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contents for the whole chapter, or other files within the chapter.
This concentration is designed for consumers and creators of messages in public
contexts. It is open only to students in majors outside the College of
Communication; any noncommunication student may enroll in any of these courses
for which he or she meets the prerequisites. In addition to fulfilling the
prerequisite, the student must have a University grade point average of at
least 2.25 to enroll in any upper-division course in the College of
Communication.
The communication and society concentration requires eighteen semester hours of
coursework, consisting of two required courses and twelve hours of electives;
nine hours of the elective work must be in upper-division courses. At any time
after enrolling in his or her last concentration course, the student should
fill out a concentration completion form in the Student Division Office. The
form must be submitted by the deadline to apply for graduation in the student's
final semester. Students who complete the concentration will receive
verification.
A student who wishes to use the concentration to fulfill minor requirements
should make certain these courses meet the requirements of his or her
college.
Required Courses
Communication
309, Communication Technology and Society
Radio-Television-Film 305, Introduction to Media Studies
Electives
Advertising
335, History and Development of Advertising
Communication 316M, Communication and Ethnic Groups
Journalism 329K, The Mass Media and Society
Journalism 360, Media Law and Ethics
Speech 305, Principles of Speech Communication
Speech 332K, Theories of Persuasion
Speech 342K, Political Communication
This concentration is designed to introduce students to United States Latino
and Latin American issues in communication and the media and to provide them
the opportunity to prepare for professional work related to these areas. Any
College of Communication student may enroll in any of the concentration courses
for which he or she meets the prerequisites. In addition to fulfilling the
prerequisite, the student must have a University grade point average of at
least 2.25 to enroll in any upper-division course in the college.
Completion of the concentration requires twelve semester hours of coursework,
consisting of one required course and nine hours of elective work in
upper-division courses. At any time after enrolling in his or her last
concentration course, the student should fill out a concentration completion
form in the Student Division Office. The form must be submitted by the deadline
to apply for graduation in the student's final semester.
Each degree program in the college imposes a limit on the number of hours in
the college that may be counted toward the degree; each also imposes limits on
the number of hours in the major that may be counted. For students who complete
the US Latino and Latin American media studies concentration, these limits are
raised by six semester hours.
Required Course
Communication
316M or Radio-Television-Film 316M, Communication and Ethnic
Groups
Electives
Advertising
378, Topic: Advertising in Multicultural Markets
Radio-Television-Film 345, Topic: History of Mexican Cinema
Radio-Television-Film 345, Topic: Third World Cinema: Africa and the
Americas
Radio-Television-Film 359, Topic 1: Hispanic Images and
Counterimages
Radio-Television-Film 365, Topic: History of United States Latino
Media
Radio-Television-Film 365, Topic: Latin American Media
Radio-Television-Film 365, Topic: Latinos and Media
Radio-Television-Film 365, Topic: Narrowcasting
Radio-Television-Film 366K, Topic 1: Diversity Newsmagazine
Journalism 327, Feature Writing
Journalism 352, Topic: Latino Community Journalism
Journalism 359, Mass Media and Minorities
All students must fulfill the general requirements for graduation given in
chapter 1. Students in the College of Communication must also fulfill the
following requirements.
-
All University students must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 to
graduate. In the College of Communication, a student who fails to achieve this
grade point average in the normal 120 hours may register for up to forty
additional hours in order to do so.
- The University requires that the student complete in residence at least
thirty semester hours of the coursework counted toward the degree. In the
College of Communication, these thirty hours must include at least eighteen
hours of upper-division coursework and at least six hours of upper-division
coursework in the major.
- A candidate for a degree must be registered in the College of
Communication either in residence or in absentia the semester or summer session
the degree is to be awarded and must apply to the dean for the degree no later
than the date specified in the
official academic calendar.
- An Air Force, Army, or Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps student who
elects the basic and/or advanced program in air force science, military
science, or naval science will not be approved for graduation until the
student's government contract is completed or the student is released from the
ROTC.
- Each degree program is arranged to provide for the orderly progress of the
student's coursework. A beginning student (including a transfer student with
fewer than forty-eight semester hours of transferable credit) who registers for
twelve semester hours or more must take at least nine semester hours, in at
least three courses, of the coursework listed as prescribed work for one of the
degrees in the College of Communication. The student must continue to take at
least nine semester hours of the prescribed work each long-session semester
until he or she has completed forty-eight semester hours of credit. The dean
may adjust this rule in exceptional circumstances, or when the student has
earned credit by examination, or when the student registers for fewer than
twelve hours in a long-session semester.
