Degrees and Programs

Degrees Offered

In the Moody College of Communication, six undergraduate degrees are offered: Bachelor of Science in Advertising, Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Science in Public Relations, and Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film. In addition to the core curriculum, the requirements of each degree consist of special requirements, prescribed work, and major requirements; these are given later in this chapter under the heading for the degree. In addition, the student must fulfill the University-wide Graduation Requirements and the Special Requirements of the College of Communication.

The Minor

While a minor is not required as part of any communication degree program, the student may choose to complete a minor in a field outside the Moody College of Communication. A student may complete only one minor. The minor consists of at least fifteen semester hours in a single field of study, including at least nine hours of upper-division coursework. Nine of the fifteen hours must be completed in residence. A course to be counted toward the minor may not be taken on the pass/fail basis unless the course is offered only on that basis. Only one course counted toward the core curriculum, prescribed work, and major requirements for the student’s degree may also be counted toward the minor.

Degree Requirements

Flag Requirements

As part of the prescribed work for all degrees in the college, students must complete three courses with a writing flag; one course with a quantitative reasoning flag; one course with a global cultures flag; one course with a cultural diversity in the United States flag; one course with an ethics and leadership flag; and one course with an independent inquiry flag. A single course may not carry both the cultural diversity in the United States and the global cultures flags simultaneously. If the flag requirements are not fulfilled by courses specified for the degree, the student must complete courses as electives or in addition to the number of hours required for the degree. Courses that carry flags are identified in the Course Schedule .

Communication and Culture Requirements

As part of the prescribed work for all degrees, students must complete three semester hours of coursework in the Moody College of Communication dealing with the study of communication issues concerning at least one minority or nondominant group within the United States. Courses used to fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill the cultural diversity in the United States flag requirement and other degree requirements. Multicultural courses include, but are not limited to, the following; all courses that fulfill this requirement are identified in the Course Schedule .

Applicability of Certain Courses

Internship Credit

Some communication degree programs require an internship; in other programs, students may elect to complete an internship. In either case, the student must be a communication major and must meet the prerequisite for the internship course. Up to but no more than four semester hours of credit in internship courses may be counted toward the student’s degree.

Physical Activity Courses

Physical activity (PED) courses are offered by the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. They are counted among courses for which a student is enrolled, and the grades are included in the grade point average. However, these courses may not be counted toward a degree in the Moody College of Communication.

ROTC Courses

No more than nine semester hours of credit for air force science, military science, or naval science courses may be counted toward any degree in the Moody College of Communication. Such coursework may be counted only as lower-division electives in degree programs that have room for such electives, and only by students who have completed the third and fourth years of the ROTC program. ROTC courses may not be substituted for any specific required course.

Concurrent Enrollment and Correspondence and Extension Courses

Credit that a University student in residence earns simultaneously by correspondence or extension from the University or elsewhere or in residence at another school will not be counted toward a degree in the Moody College of Communication unless specifically approved in advance by the dean. Requests to take communication courses by correspondence or extension are normally disapproved. A student in his or her final semester may not enroll concurrently at another institution in any course that is to be counted toward the degree. No more than 30 percent of the semester hours required for any degree offered in the Moody College of Communication may be taken by correspondence.

Courses Taken on the Pass/Fail Basis

A student in the Moody College of Communication may count toward the degree up to fifteen semester hours of coursework in elective subjects outside the Moody College of Communication taken on the pass/fail basis. No course required for the degree and taken in residence may be taken pass/fail, unless the course is offered only on that basis. The student may also take examinations for credit in elective subjects on the pass/fail basis; credit earned by examination is not counted toward the total of five courses that the student may take on this basis. If a student chooses to major in a subject in which he or she has taken a course pass/fail, the academic unit that offers the major determines whether the course may be counted toward the student’s major requirements. Complete rules on registration on the pass/fail basis are given in General Information .

Bible Courses

No more than twelve semester hours of Bible courses may be counted toward a degree.