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In the communication education program you will study all the communication studies areas while working toward your teaching certificate. This program will enable you to work with students and help them develop their communication skills.

Bachelor of Arts
(Communication and Teacher Education)

University Degree Requirements

Hours

Specified General Education Courses:

Foundation Studies (must include MACS 110 or higher

18

Elective/Specified General Education Courses:

Liberal Arts

International Studies component (elect two of three courses)

6

Humanities:

IDS 350 Multiculturalism in the United States (counts as credit in either Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences)

3

Two electives

6

Mathematics and Natural Sciences:

MACS 250 Elements of Statistics

3

Two Electives

6

One Laboratory

1

Social and Behavioral Sciences (three electives)

9

Upper-division Integrative Course (one elective)

3

Modern Language Courses (Beginning courses I,II)

10

Department/Major Requirements

COMM 120/120L

Introduction to Theatre/Lab

4

COMM 128

Mass Media in a Free Society

3

INT 140

Introduction to Electronic Media

3

COMM 318

Introduction to Organizational Communication

3

SLP 600

Normal and Pathological Communication

3

Major Electives
(Speech Communication Teacher Certification Emphasis)

COMM 100

Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3

COMM 107

Debate and Forensic Practicum or

COMM 306

Argumentation and Debate

3

COMM 121

Interpretative Reading

COMM 122

Acting

3

COMM 224

Stagecraft

3

COMM 277

Early Field Experience: Speech Education

1

COMM 361

Directing

3

COMM 602

Intercultural Communication, or

COMM 604

Interpersonal Communication, or

COMM 607

Listening, or

COMM 204

Intermediate Interpersonal Communication, or

COMM 125

Introduction to Motion Pictures

3

COMM 617

Secondary School Speech Programs

3

COMM 667

Survey of Drama I

COMM 414

Business and Professional Speaking, or

COMM 605

Small Group Communication, or

COMM 601

Persuasion, or

COMM 205

Intermediate Speech

3

Teacher Education Requirements

COED 202

Foundations of Education

3

COED 231

Human Growth and Development

3

TESE 601

Educating Exceptional Students

3

TEEL 431

Educational Psychology

3

TEEL 485

Reading and Comprehension of Text

2

TESS 495

The Secondary School

4

TESS 496

Directed Teaching Secondary

10

Total Requirements

University Degree Requirements

65

Department/Major Requirements

69

Total:

134

In addition to completing a communication major emphasis, students may complete certification requirements to teach journalism at the secondary school level in Kansas. This program offers a second field teaching endorsement for individuals holding an initial field certificate.

Journalism Teaching Courses

COMM 128

Mass Media in a Free Society

3

COMM 129

Elements of Photography

3

COMM 240

News Reporting

3

COMM 345

Desktop Publishing and Publication Design

3

COMM 625

Scholastic Journalism and Publications Advising

3

Comm 621

News Editing

3

Total:

18

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