Modern Language Requirements
Students who intend to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Communication will be required to demonstrate competence in a modern language. Such competence may be demonstrated in one of several ways: by successful completion of the final semester of the second year of high school course work in a modern language or Latin, by achieving a score of 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement test (must be completed during high school), by a satisfactory score as determined by the Modern Language Department on the CLEP examination, or by taking appropriate course work. Note that CLEP scores may be used only to meet the language requirement. Credit is not awarded in modern languages on the basis of CLEP scores. Students who are required to do course work must demonstrate modern language competence equivalent to a complete introductory sequence (101-102-103). Students with some modern language training should consult with the Modern Language Department about the course with which they should begin. Students with little or no previous work in the language will be required to complete the entire three-course introductory sequence.
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Liberal Studies Program
There are 84 credit hours required in the Liberal Studies Program as part of a student’s Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication. Depending on math placements, 32 to 36 quarter hours in the core and 48 to 52 quarter hours distributed through six Learning Domains. The number and distribution of courses in each of the areas are as follows:
Core: 32 or 36 quarter hours required as follows:
First Year Program: 16 quarter hours required as follows: 4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago, 4 quarter hours in Focal Point Seminars, 8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric.
Mathematical and Technological Literacy: 4 or 8 quarter hours required, depending on placement.
Sophomore Seminar: 4 quarter hours required. Sophomore Seminar on Multiculturalism in the United States.
Junior Year Experiential Learning: 4 quarter hours required. Experiential learning engages students in the first-hand discovery of knowledge through observation and participation in activities, most often in field-based settings outside the classroom. Internships, Service Learning, and Study Abroad are three ways to fulfill this requirement.
Senior Capstone: (4 quarter hours required) All students are required to take a Senior Capstone Seminar. Unless you are a double major, students majoring in Communication will complete the Senior Capstone in Communication, CMN 396. If you are a double major and/or in the Honors Program, you must follow the Senior Capstone guidelines for that area when the capstone is required. If the capstone is optional in the other major/area, you can elect which capstone to complete.
Learning Domains: 48 or 52 quarter hours required as follows [Students who complete 8 credits of Mathematical and Technological Literacy will replace one course from any one of the six Learning Domains with the second course in the sequence (ISP 121), as long as they take at least one course in each domain.]:
Arts and Literature: 8 quarter hours required.
Philosophical Inquiry: 8 quarter hours required.
Religious Dimensions: 8 quarter hours required; 4 quarter hours in religious and ethical questions, and 4 quarter hours in religious traditions.
Scientific Inquiry: 12 quarter hours required; 4 quarter hours with a lab component, 4 quarter hours with a quantitative component, and 4 quarter hours in a scientific inquiry elective; at most, two courses from the same department or program.
Self, Society and the Modern World: 8 quarter hours required.
Understanding the Past: 8 quarter hours required; Students may choose to take their courses in any of the following areas, but they may not take more than one course in any given category: Africa, Asia, Europe, Intercontinental/Comparative, Latin America, North America.
Although study in communication contributes to a student’s liberal education, courses offered by the Department of Communication are not applied towards liberal studies requirements for the communication major. Exceptions to this rule are the junior experiential learning and the senior capstone requirements.
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Program Degree Requirements
