Human Communication B.A.~ Overview

Human Communication majors gain broad knowledge, multicultural communication skills, creative talents, and outstanding writing and critical thinking abilities for the 21st-century workplace. Our major integrates traditional disciplines within humanities and communication with contemporary fields and explores how these fields interrelate. We offer focused curriculum in service learning to complement the interdisciplinary work of the major. You will study across the various disciplines in order to gain an integrated understanding of world issues and problems, and you will apply your knowledge ethically, critically, and creatively toward the fulfillment of concrete personal and social goals and needs.

Sponsored By

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences > Division of Humanities and Communication

Included Academic Fields

African American / African Diaspora Studies ~ American Studies ~ Cultural Studies ~ Chicana/o - Latina/o Studies ~ Communication ~ Comparative Literature ~ Creative Writing ~ English Composition ~ English ~ Ethics ~ Ethnic Studies ~ Ethnography~ History ~ Humanities ~ Interdisciplinary Studies ~ Journalism ~ Liberal Arts ~ Literature ~ Media and New Media Studies ~ Narrative Studies~ Oral History ~ Peace Studies~ Philosophy ~ Pre-Law ~ Rhetoric and Composition ~ Secondary School English Teacher Preparation ~ Secondary School Social Science and History Teacher Preparation ~ Speech Communication ~ Women's Studies

Concentrations Offered

Africana Studies

Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies

Comparative American Studies

Creative Writing and Social Action

History, Oral History, and New Media

Journalism and Media Studies

Literary and Film Studies

Peace Studies

Practical and Professional Ethics

Pre-Law

Single Subject English Waiver

Women's Studies

Writing and Rhetoric

Online Components

Some courses are offered in whole or in part online.

Associated Course Code

HCOM

Associated Minors

Creative Writing and Social Action

Chicano/Chicana Studies

Human Communication

Journalism and Media Studies

Peace Studies

Pre-Law

Writing and Rhetoric

Associated Certificate Programs

None