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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED 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  - SMC 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