Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
2009-2010 Bulletin
(Communication Major with teacher certification 124 semester hours)*
Students must have been admitted into the Teacher Education Program and must be currently satisfying admission standards before being allowed to enroll in either Education 4322 or 4323
| Academic Major | Semester |
| Communication 1361, 2301, 2311, and 2331 | 12 |
| Communicaiton 3321, 3311 or 4311, 3331, 4101, 4352, and 4361 | 16 |
| Communication (advanced) | 6 |
| Other Requirements | |
| Communication 2345 | 3 |
| English 1301, 1302 or Honors 1302, and one sophomore literature | 9 |
| Government 2301 and 2302 | 6 |
| History 1301 and 1302 | 6 |
| Computational and Applied Math, 2305, Mathematics 1302, 1303, 1311, 1312, 1321, 1361, 1362, 1332, 1561, 2305, 2331, 2332, or 2513 | 3 |
| Natural Science (two lab sciences: biology, chemistry, geology, physical science, physics) | 8 |
| Physical Activity | 1 |
| Social Science: Agricultural Economics, 1331, Economics, 2300, 2301, 2302, Geography 2301, Psychology 1303, 2301, 2304, 2305, Sociology 1303, 2301, 2305, 2307 | 3 |
| Visual and Performing Arts: Art 1301, 1302, 1305, 2301, 2302, Drama 1311, 1351, 2331, 2334, Music 1310, 1341, 1342, 1351, 1361, 1375, 1376, Honors 2302 | 3 |
| Humanities(English-an additional sophomore literature, History 2331, 2332, French 2372, German 2372, Philosophy 2301, 2311, or 2321, Honors 2301 | 3 |
| Modern Language 2300 or 2311, 2312 (also 1301, 1302 if necessary) * | 6-12 |
| Professional Education | |
| Education 4321, 4322, 4323, and 4973 | 18 |
| Educational Psychology 3303 | 3 |
| Reading 4320 | 3 |
| Minor | |
| Minor | 18 |
The above plan meets all core curriculum and Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. The BA degree with a major in Communication with teacher certification requires a minimum of 124 semester credit hours, a minimum of 45 advanced (junior and senior level) semester credit hours, and a minimum of 30 semester credit hours in residence (24 of which must be at the advanced level).
* Communication specialization areas are designed to provide students with the opportunity to focus their studies in a limited way in a particular area of the communication discipline. However, these specialization areas do not constitute separate academic majors or degree programs. The student who does not wish to select one of the specialization areas should take 12 semester hours of advanced communication courses.
ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS: 3321, 3335, 3342, 4335,
CORPORATE TRAINING: 3311 or 4311, 3356, 3351 or 3352, 4371
INTERPERSONAL: 3351, 3352, 3355, 4311
ORGANIZATIONAL: 3335, 3352, 4351, 4371
RADIO-TELEVISION: 3361, 3363, 4338 or 4364, 4365
