Requirements

A minimum of 48 upper division credits are required for the Bethany B.A. degree. At least 33 credits must be upper division (300 and 400 level) Communication courses in order to receive a B.A. majoring in Communication. These credits are to be distributed as follows:

• 18 credits from the 6 required Core Courses
• at least 12 credits of CM electives, which may be organized into a cluster
• at least 3 credits from a Field Work (internship) experience. Details about planning and completing internships are available from the Internship Coordinator.

All Communication majors must pass each of these courses with at least a C-.

	Core Courses
	Information: Its Discovery and Management (CM310) Language, Thought, and Meaning (CM320) Rhetorical Traditions (CM340) Processes of Criticism (CM325) Small Group Communication (CM315) Communication Theory (CM440)

Areas of Emphasis

Elective courses drawn from across the entire curriculum give communication majors flexibility in crafting programs to fit their interests, and make the major interdisciplinary.

Examples: a student specializing in visual communication can include art courses in visual design or computer graphics - these courses then fill communication credit requirements. A student planning graduate work in counseling or social work could include courses in psychology and sociology.

Areas of emphasis enable specializing in areas like organizational communication, advertising, pre-law, pre-seminary, law enforcement, public relations, arts administration, video production, journalism, and many others.

The communication program also offers a minor in Health Communication and a minor in Communication Disorders.