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Dec 07, 2025
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NSU Catalog 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Communication Studies (BA)
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No grade below a “C” will be accepted in a course taken to fulfill the Communication Studies requirements.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will describe the discipline and employ its theories, perspectives, and concepts. (Cross-curricular Skill: Foundational Lifelong Learning Skills)
- Students will engage in Communication inquiry. (Cross-curricular Skill: Inquiry and Analysis)
- Students will create influential messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context. (Cross-Curricular Skill: Civic Knowledge and Engagement)
- Students will critically analyze messages. (Cross-Curricular Skill: Critical and Creative Thinking)
- Students will demonstrate the ability to accomplish communicative goals (self-efficacy). (Cross-Curricular Skill: Integrative Learning)
- Students will apply ethical communication principles and practices and embrace difference. (Cross-Curricular Skill: Ethical Reasoning)
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Area of Emphasis (15 credits)
Communication Studies Emphases
Group 1 elective - Choose one: (3 credits)
Group 2 elective - Choose one: (3 credits)
Emphasis: Public Relations
Group 1 elective - Choose one: (3 credits)
Group 2 elective - Choose one: (3 credits)
Emphasis: Event Management
Group 1 Elective - Choose one: (3 credits)
Group 2 Elective - Choose one: (3 credits)
Degree Requirements (BA) - 9 credits
Arts and Humanities (6 credits)
Two additional courses from those listed in General Education Requirements Goal #4. The courses must be from different disciplines than those selected to satisfy General Education Requirements Goal #4. Specific requirements for the BA degree: - For an English (BA), students must take 3 semesters of a Foreign Language (maximum of 2 disciplines), and 1 additional non-language SGR#4 approved course.
- For all other BA degrees, students must take a total of four SGR #4 approved courses from different disciplines. At least one (1) course, and no more than two (2), must be a foreign language.
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 120 CREDITS
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