Communications Degree:  Courses and Rotation (subject to change)            10/5/2005

 

Students: This is provided for your guidance in planning courses. Please know that this is a plan, not a guarantee about what courses
will be available in any given year. 

Limitations in resources, changes in student demand, and other factors may lead us to offer courses on a different pattern.

Number

Title and Credits

Area

Fall

Spring

Summer

ACOM 190

Introduction to Communications (3)

Core

Yes (1)

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 200

Survey of Communications (3)

No longer offered:  Substitute ACOM 190

ACOM 201

Interpersonal Communication (3)

Gen Ed Req't

Yes (6)

Yes (7)

Yes (2)

ACOM 241

Public Speaking (3)

Core

Yes (6)

Yes (8)

Yes (1)

ACOM 290

Communications Colloquium (2)

Core

Yes (1)

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 300

Media and Society (3)

Core

Yes (1)

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 303

Communications Law and Ethics (3)

Area III

No

Yes (1-2)

No

ACOM 305

Editing Skills (3)

Area III

Yes (1)

No

No

ACOM 325

Principles of Advertising (3)

Area I

As needed

ACOM 328

Principles of Public Relations (3)

Area III

Yes (1)

No

No

ACOM 332

Writing across the Media (3) was 330

Core/Area III

Yes (2)

No

No

ACOM 335

Advanced Writing for the Public (3)

Area III

No

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 342

Interviewing (3)

Area IV

No

Yes (2)

Possibly

ACOM 351

Persuasive Communications (3)

Area I

No

Yes (1)

Yes (1)

ACOM 352

Hx & Philosophy of Mass Media (3)

Gen Ed

As needed for Gen Ed Humanities

ACOM 353

Advanced Public Communication (3)

Area I

Yes (1)

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 376

Visual Communication (3)

Area II

Yes (2)

No

Yes (1)

ACOM 385

Group Communication (3) 

Area IV

Yes (2)

No

No

ACOM 433

Freelance Writing (3)

Area III

 

 

Possibly

ACOM 436

Public Relations Writing (3)

Area III

No

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 450

Intercultural Communication (3)

Core

No

Yes (2)

Yes (2)

ACOM 455

Gender, Comm'n and Culture (3)

Area IV

Yes (2)

No

No

ACOM 462

Political Rhetoric (3)

Area I

Even Years

No

No

ACOM 476

Advanced Visual Communication (3)

Area II

No

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 480

Organizational Communication (3)

Area IV

No

Yes (1)

No

ACOM 491

Topics: IP/Organizational (1-3)

Area IV

As needed

ACOM 493

Topics: Persuasion (1-3)

Area I

As needed

ACOM 495

Topics: PR/Journalism (1-3)

Area III

As needed

ACOM 496

Topics: Visual Communication (1-3)

Area II

As needed

ACOM 497

Directed Capstone Experience

Core

Yes

Yes

No

ACOM 499

S-L Capstone Experience (1-3)

Core

Yes

Yes

No

                                                                                                                                                                               

 

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