Curriculum
To earn the B.A. COMEL degree, students must complete 121 credits:
- 57 major required courses:
- 39 major required credits—CORE + Focus Area
- 18 major required credits that also count toward general education
- 22 additional credits to complete the general education requirements,
- 42 open electives (21 must be at the 3000/4000 level)
Major Requirements
[COMEL Core (15) + COMEL Gen Ed (18)] + Focus Area (24) = 57 credits total
COMEL Core (Includes courses that could also meet a general education requirement)—33 credits
- COM1011 Introduction to Communication (Gen Ed): 3 credits
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Interpersonal Communications Requirement (Gen Ed): 3 credits
- COM2021 Interpersonal Communication or BUS2011 Effective Business Communication: 3 credits
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Media Production Requirement: 3 credits
- JRN2011 Journalism OR COM2065 Radio Production OR completion of three 1-credit courses:
- COM1101 Intro to Publications
- COM1160 Radio Training
- COM2066 Digital Storytelling
- COM2102 Publication Staff
- COM2073 Editorial Staff
- COM3072 Editorial Leadership
- COM3101 Publication Management
- COM4101 Publication Leadership
- COM4102 Radio Leadership
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Entrepreneurial Leadership Requirement: 3 credits
- BUS2021 Entrepreneurship and Innovation OR COM2041 Team-Based Communication
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Organization Requirement: 3 credits
- MGT2011 Principles of Management OR MGT2021 Human Resource Management OR completion of three 1-credit courses:
- BUS1100 Employment Readiness Experience
- BUS2012 Launch a Business
- COM1130 The Practice of Leadership
- COM1180 Mediation Skills
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Messaging Requirement: 3 credits
- MKT2011 Intro to Marketing OR COM2071 Public Speaking
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Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (Gen Ed): 3 credits
- ECN2021 Microeconomics OR ECN2031 Macroeconomics OR ACC2011 Principles of Accounting 2: 3 credits
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Advanced Writing in the Discipline Requirement (UD Gen Ed): 3 credits
- COM3041 Leadership and Facilitation OR WRT3011 Advanced Writing
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Alternative Experience Requirement (Gen Ed): 3 credits
- COM3061 Guided Leadership Practicum
- COM4001 Senior Capstone (Gen Ed): 3 credits
Focus Area Choice: (24 credits)
Leadership for Organizational and Social Change
Choose four:
- ACC3031 Forensic Accounting
- BUS3031 Opportunity Management
- COM3021 Relationships & Relational Communication
- COM3071 Professional Presentations
- COM3075 Internatural Communication
- COM3084 SpTp Persuasion: The Art and Logic of Argument
- ECN3011 Analysis of 21st Cent Issues & Trends
- MGT3031 Organizational Behavior
- Relevant Internships in ACC, COM, ECN, MKT, MGT
Plus Select four 3000/4000-level courses from the following disciplines:
Accounting, Anthropology, Business, Communication, Education, Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Topics, Management, Marketing, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology
Multimodal Communication and Storytelling
Choose four:
- COM3063 SpTp Narrative Non-Fiction
- COM3077 SpTp Crisis Communication
- COM3075 Radio Programming
- COM3051 SpTp Intercultural Competence
- COM3062 TV & Video Production
- COM3064 Communication Ethics in a New Media World
- JRN3011 SpTp Advanced News Reporting
- MKT3011 Global Marketing
- Relevant Internships in COM, JRN, MKT
Plus select four 3000/4000-level courses from the following disciplines:
Art, Business, Communication, Computer Science, Creative Writing, Interdisciplinary Topics, Journalism, Literature, Marketing, Music, Photography, Theater, or Video
Additional General Education Core Requirements
25 credits at the 1000/2000 level:
- WRT1011 Composition and Rhetoric: 3 credits
- WRT1012 Research and Analysis: 3 credits
- EDU1011 Perspectives in Learning: 3 credits
- EDU2061 Education and Identity: 3 credits
- Humanities Distribution Elective: 3 credits
- Natural Science with lab Distribution Elective: 4 credits
- Social Science Distribution Elective: 3 credits
- Mathematics Distribution Elective (as indicated through placement exam): 3 credits
42 credits in Open Electives, 21 at any level and 21 at the 3000/4000 level
121 total credits