP 402 Communication Criticism (4 cr.)
SP 404 Communication and the Arts (4 cr.)
SP 410 Advanced Interpersonal Communication (4 cr.)
SP 412 Nonverbal Communication (4 cr.)
SP 421 Organizational Communication (4 cr.)
SP 422 Crisis Communication (4 cr.)
SP 432 Environmental Communication (4 cr.)
SP 434 Environmental Communication in an International Context: Brazil (4 cr.) [INTT]
SP 495 Special Topics in Communication Studies (2 - 4 cr.)
PR 432 Environmental Campaigns (4 cr.)
BC 480 Media and Politics (4 cr.)
BC 410 The Documentary (4 cr.)
BC 415 Intercultural Communication (4 cr.) [SOCR]
BC 471 Mass Communication and Society (4 cr.) [PERS]

*Students majoring in public relations may substitute an SP-prefixed course for SP 250.

**At least one course must be at the 300- or 400- level. Students may elect to take no more than one BC-prefixed course.

 


Bulletin Year: 2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.