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School of Arts and Letters

Communication - Speech Track (Bachelor of Arts)

Degree Requirements

Degree Program Admission Requirements

The two following course requirements apply to students pursuing any of the three following tracks in Communication: Speech Communication, Organizational Communication, and Strategic Communication. These two courses also fulfill the General Education Oral Communication requirement and the General Education Ethical Reasoning/Diversity requirement.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

COMM-S

121

Public Speaking

3

C

COMM-S

122

Interpersonal Communication

3

C

See “General Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees at IU Southeast” and “General Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree.”

Major Specific General Education Requirements for Speech Track

The following courses not only satisfy a General Education Requirement (indicated in parentheses) but are also specific requirement for Speech Communication

Note: This is not a re-statement of the University’s General Education Requirement but a list of specific General Education courses which are also requirements or pre-requisites for course work in the school/major.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

COMM-S

121

Public Speaking (oral Communication)

3

C

COMM-S

122

Interpersonal Communication (ethical reasoning/diversity)

3

C

MATH-M or MATH-A

118

Finite Mathematics (quantitative reasoning)

3

C

Major Specific Requirements - All Speech Communication students complete all courses below.

 Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

SPCH-S

210

Survey of Communication Studies

1

C

SPCH-S

228

Argumentation and Debate

3

C

SPCH-S

229

Discussion and Group Methods

3

C

SPCH-S

246

Rhetorical Skills

3

C

SPCH-S

324

Persuasive Speaking

3

C

SPCH-S 

400

Senior Seminar

 2 

C

SPCH-S

405

Human Communication Theory

3

C

SPCH-S

424

Empirical Research in Speech Communication

3

C

SPCH-S

353

Advanced Public Speaking

3

C

SPCH-S

421

Speech Criticism

3

C

SPCH-S

440

Organizational Communication

3

C

Diversity Requirement -Students must complete one (1) Diversity course within the major. The course taken to fulfill the requirement will not double count as one of the four required electives within the Speech Track. Choose one course from the following:

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

CMCL-C

202

Media in the Global Context

3

C

SPCH-S

427

Cross-Cultural Communication

3

 C

SPCH-S

450

Gender and Communication

3

 C

 Major Specific Electives in the Speech Track

Select 9 credit hours from the classes below, or classes from related disciplines approved by the Communication Studies faculty. 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

SPCH-C

205

Oral Interpretation

3

C

SPCH-S

223

Business and Professional Communication

3

C

SPCH-S

306

Leadership

3

C

SPCH-S

307

Crisis Management

3

C

SPCH-S

325

Voice and Diction

3

C

SPCH-C

325

Interviewing Principles and Practices

3

C

SPCH-S

333

Public Relations

3

 C

SPCH-S

336

Current Topics in Communication

3

C

SPCH-S

380

Nonverbal Communication

3

C

SPCH-S

398

Independent Study

3

C

COAS-S

399

Internship

3

C

SPCH-S

427

Cross-Cultural Communication

3

C

SPCH-S

450

Gender and Communication

3

 C

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