Speech Major
Speech Communication Option
Bachelor of Arts
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- For specific language requirements see
#2 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major = 24
- For specific requirements see
#3 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or
greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
- Minimum total hours required for BA in Speech Communication = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees
must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
Students selecting a major in Speech Communication must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the major.
- Speech Communication Core Requirements (12 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- SPCH 202GS, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours
- SPCH 370, Small Group Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
- SPCH 499, Communication Theory - 3 hours
- Speech Communication Electives (24 hours required)
- Take 0-12 hours from:
- SPCH 154GS, Cross-Cultural Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 222, Oral Interpretation of Literature - 3 hours
- SPCH 230, Nonverbal Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 231, Introduction to Forensics and Debate - 3 hours
- SPCH 237, Intercollegiate Debate and Forensics - 1-4 hours
(4 hours maximum)
- SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours
- SPCH 299, Organizational Communication - 3 hours
- Take 12-24 hours from:
- SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours
- SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours
- SPCH 380, Rhetorical Criticism - 3 hours
- SPCH 401, Seminar: Special Topics - 1-3 hours
(6 hours maximum)
- SPCH 450, General Semantics (Language and Behavior) - 3 hours
- SPCH 451, Leadership Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 452, Theories of Organizational Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 453, Interviewing - 3 hours
- SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours
- SPCH 455, Communication Training and Consulting - 3 hours
- SPCH 457, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
