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Department of Communication and Media Studies
The Department of Communication and Media Studies aims to educate students in all aspects of human communication. Our goal is to produce graduates who can think critically, reason morally, write and speak with precision and impact, and present performances in a variety of media to audiences of all types. We offer majors and minors in Communication and Mass Communication/Journalism (with concentrations in Public Relations and in Broadcasting) and majors in Speech Education and Performance Studies. Our Mass Communication degrees are complemented by lab work on the Bells, the UMHB student newspaper, and on the Bluebonnet, the university yearbook, as well as internships at a variety of local newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. Our Communication and Speech Education degrees are supported by a growing and successful inter-collegiate forensics and speech competition team. Our Performance Studies program produces short films as well as one-person stage performances and internet webcasts.
Major in Speech, B.A. degree
A major in speech is 30 hours consisting of COMM 1315, 1320, 1340, 1350, 2350, 3310, 3350, 3351, 3355, and 4380. This degree is designed for those students who desire a speech-oriented degree or those wishing to certify to teach Speech at the secondary level. Those wishing to certify should take COMM 4150 and COMM 4385, and should consult the College of Education for EDUC course requirements and more information about student teaching and the certification process.
Acadmemic Foundation
| ENGL 1321 & 1322 | 6 |
| English Literature | 6 |
| COMM 1320 | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts | 3 |
| Social Sciences | 12 |
| Foreign Languages (one language) | 14 |
| Mathematics (MATH 1306 or higher) | 3 |
| CSBS 1311 & 1312 | 6 |
| Exercise and Sport Science (two activity coruses) | 6 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 64-65 |
Required Courses
| COMM 1315 Introduction to Communication | 3 |
| COMM 1320 Public Speaking | 3 |
| COMM 1340 Introduction to Speech Performance | 3 |
| COMM 1350 Business Speech | 3 |
| COMM 2350 Advanced Public Speaking | 3 |
| COMM 3310 Persuasion | 3 |
| COMM 3350 Forensics and Competitive Speech | 3 |
| COMM 3351 Argumentation and Debate | 3 |
| COMM 3355 Speech in the Secondary School | 3 |
| COMM 4380 Special Problems in Communication | 3 |
| Total | 30 |
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