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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Communication, Culture and Social Influence Concentration, B.A.
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Communication Studies
Pat Richey, program director
Patrick.Richey@mtsu.edu
The major in Communication with a concentration in Culture and Social Influence emphasizes communication skills that will help students make a difference in their careers, personal lives, and communities. This concentration allows flexibility in areas of emphasis as students analyze varying perceptions and values, develop rhetorical skills, and deepen their understanding of personal relationships. The degree offers entry into a wide range of careers, graduate studies, community service, and personal development.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) | 41 hours | | Major Requirement | 45 hours | | Major Core | (18 hours)* | | CSI Concentration | (9 hours) | | CSI Electives | (12 hours) | | Major Electives | (6 hours) | | Foreign Language Requirement | 6 hours | | Minor | 15-18 hours | | Electives | 10-21 hours | | TOTAL | 120 hours | *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase. True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category. The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements: Major Requirements (45 hours)
Communication Major Core (18 hours)
NOTE: A minimum grade of C- is required in each major core course. Culture and Social Influence Concentration (9 hours)
Culture and Social Influence Electives (12 hours)
Select 12 credit hours from the following: Major Electives (6 hours)
- Choose two COMM courses not already taken
Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)
- Students must complete 2010 and 2020 or any 6 hours above the 2000 level in a foreign language or otherwise demonstrate competency in a foreign language.
Curriculum: Communication, Culture and Social Influence
The following is a suggested pattern of study. Consult with an advisor before each registration. Freshman Fall
- COMM 2100 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 credit hours (NWC)
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Non-Written Communication/Elective 3 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Foreign language 1010/Elective 3 credit hours
Freshman Spring
- COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit hours (HSSR)
- Information Literacy 3 credit hours
- Foreign language 1020/Elective 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 3 credit hours
Sophomore Spring
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
- Foreign language 2020 3 credit hours
- CSI elective 3 credit hours
- Elective/Optional minor 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- CSI electives 6 credit hours
- Elective/minor 3 credit hours
- Electives 6 credit hours
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