The request to revise the Communication Studies Concentration - Communication and Public Advocacy

Approved On: December 20, 2012
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2013

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COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY CONCENTRATION (12 hours)

The Communication and Public Advocacy concentration is designed for those students desiring a well-developed background in the use, theory, construction, and analysis of public messages.  The course of study provides training in individual public communication skills and provides a foundation for the analysis and evaluation of advocacy discourse. 

All students choosing this concentration complete the following courses:

• COMM 2102  Advanced Public Speaking (3)
• COMM 2103  Argumentation & Debate (3)
• COMM 3130  Communication & Public Advocacy (3)

 

Students select three hours from the following:

• COMM 3051  Topics in Health Communication (3)
• COMM 3052  Topics in Mass Media (3)
• COMM 3054  Topics in Organizational Comm (3)
• COMM 3055  Topics in Public Relations (3)
• COMM 3131  African-American Oratory (3)
• COMM 3403  Debate Practicum (2)**
• COMM 3880  Independent Study (1-3)*
• COMM 4410  Communication Internship (3)*
• ENGL 4165  Language and Culture Multiculturalism and Language (3)
• POLS 3103  Public Opinion (3)
• POLS 3104  Mass Media and Politics (3)
• POLS 3110  North Carolina Student Legislature (3)
• POLS 3163  Model United Nations (3)

*with approval of advisor
**may be repeated but no more than 3 hours will apply to meeting this elective requirement