BA Major in Communication Studies

Program Requirements

18	credits: • COMS 205 Effective Communication Skills (3.00) • COMS 220 History of Communication and Media (3.00) • COMS 240 Communication Theory (3.00) • COMS 274 Communication Media: Intermedia I (3.00) • COMS 276 Communication Media: Sound I (3.00) • COMS 284 Communication Media: Moving Images I (3.00)
6	credits chosen from: • COMS 305 Media Criticism (3.00) • COMS 310 Media Genres (3.00) • COMS 352 Media Policy in Canada (3.00) • COMS 357 Media and Critical Theory (3.00) • COMS 367 Media and Cultural Context (3.00) • COMS 368 Media and Gender (3.00) • COMS 369 Visual Communication and Culture (3.00) • COMS 372 Theories of Public Discourse (3.00) • COMS 373 Topics in Media and Cultural History (3.00)
15	credits chosen as follows:
	a minimum of six credits and a maximum of 12 credits chosen from the list of Practicum Courses: Communication Studies
	a minimum of three credits and a maximum of nine credits chosen from the list of Studies Courses: Communication Studies at the 300 or 400 level, with at least three credits at the 400 level
3	credits chosen from the lists of Studies Courses: Communication Studies or Practicum Courses: Communication Studies at the 400 level
	Note: Students may not take more than one course from the list of Practicum Courses: Communication Studies in any one term at the 300 or 400 level