Requirement # 11

Communication Concentration Requirements

In the Department of Communication there is only one major – Communication. Within that major there are four concentrations. The four concentrations are:

Communication Management

Public Relations

Journalism

Electronic Media

All Communication majors – regardless of their concentration take four common courses. Those four common courses are:

1. Communication Modules (CMM 110, CMM 111 or CMM 112, and CMM 113)
2. CMM 201 – Foundations of Mass Communication
3. CMM 202 – Foundations of Communication Theory & Research
4. CMM 330 – Media Writing

Students in the Public Relations concentration must take the following 4 courses:

CMM 360 – Principles of Public Relations

CMM 412 – Statistical Methods in Communication

CMM 460 – Public Relations Writing

CMM 461 – Public Relations Campaigns

Students in the Public Relations concentration must take 2 of the following 6 courses:

CMM 331 – Feature Writing

CMM 332 – Publication Design

CMM 421 – Communication in Organizations

CMM 430 – Copyediting

CMM 469 – Topics in Public Relations

CMM 498 – Communication Internship

Students must complete an additional 3 Communication and/or theater courses.

Note: dance courses will not count toward this requirement.