University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts:

Speech Communication - Bachelor of Arts

FAH BA 4304

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by major:

BA Language requirement = a minimum of 5

The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern language. Students coming to campus having met the 1997- admission requirements will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this requirement.

Major = 30

Minor or 2nd Major = 24

Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.

Minimum total hours required coursework = 104

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 21

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.

A. Speech Communication Requirements

Take all of the following:

SPCH 201, Classical Traditions in the Communicative Arts - 3 hours

SPCH 205, Voice and Articulation - 3 hours

SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:

SPCH 370, Small Group Communication - 3 hours

SPCH 490, Theories of Interpersonal Communication - 3 hours

Take 1 course from:

SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours

SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours

B. Speech Communication Electives

Take 15 hours from any of the preceding which were not chosen as required courses and/or take from:

SPCH 222, Oral Interpretation of Literature - 3 hours

SPCH 229, Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication - 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

SPCH 299, Organizational Communication - 3 hours

SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours

SPCH 357, History of Speakers and Issues - 3 hours

SPCH 358, Contemporary American Oratory - 3 hours

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 4012, Seminar: Special Topics - 1-3 hours