54 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Communication
Obtaining a degree with this concentra ti o n requires 42 units, 30 of whi ch must be uppe r divi sio n which include th e foll ow ing communi catio n courses: 202, 355, 455, 457, 458, 459, and 478 . In additio n, the foll owing business admini stratio n courses are required: 111, 330,334, 431, and 464. Choose any two of the foll owing business courses: 211, 221, 318, 332, 336, 436. Take M ath 103 as part o f your ge n eral educa ti o n math/ science requi rement. PUBLIC RELATIONS Wh en you have compl eted thi s concen trati o n you sho uld be prepared for empl oyment in entry level public relati o ns and some marketing related pos iti ons. Thi s concentrati on combines busin ess and commun icati on courses into an inter di sciplinary program. O bta ining a degree with thi s conce nt ra ti o n requires 36 units of whi ch 30 must be upper di visio n. and include 202, 230, 384, 387, 440, 457, 458, 478, and Business 330, 332 and 334. The remaining 3 units must be taken from th e fo ll owing courses: 332, 334,385,388, 459 and ART 313 . Students are required to take Communi ca ti o n 100 to fulfill the general educati on requirement. INTERDISCIPLINARY Thi s concentrati o n will p rovide yo u max imum lati tud e in creating a course o f study to suit your parti cular needs. If yo u choose thi s o pti on, begin by consulting with an adviso r from th e Communi cati o n Department. Your advisor will help yo u choose appropri ate courses, whi ch may include courses from o th e r departments. Yo u will th en compl ete a fo rm (ava il abl e from th e Communi ca ti o n Department ) in whi ch you describe your career goals and gi ve a ra ti o nal e for each of the courses selec ted . The fo rm will be submitted to a com mittee made up o f your advi sor, th e Communi cati o n Department chairman , and a third facul ty member. T he commit tee may accept the proposal as submitted, make mino r modifi cati o ns before accept ing it, o r re jec t it. If accepted, the propos al becomes part o f your graduati o n requirements. In making its decisio n the committee will consider the fo ll owing: ( 1) The pro posed courses should prepare you well fo r your stated career obj ectives . (2) The pro posal should fo cus study to a limited area
interpersonal and group communicati o n skill s are especially impo rtant . T his con centrati o n is al so exce ll ent preparati on fo r graduate training fo r caree rs in fi elds such as the mini stry, educati on, or law. O btaining a degree with thi s concentra ti o n requires 36 units, 27 of whi ch must be upper di vision , and include 270,383,385, 386, 457, 458, 478 . Students are required to take Communi ca ti o n 100 to fulfill the gene ral educa ti on requirement, but it d oes no t count toward th e concentrati on requirements. The remaining 15 units must be selected from the foll owing cours es : 170, 181, 280, 282/ 382, 357,384, 387, 388 , 440, 450, 459, 461, 470, 472, 474, 476, 480. JOURNALISM The jo urnali sm program concentrates o n preparing stud ents fo r print media careers. O btaining a degree with thi s majo r requires 36 units, 30 o f which must be upper di visio n. T he required lower di vi sio n units are 202 and 230. T he requ ired upper di visio n units are 331,334,388, 457, 458, and 478 . T he remaining units are to be selected from 330,332,335 , 347, 384, 430 and 470. In additi on to th e general educa tion requirements, majo rs are encouraged to include economi cs, sociol ogy, and po liti cal science uni ts in th eir course o f study. RADIO-TELEVISION-FILM When you complete thi s concentrati on you sho uld have acquired entry level skills suitabl e fo r empl oyment in the broadcast o r film industri es. In ad d it io n you sho uld have a d epth o f backgro un d which will enabl e you to continu e to grow and d evel o p, lead ing to promo tio n to hi gher levels o f respo nsibili ty. Your skill s will be suit abl e fo r either Chri sti an o r secul ar media . O bta ining a d egree with thi s concentra ti o n requires 36 units, 24 o f whi ch must be upper d ivisio n. M ust include 202, 251, 352, 440, 457, 458,459, 478 and at leas t one o f 230, 336, 356. T he remaining 9 units are to be communi ca ti o n electives . BROADCAST MANAGEMENT Wh en you have completed this concen t ration you will be prepared fo r a career in the management side o f broadcasting, in clud ing adverti sing sales, sales manage men t, programming management, o r general managemen t.
Chair: Di ane Shanebeck, M .A.
FACULTY Professo r: Lewis Associare Professo rs: Nash, D . Shanebeck Assisrant Professors : Cavin , Gonzales OBJECTIVES It is the purpose o f th e Communi ca ti on Department that when you complete o ur majo r you will have: ( 1) We ll devel o ped pe rsonal communi ca ti o n skill s and be abl e to thin k, write, and speak clea rly and effecti vely; (2) Learn ing skill s whi ch will enabl e you to continue to develop pe r sonall y and profess io nally aft er gradua ti o n; (3 ) Entry level skill s fo r empl oyment in your chose n fi eld o r else have suitable prepara ti o n fo r graduate study; (4 ) At least the begi nnings of a workabl e wo rld view which unifi es your life's work and your Chri sti an faith .
DEGREE PROGRAM A BACHELOR OF MTS DEGREE IN
COMMUNICATION is offered upo n comple ti o n of th e uni versity bacca laureate and communi ca ti o n majo r requirements with o ne o f the fo ll owing concent ra ti o ns. COMMUNICATION DISORDERS The concent ra ti o n in communi ca ti o n di sord ers is a pre-profess io nal degree that provides the stud ent with a fo und at ion in no rmal communi catio n and an under stand ing o f the complexities of communi ca ti o n probl ems. It is the aim of the d epa rtment to se t thi s knowledge within th e framework o f a Chri sti an perspec ti ve and a fo cus o n the individual rath er th an the di so rde r. Students compl eting thi s concentrat io n sho uld be full y prepared fo r the gradu ate wo rk necessary fo r the certi fi catio n o r cred entials in thi s area. Obtaining a degree with thi s conce ntra ti on requi res 42 units, 36 o f whi ch must be up per di vision and include : 312,321,324, 326 458 and 478 . Either Bio logy 311 o r Psy~ho logy 412 is required as a supporting course . The remaining 24 units must be selected with facul ty advice from th e fo l lowing courses: 220, 223,224,327, 328, 421, 422, 423,425 , 426, 428 , 429,470, 472, res 310, PSY 321. PUBLIC AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION When you have compl eted thi s concen trati o n you sho uld be prepa red fo r employment in fiel ds where exce ll en t
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