Human Communication (B.A.)

I. Departmental requirements:

A. The Human Communication major consists of at least 32 credit hours to be taken as follows:

1. Required core consists of 17 credit hours.

• Within Human Communication (14 credit hours):

  Course ID	Course Description
  hcom - 1400	Theories of Human Communication
  hcom - 2304	Interpersonal Communication
  hcom - 3434	Persuasion
  hcom - 3350	Rhetorical Criticism (also listed as ENGL-3334)

• Select one of the following in quantitative research methods:

  Course ID	Course Description
  hcom - 3454	Quantitative 研究 Methods (also listed as 通讯- 3454)
  蝙蝠- 2301	Statistics for Management and Economics
  MATH-1320	Statistical Methods
  PSYC-2401	Statistics and Methods I
  的社会- 3460	研究 Methods: Social Statistics

2. Controlled electives consist of at least 9 credit hours. At least 3 credit hours must be chosen from each of the following areas:

• Public Communication:

  Course ID	Course Description
  HCOM-1433	Public Speaking
  hcom - 2140	Forensics
  HCOM-3374	International Communication (also listed as 通讯- 3322)
  hcom - 4350	Political Communication (also listed as plsi - 3304)
  hcom - 4391	Special Topics in Public Communication

• Rhetorical and Communication Theory:

  Course ID	Course Description
  hcom - 2350	Classical Rhetorical Theory
  hcom - 2352	Modern Rhetorical Theory
  hcom - 3330	Argumentation
  hcom - 3352	Rhetorical Analysis (also listed as ENGL-3335)

• Communication and Social Context:

  Course ID	Course Description
  hcom - 3360	Communicating in Small Groups and 团队
  hcom - 3362	Organizational Communication (also listed as BUSN-3311)
  hcom - 3364	Communication and Effective Leadership
  hcom - 3372	Intercultural Communication
  hcom - 3332	Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Relations
  hcom - 3440	Conflict and Human Communication

3. General Human Communication Electives consist of at least 6 more hours of Human Communication courses to achieve greater focus in the major.

B. At least 18 hours of the Human Communication major must be upper-division coursework.

II. University requirements:

Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.