Communication Arts Major

B.A. Communication Arts - 125 Hours

Area A: Essential Skills - 9 hours
Area B: Institutional Options - 4 hours
Area C: Humanities and Fine Arts - 6 hours
Area D: Science, Mathematics, and Technology - 11 hours
Area E: Social Science - 12 hours
Area F: Courses Appropriate to the Major - 18 hours

COMM 1100: Introduction to Human Communication (3)
COMM 2332: Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
FORL 2001 and 2002 (6)
JOUR 2331: Introduction to Journalism (3)

Select (1) course from the following:

COMM 1110: Principles of Public Speaking (3) or
FILM 2331: Introduction to Film (3) or
THEA 1100: Theatre Appreciation

Health and Physical Education Activities - 4 hours

HLTH 1520: Healthful Living (2)
Physical Education Activities (2)

University Orientation GSU 1210 - (1)
Major Requirements - 18 hours

    Select (3) hours from the following Performing Arts and Applied Media Courses:

BRCT 3331: Audio Production (3)
BRCT 3332: Video Production (3)
COMS 3336: Introduction to Performance Studies (3)
THEA 3330: Scene Study (3)
THEA 3338: Rehearsal and Performance (3)
THEA 5531: Puppetry (3)
Select (3) hours from the following Applied Writing Courses:
BRCT 3334: Broadcast News (3)
BRCT 3335: Writing for Electronic Media (3)
JOUR 3331: News Reporting and Writing (3)
JOUR 3332: Feature Writing (3)
JOUR 4333: Opinion Journalism (3)
PRCA 2330: Introduction to Public Relations (3)
PRCA 3330: PR Writing (3)
THEA 5530: Play Writing (3)

Select (3) hours from the following History and Law Courses:

FILM 3331: History of American Film (3)
JOUR 3337: Law and Ethics of Mass Communication (3)
JOUR 4331: History of American Journalism (3)
COMS 4339: Philosophy of Communication (3)
THEA 4330: Theatre History: to the Elizabethans (3)
THEA 4331: Theatre History: from Elizabethans to Modern (3)

Select (3) hours from the following Interpretive and Research Skills Courses:
COMM 3331: Media Criticism (3)
FILM 3334: Film and Politics (3)
PRCA 4330: Public Relations Research (3)
COMS 3338: Rhetorical Criticism (3)
THEA 3331: Advanced Stagecraft (3)
BRCT 3339: Politics and the Media (3)

    Select (3) hours from the following Theory Courses:

COMM 4333: Theories of Mass Communication (3)
COMS 4234: Small Group Communication Theories (3)
COMS 4333: General Semantics (3)
COMS 4334: Communication Theory (3)
COMS 4335: Linguistic Analysis (3)

    Select (3) hours of Practicum

(4) three-hour upper-division courses selected from Communication Arts Curriculum - 12 hours
Minor (Required) - 15 hours
Electives - 15 hours