Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Utilize communication to embrace difference.
• Explain the importance of persuasive communication in civic life.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required courses
COMX 300	Exploring Comm Studies	3
COMX 320	Prin of Organizational Comm	3
COMX 330	Principles of Media Studies	3
COMX 340	Visual Rhetoric	3
COMX 341	Public Advocacy	3
COMX 351	Principles of Public Relations	3
COMX 400	Communication Theory	3
JRNL 270	Reporting the News	3
Total Minimum Credits		24

Note

Substitutions between options can be made with advisor or consent.  Students must earn a grade of “C” or above in courses used to satisfy major or minor requirements in the Communication Department.  The Department of Communication offers its communication minor online.  Check the university website for details at www.msubillings.edu

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
First Year
Fall
COMX 300	Exploring Comm Studies	3
JRNL 270	Reporting the News	3
Spring
COMX 330	Principles of Media Studies	3
COMX 340	Visual Rhetoric	3
Second Year
Fall
COMX 320	Prin of Organizational Comm	3
COMX 341	Public Advocacy	3
Spring
COMX 351	Principles of Public Relations	3
COMX 400	Communication Theory	3