Degree Programs
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Arts
Four Year Suggested Plan
First Year
Frist Semester
ENG 111 - Comp & Rhetoric 3
COM 150 - Intro Mass Communications 3
Fine Arts Elective 3
HUM 101 - Discourse, Inquiry 3
MAT 106 - Numeracy 3
Total Hours 15
Second Semester
ENG 112 - Comp & Research 3
Social Behavior Elective 3
Humanities Elective 3
Physical Science 4
COM 209 - Basic News Writing 3
Total Hours 16
Second Year
First Semester
COM 221 - Intro to PR 3
Social Behavior Elective 3
Elective * 3
Elective ** 3
Elective *** 3
Total Hours 15
Second Semester
Social Behavior Elective 3
SPH 110 - Fund. of Speech 3
COM 222 - Intro to Advertising 3
Elective **
3
Life Science 3
Total Hours 15
Third Year
First Semester
COM 207 - Editing for Publications 3
COM 208 - Layout & Design 3
HUM 240 - Converging Hemispheres 3
COM 254 - Writing Electronic 3
BU Elective ** 3
Total Hours 15
Third Year
Second Semester
HUM 250 - Contemporary World 3
COM 255 - TV Production 3
COM 317 - Mass Media Law & Ethics 3
BU Elective ** 3
COM 385 - Television & Society OR COM 387 - The LIt of Journalism 3
Total Hours 15
Fourth Year
First Semester
COM 337 - Advanced Journalism 3
COM 393 - Senior Portfolio 3
Communcation Elective 3
BU Elective ** 3
BU Elective 3
Total Hours 15
Second Semester
300 Level Communications Elective 3
BU Elective ** 3
BU Elective 3
BU Elective 3
BU Elective 3
Total Hours 15
*Recommended for students planning to attend Benedictine University: COM/FNAR/HIST/LIT/MUS/REL/PHIL elective
**Recommended for students planning to minor in a subject area use these elective courses to meet minor requirements.