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

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