Programs of Study

In addition to instruction from our outstanding faculty, you’ll have access to state-of-the-art computer labs and the latest technology. You’ll gain real-life, practical experience by working with the Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communications and the Center for Environmental Communications. In short, you’ll graduate with technical competency and the ability to provide vision and leadership in the complex field of communications.

Get your degree in mass communication

• Designed for students wanting to become intellectual, artistic, and ethical professional leaders in our world’s rapidly changing information environment.
• In addition to the core requirements, majors choose from four sequences within mass communication:

    Advertising
    Journalism
    Media Studies
    Public Relations

• 120 credit hours to complete bachelor’s degree.
• A minor in mass communication is available to students pursing other majors.

Core Requirements

To complete a major in the School of Mass Communication, students must complete this core group of courses totaling 15 credit hours:

Students must successfully complete CMMN 100 and CMMN 101 before taking any other communications course. Normally students take CMMN 100 in their first semester on campus. They take CMMN 101 after completing ENGL T122. CMMN 400 and CMMN 401 are taken in junior or senior years.