NSU Catalog 2024-2025 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
NSU Catalog 2024-2025

Communication Studies (BA)

Location(s): Northern State University Campus



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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)

Area of Emphasis (15 credits)


Total: 41 credits


Communication Studies Emphases


Group 1 elective - Choose one: (3 credits)


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)


Note:


Students selecting this program are strongly encouraged to take ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics  as part of the General Education requirement. ECON 201  is a pre-requisite for BADM 370 - Marketing , which is a required or elective course in this program.

General Education Requirements - Baccalaureate (30 credits)


Please see General Education & Degree Requirements  for specific information about each SGR.

SGR #1 - 6 credits


SGR #4 - 6 credits in two disciplines


SGR #6 - 6 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.

A total of four courses are required for the BA degree:

  • One year sequence of a foreign language.
  • Two courses from different disciplines than foreign language.

TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 120 CREDITS


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