Bachelor of Arts, Communication: Human Communication

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Bachelors of Arts, Communication: Human Communication (4 Year Plan)

Program Description

The Communication: Human Communication program emphasizes the principles and best practices of mass-mediated communication and human communication. The communication core focuses on effective communication, storytelling, and analysis of the mass media. The human communication concentration includes instruction and guidance in the areas of human communication, including interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, and interracial communication. Students are guided to become better public speakers, writers, and conversationalists, whether their goal is to inform, entertain, or persuade. Students analyze communication artifacts and assess their effectiveness, persuasiveness, and ethics.

Potential Career Options

Potential career options for those pursuing this degree include communications consultant, motivational speaker, fundraising and development officer, non-profit director, communication manager, corporate communication coordinator, and other human communication-related careers. Graduates are equipped to improve the organizational communication of businesses, non-profit organizations, and corporations, whether in a full-time or consultant capacity. Graduates can find fulfillment by helping people communicate more effectively and ethically in an interpersonal or intercultural context.

Total Program: 120 Credit Hours

Foundational Core - 34 Credit Hours

SEU Foundations - 3 Credit Hours

CORE 1111 - COMMUNITY AND COLLEGE SUCCESS Credits: 1
CORE 1112 - DIVINE DESIGN AND MISSIONAL VOCATION Credits: 2

Worldview Formation - 9 Credit Hours

BIBL 1113 - THE STORY OF SCRIPTURE Credits: 3
THEO 1213 - LIVED THEOLOGY Credits: 3
CORE 3113 - WORLDVIEW AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS SEMINAR Credits: 3

Habits of Inquiry - 22 Credit Hours

Major Core - 45 Credit Hours

Communication Core - 24 Credit Hours

COMM 1433 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH Credits: 3
COMM 2153 - WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA Credits: 3
COMM 2233 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
COMM 2733 - COMMUNICATION ETHICS Credits: 3
COMM 3533 - MASS COMMUNICATION THEORY Credits: 3
COMM 4143 - STORYTELLING & PERSUASION Credits: 3
COMM 4533 - MASS COMMUNICATION LAW Credits: 3

Select One (1) of the following (3 Credits):

COMM 4203 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
COMM 4183 - INTERNATIONAL VISUAL STORYTELLING Credits: 3
COMM 4853 - MEDIA CRITICISM Credits: 3

Human Communication Core - 21 Credit Hours

COMM 2083 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
COMM 2093 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
COMM 3193 - ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
COMM 3553 - ADVANCED SPEECH Credits: 3
COMM 4353 - INTERRACIAL COMMUNICATION IN THE US Credits: 3

Human Communication Electives - Select Two (2) of the Following (6 Credit Hours):

PMIN 3283 - CREATIVE COMMUNICATION IN MINISTRY Credits: 3
COMM 3153 - INTERPRETING NARRATIVES & IDEOLOGIES Credits: 3
COMM 4183 - INTERNATIONAL VISUAL STORYTELLING Credits: 3
COMM 4203 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION Credits: 3
COMM 4633 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION Credits: 3

Divine Design (Major Specific Experiential Learning) - 3 Credit Hours

COMM 3071 - COMMUNICATION PRACTICUM Credits: Variable
COMM 4001 - COMMUNICATION SEMINAR Credits: 1

Divine Design - 38 Credit Hours

To meet the Divine Design requirement, students may earn credit hours in general elective courses, declared minors/certificates, or enjoy other experiential learning opportunities such as study abroad, internships, or practicums. Other practicum options include PRAC 1001 (1 credit hour), PRAC 1002 (2 credit hours), PRAC 1003 (3 credit hours), PRAC 1004 (4 credit hours), up to 24 credit hours. General Electives are any college-level course that does not satisfy the above program requirements. Students must complete the above program requirements with the remaining credit hours earned in the Divine Design to meet the total program hours.