Offered by Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts:

Speech Major

Speech Communication Option
Bachelor of Science

FAH BS 4304

Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
English Language minimum = 9
Humanities minimum = 9
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
Personal Development minimum = 2
BS Science-related course requirements = 0
Major Option = 30
Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 99
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 26
Minimum total hours required for BS 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 (15 hours required)
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 (15 hours required)
Take 15 hours from any of the preceding which were not chosen as required courses and/or take from:
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 222, Oral Interpretation of Literature - 3 hours
SPCH 4012, Seminar: Special Topics - 1-3 hours
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