The request to revise the Public Advocacy Concentration of the B.A. in Communication Studies

Date: March 3, 2014
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: January 31, 2014
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2014

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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Communication and Public Advocacy (12 hours)

The Communication and Public Advocacy concentration is designed for those students desiring a well‑developed background in the use, theory, construction, and analysis of public messages. The course of study provides training in individual public communication skills and provides a foundation for the analysis and evaluation of advocacy discourse.

All students choosing this concentration complete the following courses:

COMM 2102 Advanced Public Speaking (3) OR COMM 2103 Argumentation & Debate (3)

COMM 3130 Communication & Public Advocacy (3)

Students select three six hours from the following:

COMM 2102 Advanced Public Speaking***

COMM 2103 Argumentation & Debate***

COMM 3051 Topics in Health Communication (3)

COMM 3052 Topics in Mass Media (3)

COMM 3054 Topics in Organizational Comm (3)

COMM 3055 Topics in Public Relations (3)

COMM 3125 New Media in Communication

COMM 3126 Globalization and Digital Media

COMM 3127 Global Media

COMM 3131 African-American Oratory (3)

COMM 3403 Debate Practicum (2)**

COMM 3880 Independent Study (1-3)*

COMM 4101 Media Law

COMM 4410 Communication Internship (3)*

ENGL 4165 Language and Culture (3)

POLS 3103 Public Opinion (3)

POLS 3104 Mass Media and Politics (3)

POLS 3110 North Carolina Student Legislature (3)

POLS 3163 Model United Nations (3)

*with approval of advisor

**may be repeated but no more than 3 hours will apply to meeting this elective requirement

*** may not be used to satisfy both the required concentration courses and the elective concentration courses