Students in the Communication major must take a minimum of 13 courses, as specified below.

Foundational Courses. Students must complete the courses listed below.

• EN110 Introduction to Human Communication
• EN115 Introduction to Mediated Communication

Oral Communication Requirement. Students must complete one of the following classes related to oral communication.

• EN221 Public Speaking
• EN222 Oral Interpretation
• EN261 Beginning Acting

Written Communication Requirement. Students must complete one of the following classes related to written communication.

• EN207 Advanced Composition
• EN216 Principles and Practices of Journalism
• EN307 Special Topics in Writing (with advisor approval)

Visual Communication Requirement. Students must complete one of the following classes related to visual communication.

• EN325 Special Topics in Communication: Media Criticism
• FAH260 The Cinematic Eye: A History of Film to 1945
• FAH262 Contemporary Film: 1945-Present
• FAS270 Visual Communication

Textual Analysis Requirement. Students must complete two of the following classes related to textual analysis.

• EN240 Studies in Postmodern British Literature
• EN243 Studies in Postmodern American Literature
• EN245 Introduction to African-American Literature
• EN251 Shakespeare
• EN252 Milton
• EN255 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature
• EN345 Progress and Nostalgia: Mid-Victorian Britain in History and Literature
• EN363 Topics in the History of the Theatre

Special Topics Classes:

• EN333 Medieval Literature
• EN334 Sixteenth Century
• EN335 Seventeenth Century
• EN336 Eighteenth Century
• EN337 Romantic Period
• EN338 Victorian Period
• EN339 Twentieth Century
• EN340 Postmodern British Literature
• EN341 Nineteenth-Century American Literature
• EN342 Twentieth-Century American Literature
• EN370 Irish Literature
• EN373 Literary Genres

Theory Requirement. Students must complete one of the following classes related to the theories of communication.

• EN210 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• EN225 Communication Theory

Elective Requirement. Students must complete four of the courses listed below. No more than 2 from any single department recommended, though students may petition the Coordinator of the Communication program to allow electives not listed below or to exceed the 2 course maximum from a single department.

• CS205 Fundamentals and Issues of Using the Internet
• CS250 Human-Computer Interaction
• EC223 Organizational Behavior
• EC231 Principles of Marketing
• EC232 Integrated Marketing Communication
• EC233 Consumer Behavior
• EN325 Special Topics in Communication
• EN355 Introduction to General Linguistics
• EN400 Independent Study
• EN481–482 Internship
• FAH101 Introduction to Art
• FAH360 History of Photography
• FAS272 Digital Art & Imaging I
• FAS274 Graphic Design I
• FAS376 Art and Design for the Web
• FAS Special Topics: Illustration
• FAS Special Topics: Mixed Media
• FAS Special Topics: Typography
• MU242 Studies in Film Music
• PH214 Contemporary Philosophy
• PH320 Critical Thinking
• PH321 Formal Logic
• PH336 Aesthetics
• PO102 American Politics
• PO104 Comparative Politics
• PO106 International Relations
• PO208 Elements of Political Theory Classical
• PO209 Elements of Political Theory Modern
• PO248 Public Policy Process
• PO345 Public Administration
• PY201 Organizational Psychology
• PY209 Political Psychology
• PY211 Cross Cultural Psychology
• PY315 Social Psychology
• SO206 Social Problems
• SO218 Individual & Society
• SO229 Mass Media
• SO330 Race and Ethnic Relations
• SO342 Social Stratification: Structures of Social Inequality
• SO344 Political Sociology
• TH372 Christian Social Ethics

Capstone Requirement. As a requirement for graduation, Communication majors must write and defend a senior thesis (done within the Senior Seminar course) and take a written comprehensive examination which tests aspects related to oral, written, verbal and visual communication, as well as communication theory. Students must successfully complete the Communication Senior Seminar.

• EN470 Communication Senior Seminar