Human Communication B.A. ~ Program RequirementsCredits RequiredTotal credits: 120 Credits at CSUMB: 48-64 (Please check with your HCOM advisor as this will vary.) Credits in the major: approximately 56 (Please check with your HCOM advisor as this will vary.) Outcomes, Courses, and AssessmentYou officially begin the major by enrolling in HCOM 300 where you work with the instructor to create or revise your Individual Learning Plan. That ILP maps out how you will achieve each of the Major Learning Outcomes designated below and at least one Depth Concentration by successfully completing the listed courses or alternative assessment options. In consultation with your advisor, you can take one concentration course outside the major. You conclude the major by enrolling in HCOM 474, usually a semester before graduating. This prerequisite course will prepare you for HCOM 475, where you will complete a publicly presented project that displays your cumulative learning in the major. You should enroll in Capstone during your graduating year. [Learn more at CSUMB.EDU/capstone]. Major Learning OutcomesHCOM MLO 1 Critical communication skills ~ ability to communicate critically and empathically in both oral and written contexts, including reading, writing, listening and speaking HCOM MLO 2 Media, narrative and ethnographic skills ~ ability to gather responsibly, interpret critically, narrate and disseminate the voices and stories of people, communities or events by integrating ethnographic or journalistic field research methods, cultural or media analysis, narrative writing and media production, including new digital media
HCOM MLO 3 Relational communication skills ~ ability to interact ethically and effectively in interpersonal and group communication and decision-making processes HCOM MLO 4 Philosophical analysis ~ ability to understand why and how beliefs, values, assumptions and communication practices interact to shape ways of being and knowing HCOM MLO 5 Critical cultural analysis ~ ability to investigate and explain relationships among cultural ideologies and sociohistorical experiences, interests, identities, and actions of specific cultural groups
HCOM MLO 6 Comparative literary analysis ~ ability to appreciate and analyze literature in a social, historical, and cultural context ~ ability to compare and contrast literatures of at least three different cultural traditions, including non-Eurocentric traditions
HCOM MLO 7 Historical analysis ~ ability to actively engage our complex multicultural pasts by integrating historical understanding with historical thinking skills
HCOM MLO 8 Creative writing and social action ~ ability to acquire basic competency in creative writing ~ ability to apply this skill to the production and presentation of an art project that actively responds to a public issue ~ ability to sustain the creative process throughout a given project, taking it to completion
Depth ConcentrationsAfricana Studies
Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies
Comparative American Studies
Creative Writing and Social Action
History, Oral History & New Media
Journalism & Media Studies
Literary & Film Studies
Peace Studies
Practical and Professional Ethics
Pre-Law
Women's Studies
Writing and Rhetoric
Single Subject Waiver in English For those intending to teach English at the secondary level, the Single Subject Waiver in English Concentration offers a California-state-approved curriculum that prepares you to enter a fifth-year teaching credential program and attain a credential to teach English in middle and secondary schools. The concentration features a multicultural study of poetry, drama, essays, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs and film drawing from American and British literatures. It includes the study and practice of expository and creative writing; the study of argument; and the history, politics, global significance and social dynamics related to the English language.
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