The Communication Major with a Theater concentration enables students to investigate their own embodied stories and the stories of others, with the aim of devising means to effectively share those stories with a larger community.
Requirements for the major are 32 hours: 14 hours in the Communication Core, 16 hours in a Concentration, and 2 elective hours of any Communication course. The Core consists of 4 courses in performance, theory, research, and a senior capstone (in which each student submits a portfolio and has a senior assessment interview). These four core courses should be completed in sequence.
To complement core courses, students select a concentration in Interpersonal Communication, Media Studies, Rhetoric and Culture, or Theater. Within each concentration, there are requirements and electives with course work progressing from introductory to advanced levels of study.
General Education Requirement. The following courses fulfill the oral communication competency requirement:
Code | Title | Credits |
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COMM 101 | Public Speaking | 2 |
COMM 201 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication (Communication majors and minors only) | 4 |
COMM 252 | Argumentation and Debate | 4 |
This requirement should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Communication Core | 14 | |
COMM 201 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 4 |
COMM 302 | Rhetorical Theory | 4 |
COMM 312 | Communication Criticism | 4 |
COMM 494 | Senior Seminar | 2 |
Concentration Courses (Required and Elective) | 16 | |
Required Concentration Course | ||
COMM 271 | Theater Survey | 2 |
Elective Concentration Courses | ||
Select 14 credits of the following: | 14 | |
Scenography | ||
Acting I | ||
Theater Workout | ||
Directing | ||
Faith And Theater | ||
Acting II | ||
Special Topics in Theater | ||
Theater and Culture | ||
Independent Study | ||
Internship | ||
Communication Elective | ||
Select 2 or more credits from any offered COMM course | 2 | |
Total Credits | 32 |