Program: Communication Studies Program (BA) - University of Michigan - Flint

Apr 16, 2025

2025-2026 Catalog

www.umflint.edu/case/academic-departments/language-communication/

The General Program in Communication Studies offers students liberal arts coursework as a supporting program for careers in communication, including but not limited to communication training and development, media, law and public relations, as well as graduate study.

Requirements

No more than 50 credits in Communication may be counted towards the BA degree.

A. Foundations

A foreign language course from ARB 112 , ASL 112 , CHN 112 , FRN 112 , GER 112 , SPN 112 ; or successful transfer of the second semester of a foreign language or demonstration of equivalent proficiency by examination

A course in US Diversity (US) or Global Studies (GS)

B. Core Courses (15 credits)

C. Areas of Communication (21 credits)

Employability (3 credits)

One from:

COM 338 - Communications in Business (3)
COM 398 - Internship in Communication Studies (1-6)

Human Interaction (3 credits)

One from:

Diversity and Difference (3 credits)

One from:

COM 301 - Ethical Issues in Communication (3)
COM 321 - Speech Criticism (3)
COM 381 - Intercultural Communication (3)

Mediated Communication (6 credits)

Two from:

Strategic Communication (6 credits)

Two from:

COM 226 - Advertising (3)
COM 316 - Advanced Advertising (3)
COM 361 - Public Relations (3)
COM 371 - Advanced Public Relations (3)
COM 387 - Introduction to Health Communication (3)

D. Cognate

To increase the student’s ability to understand and apply Communication and to see its interdisciplinary nature, a block of courses outside the Communication program, fulfilled in any of the following ways:

Four courses (12 credits), chosen with the approval of the student’s advisor, in one or more disciplines
A certificate
A minor
A second major

E. Additional Requirements

All University General Education and graduation requirements

All CASE BA general degree requirements

At least 25 hours of coursework toward the major taken at UM-Flint

A GPA of at least 2.5 in the major at time of graduation

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 120 credits

Honors Program

All bachelor-degree-seeking students with GPAs of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply to the University of Michigan-Flint Honors Program . Please contact the Honors Program Manager or the Honors Program Director for further information.