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Bachelor of Arts in Communication (1170)
Advising Aid -- Record of Academic Progress (RAP)
Bachelor of Arts in Communication (1170)
Major: 1170 - BA COMMUNICATIONS
Category A: Rhetoric & Composition
** Rhetoric & Composition (ENGL 121/122) must be completed within the first 42 semester hours
Select 6 hours Rhetoric & Comp (RC)
*** Additional courses may be required based on placement results
Category A: Intensive Writing
Communication Majors: Take COMM 231 -- students majoring in other disciplines may take other Intensive Writing courses from the approved list.
Category A: Oral Communication
Category A: Computer Literacy
Cateogry B: World Culture: Culture & Civilization
**** OPTION 1 ****
Take 3 hours Western Humanities I (WH)
Take 3 hours Western Humanities II (WH)
Take 3 hours Nonwestern Cultures (NW)
**** OR OPTION 2 ****
Take 9 hours World Civilization (WC):
HIST 103, 104, 105
Category B: Humanities & Fine Arts
Take 6 hours, with at least 3 hours in the Fine Arts and Humanities (HU/FA)
Category C: Behavioral & Social Sciences
Take 6 hours in Behavioral & Social Sciences
For communication majors COMM320 will meet three-hours of this six-hour requirement.
Category D: Natural Sciences
Take 7 or 8 hours Natural Science (NS/SL) with at least 1 hour Science Lab (SL)
Category F: Math
Category F: Statistics
II. American History
III. Physical Education
Take EHLS 021
Take one EHLS activity course other than varsity sport
IV. Foreign Language
Through second college year
V. Major & Related courses
Take 33 hours COMM including: The Communication Core( COMM 101, 230, 231, 320, 420,451 COMM 480 OR 485) and at least four communication elective courses.
COMM 320 meets part of the Category C General Education requirement.
Related Requirements
* Communication majors must take a minimum of 90 hours outside the major, with at least 65 of these hours taken from the liberal arts and sciences.
* Required GPA in COMM : 2.000
* A minimum of 30 hours are required at the 300 or 400 level.
* A minimum of 128 hours overall required for graduation
Refer to the catalog information for the various requirements of the different possible minors. With only a few exceptions students in the College of Arts and Sciences working for the Bachelor of Arts degree must minor in a disipline within the College. However, communication majors may undertake an entrepreneurship or marketing minor from the UTC College of Business Administration.
Most minors from the College of Arts and Sciences require at least 18-hours of study in the minor discipline. Of those 18-hours, at least nine must be at the 300 or 400 level.
Minor courses of study most often selected by communication majors include the following:
For information about other minors that may be completed in conjunction with the major in communication, see the current UTC catalog.
VII. Electives
* Total hours for graduation equal 128 - of those at least 42 must be at the upper-division (300 or 400 level).
VIII. Other courses &/or requirements
In addition to meeting the requirements outlined above, students who complete the Bachelor of Arts in Communicadtion under the "old" general educadtion requirements must also do the following:
- Complete at least one-year of high school American history.
- Complete a total of at least 128-semester-hours of college level work of which at least 42-semester-hours are at the 300 or 400 level.
- Develop at least a 2-point overall grade-point-average with at least a 2-point average in the communication major.
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