University Catalog

Curriculum in Communication
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Sports Communication Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
Physical Science1,G		3
Foreign  Language 1012	CHIN 101, SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101	3
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3
HIST 101 or HIST 107 or HIST 201 or HIST 101H or HIST 201HG	Western Civilization to 1500 World Civilization to 1500 American History to 1877 Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students American History to 1877 for Honors Students	3
††COMM 256	Introduction to Radio Production	3
*SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM 257	Introduction to Television Production	3
††COMM 151	Writing for the Mass Media	3
Foreign Language 1022	CHIN 102, SPAN 102, FREN 102,  ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102	3
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM 260	Field Video Production and Editing	3
††COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3
Foreign Language 2012	CHIN 201, SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201	3
MATH 105 or  MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM Elective3		3
††COMM 328	Survey of Sports Communication	3
Elective		3
Foreign Language 2022	CHIN 202, SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202, LAT 202, or GERM 202	3
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM Elective3		3
††COMM Elective3		3
Social Science ElectiveG		3
Elective		3
Elective		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM Elective3		3
††COMM Elective3		3
††COMM Elective3		3
Social Science ElectiveG		3
THEA 131 or MUS 151 or ART 105 or ART 106 or DNC 100G	Introduction to the Theatre Introduction to Music Survey of World Art History I Survey of World Art History II Introduction to Dance	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM 402	Television Sports Show Production	3
††COMM  Elective3		3
Biological Science1,G		3
††COMM  Elective3		3
Elective		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††COMM 498	Professional Seminar in Communication	3
††COMM  Elective3		3
Biological/ Physical Science1,G		3
ENGL 373 or ENGL 374 or ENGL 380	Film Criticism Literature and FIlm Creative Writing Drama	3
Elective		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

*Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 credit hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with two credit hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††Major course; Grade of “C” or better required.

¹Students must complete a minimum of six credit hours in a two-semester sequence of biological science plus a physical science or a two-semester sequence of a physical science plus a biological science. Students must complete one of the natural science two-semester sequences listed in the Admissions Criteria and Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

²Twelve credit hours in one foreign language are required.

³Students must choose 27 credit hours of communication electives in each of the three categories listed, with at least 15 hours at the 300 or 400 level.

Media Strategy Communication Electives. Select three courses from:
COMM 270, 272, 364, 411, 427, 441, 451, 459, 466, 467, 476, 477, 490.
Content Creation and Production Communication Electives. Select four courses from:
COMM 121, 213, 316, 321, 340, 344, 354, 357, 359, 363, 364, 401, 408, 409, 413, 417, 424, 425, 430, 449, 460, 463, 465, 478, 495; ART 122, 190, 220.
Communication Theory Communication Electives. Select two courses from:
COMM 155, 159, 215, 369, 371, 376, 378, 391, 410, 418, 433, 453, 456, 458, 461, 471, 475, 485, 493.