Professor Blaine Goss, department head

Associate Professors deBerly, Hacker, Zakahi; Assistant Professors Buker, Crabtree, Ford, Lindsey, Weissberg

(505) 646-2801

DEGREE: Bachelor of Arts
MAJOR: Communication Studies

The communication studies program is designed to enhance students' interpersonal skills, presentational skills, and critical thinking skills. Thus the successful graduate should be able to work effectively with people, assimilate, organize and analyze information, solve problems, make effective presentations, and show potential for leadership. The program prepares students for careers in several professions, such as teaching, training and development, public relations, law, advertising and sales, government service, mediation, customer relations, human resources, international service, fund raising, and the ministry.

In addition to completing the general education requirements of the university and the college, students majoring in communication studies are required to complete 18 credits of core COMM courses and 18 credits of COMM electives for a total of 36 credits. Any exception to these policies requires department head approval.

All COMM courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Communication Studies Core Courses (18 credits)

COMM 265G, Principles of Human Communication	3
COMM 285, Survey of the Discipline	3
COMM 305, Communication Research Methods	3
COMM 370, Organizational Communication	3
COMM 376, Communication and Culture	3
COMM 384, Interpersonal Communication	3

Communication Studies Elective Courses (18 credits)