Communication Studies (B.A.)
Admissions Requirements
Incoming freshman and transfer students can declare the major.
See communication.buffalostate.edu for application forms and additional information, including a list of equivalent core courses at community colleges. Transfer students from two-year schools may apply only core courses toward this major for a maximum of 12 credits. Students generally require four semesters of study after completing communication core courses.
Program Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Intellectual Foundations Requirements | ||
33-39 credit hours | 33-39 | |
Communication Major Requirements (42 credit hours) | ||
Communication Core (12 credit hours) | ||
COM 100 | MEDIA LITERACY | 3 |
or SPC 103 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION | |
COM 210 | INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA WRITING | 3 |
COM 215 | INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
SPC 205 | INTRODUCTION TO ORAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
Upper-Level Oral Communication Course (3 credit hours) | ||
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
GROUP COMMUNICATON | ||
MEDIA PERFORMANCE | ||
Upper-Level Written Communication Course (3 credit hours) | ||
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
WRITING FOR PRINT AND ONLINE JOURNALISM | ||
WRITING FOR BROADCAST (TV, RADIO, FILM) | ||
PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING | ||
FEATURE WRITING | ||
SPECIAL TOPICS: JOURNALISTIC WRITING | ||
ELECTRONIC NEWS PRODUCING | ||
Upper-Level Visual Communication Course (3 credit hours) | ||
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
BASIC MEDIA PRODUCTION | ||
COMMUNICATION GRAPHICS | ||
WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTION | ||
Communication Theory and Criticism (6 credit hours) | ||
Select two from the following: | 6 | |
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
LITERARY JOURNALISM | ||
COMMUNICATION LAW | ||
APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | ||
MASS COMMUNICATION HISTORY | ||
PERSUASION AND PROPAGANDA | ||
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
RHETORICAL CRITICISM | ||
FILM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION | ||
RACE, CLASS AND GENDER IN THE MEDIA | ||
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
MEDIA CRITICISM | ||
SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDIA CRITICISM | ||
DOCUMENTARY FILM ANALYSIS | ||
Senior Seminar (3 credit hours) | ||
COM 450 | COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY | 3 |
Communication Electives (12 credit hours) | ||
Select 12 credit hours: | 12 | |
SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3) | ||
or COM 499 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
Or 300/400-level COM or SPC electives by advisement | ||
All College Electives | ||
39-45 credit hours | 39-45 | |
Total Credit Hours | 120 |