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From the 2011-12 Millsaps College Catalog
Requirements for the major in Communications: Students may complete a major in Communication Studies with 40 semester hours in 10 courses. Required courses include ENGL 1000 Introduction to Interpretation, COMM 1000 Public Speaking, COMM 2000 Introduction to Communications, one course that provides a historical, cultural, or theoretical perspective on communication (see approved course list below), three courses in Written Communication and Visual Communication (see approved course list below), two electives selected from the Communications offerings, and COMM 4900 Senior Seminar.
Courses approved to satisfy the requirement for a historical, cultural, or theoretical perspective include the following: any COMM class designated as fulfilling this requirement; any English course at the 2000 or 3000 level (except Internships); any Art History course except Museum Studies, Museum Studies Internship, and Senior Seminar; PHIL 2300 Philosophy of Film, SOAN 2500 Sociolinguistics, SOAN 3710/PSYC 3170 Social Psychology, and SOAN 4200 Social and Cultural Theory. The three courses used to fulfill the requirement in Written Communication and Visual Communication must be chosen from the following list of approved courses. Students must choose two courses from one area and one course from the remaining area. No more than four hours of internship credit may be used to satisfy requirements for the major.
Written Communication
ENGL 2400 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 2410 Expository Writing
ENGL 2430 Journalism
ENGL 3420 Writing and Reading Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 3450 Writing for New Media
COMM 3850-52 Communications Internship (with written focus)
Visual Communication
ARTS 2240 Beginning Photography
ARTS 2260 Beginning Digital Arts
ARTS 3360 Intermediate Digital Arts
ARTS 2750 Introduction to Filmmaking
COMM 3850-52 Communications Internship (with visual focus)
CSCI 2440 Multimedia Principles and Design
Any filmmaking course approved by the chair of the English Department.
Students are strongly encouraged to select an academic internship as one of their Written or Visual courses in communications. However, no more than four hours of internship credit may be counted toward the Communication Studies major. The grade for any course satisfying the major requirements must be a C-or higher. All requirements for the major not taken at Millsaps must be approved in advance by the department chair.
Requirements for the minor in Communication Studies: Students may elect the minor in Communication Studies with 20 semester hours in five courses, including COMM 1000 Public Speaking, COMM 2000 Introduction to Communications, one course chosen from the list of approved courses in Written and Visual Communication that appears in the description of the Communications major above, and two other courses with a COMM designation. No more than four hours of internship credit may be counted toward the minor. The grade in any course fulfilling the requirements for the minor must be C- or higher.
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