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Aug 25, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Communication Studies, Sports Communication Track (BA) Sample Plan
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Year One
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| Fall |
Spring |
| EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I |
3 |
EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II |
3 |
| PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking or Expanded Literacies (1/6) |
3 |
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking or Expanded Literacies (1/6) |
3 |
| UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience |
3 |
Expanded Literacies:
Mathematical Reasoning (2/6 - MA 111 recommended) |
3 |
| CM - 130 Introduction to Mass Communication |
3 |
CM - 199 Communication Theory |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
CM - 206 Public Speaking |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
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Year Two
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| Fall |
Spring |
| TH - 109 Catholic Theology or Expanded Literacies (3/6) |
3 |
TH - 109 Catholic Theology or Expanded Literacies (3/6) |
3 |
| Expanded Literacies (4/6) |
3 |
Expanded Literacies (5/6) |
3 |
| CM - 220 Journalism |
3 |
Expanded Literacies (6/6) |
3 |
| Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
Controlled Pre-Professional Elective** |
3 |
| UNIV - 110 Being Well or FN - 100 Financial Literacy |
1 |
UNIV - 110 Being Well or FN - 100 Financial Literacy |
1 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
16 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
16 |
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Year Three
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| Fall |
Spring |
| Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) |
3 |
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3) |
3 |
| CM - 310 Fundamentals of Public Relations |
3 |
Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
| Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
Controlled Pre-Professional Elective** |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
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Year Four
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| Fall |
Spring |
| Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) |
3 |
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) |
3 |
| Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
CM - 405 Communication Research Seminar |
4 |
| Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
Controlled CM Elective* |
3 |
| Controlled Pre-Professional Elective** |
3 |
Free Elective |
3 |
| Free Elective |
3 |
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| TOTAL CREDITS |
15 |
TOTAL CREDITS |
13 |
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TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 120
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*Controlled CM Electives - Choose seven of the following courses: CM 205 , CM 210 , CM 275 , CM 290 , CM 309 , CM 313 , CM 314 , CM 315 , CM 316 , CM 318 , CM 319 , CM 320 , CM 325 , CM 360 , CM 365 , CM 380 , CM 390 , CM 391 , CM 460 ; CM/EN 212 , EN 312 , and EN 340 ; HCM 230 , HCM 280 , HCM 290 , HCM 314 , HCM 318 , HCM 391 .
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*Controlled Pre-Professional Electives in Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations - Choose three of the following courses: SS 100 , SS 200 , SS 230 , SS 330 , or SS 341 .
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For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .
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