Feb 02, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Communication Studies (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
COMM 320 - Theories of Human Communication 3    
MC 100 - JMC Orientation 1    
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I 3 KSC 010  
Mathematics and Statistics Requirement 3 KSC 030  
Social and Behaviorial Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I 3 KSC 020  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 330 - Rhetoric in Civic Life 3    
COMM First Specialization Course 3    
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II 3 KSC 010  
ENGL 210 - Honors English 3 KSC 010  
Natural and Physical Science Requirement 4-5 KSC 030  
Social and Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
MC 265 - Innovations in Media and Communication 3    
COMM First Specialization Course 3    
MC 130 - Writing Conventions and Mechanics 1    
MC 1** - Content Creator Studio 1    
MC 1** - Content Creator Studio 1    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 470 - Building Social and Cultural Connections 3    
COMM First Specialization Course 3    
First Foreign Language - Level I 4    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
COMM Method Course 3    
COMM First Specialization Course 3    
First Foreign Language (Level II) 4    
Outside Concentration 3    
Fine Arts Restrictive Elective 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
COMM Second Specialization Course 3    
First Foreign Language (Level III) OR 3-4    
Second Foreign Language (Level I) 3-4    
Non-Quantitative Social Sciences 3    
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
COMM Application/Capstone Course 3    
COMM Second Specialization Course 3    
First Foreign Language (Level IV) OR 3-4    
Second Foreign Language (Level II) 3-4    
Ethical Reasoning overlay - Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 2    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
COMM Second Specialization Course 3    
Global Perspectives Overlay - Free Elective 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3    
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120