- No student in the College of Communication may repeat for credit a course
in which he or she has earned a grade of C or better.
The student must request a degree audit in the Student Division Office after
completing sixty semester hours of credit. The staff prepares the degree audit
and notifies the student of the courses he or she lacks and the requirements he
or she must fulfill to receive the degree. The degree audit normally provides
an accurate statement of requirements, but the student is responsible for
knowing the requirements for the degree as stated in a catalog under which he
or she is entitled to graduate and for registering so as to fulfill these
requirements. Since the student is responsible for correct registration toward
completion of the degree program, he or she should seek an official ruling in
the Student Division Office before registering if in doubt about any
requirement. No student may graduate without a degree audit.
To apply to graduate, a student must be registered in the College of
Communication and must file a graduation application in the Student Division
Office. This should be done at the beginning of the last semester, but in no
case later than the deadline given in the
official academic calendar. No degree
will be conferred unless the graduation application form has been filed on
time.
In the College of Communication five undergraduate degrees are offered:
Bachelor of Science in Advertising, Bachelor of Science in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Science in
Radio-Television-Film, and Bachelor of Science in Speech. The requirements of
each degree are divided into special requirements, prescribed work, and major
requirements; these are given later in this chapter under the heading for the
degree. In addition, the student must fulfill the University-wide graduation
requirements given in chapter 1 and the special requirements of the College
of Communication given in this chapter.
As part of the prescribed work for all degrees in the college, students must
complete English 306 and 316K and a three-semester-hour course taught in the
Department of English. In addition, in taking courses to fulfill other degree
requirements, students must complete two courses certified as having a
substantial writing component. If the writing requirement is not fulfilled by
courses specified for the degree, the two courses certified as having a
substantial writing component must either be included within the electives or
taken in addition to the minimum number of semester hours for the degree.
Courses with a substantial writing component are identified in the
Course
Schedule.
As part of the prescribed work for all degrees, students must complete three
semester hours of coursework in the College of Communication dealing with the
study of communication issues concerning at least one minority or nondominant
group within the United States. Courses used to fulfill this requirement may
also be used to fulfill other degree requirements. Multicultural courses
include, but are not limited to, the following; all courses that fulfill this
requirement are identified in the
Course Schedule.
Communication 316M, Communication and Ethnic Groups
Communication Sciences and Disorders 308K, Perspectives on
Deafness
Communication Sciences and Disorders 360M, Communication and Deaf
People
Journalism 327, Feature Writing (sections in Latino
journalism)
Journalism 352, Topic 2: Community Journalism
Journalism 359, Mass Media and Minorities
Radio-Television-Film 331K, Topic 2: Television and Theories of
Gender
Radio-Television-Film 359, Studies in Media and Culture
Radio-Television-Film 365, Topic: History of United States Latino
Media in the United States
Radio-Television-Film 365, Topic: Latinos and Media
Radio-Television-Film 370, Topic: Women and Film
Speech 355K, Intercultural Communication
Speech 361K, Performance of Dramatic Literature (sections in
African American literature)
Speech 364, Performance of Prose Fiction (sections in African American
literature)
Speech 365K, Male-Female Communication
Speech 367, Topic 1: Language and Culture
Physical activity (PED) courses are offered by the Department of Kinesiology
and Health Education. They are counted among courses for which a student is
enrolled, and the grades are included in the grade point average. However,
these courses may not be counted toward a degree in the College of
Communication.
No more than nine semester hours of credit for air force science, military
science, or naval science courses may be counted toward any degree in the
College of Communication. Such coursework may be counted only as lower-division
electives in degree programs that have room for such electives, and only by
students who have completed the third and fourth years of the ROTC program.
ROTC courses may not be substituted for any specific required course.
Credit that a University student in residence earns simultaneously by
correspondence or extension from the University or elsewhere or in residence at
another school will not be counted toward a degree in the College of
Communication unless specifically approved in advance by the dean. No more than
30 percent of the semester hours required for any degree offered in the College
of Communication may be taken by correspondence.
A student in the College of Communication may count toward the degree up to
fifteen semester hours of coursework in elective subjects outside the College
of Communication taken on the pass/fail basis. No course required for the
degree and taken in residence may be taken pass/fail, unless the course is
offered only on that basis. The student may also take examinations for credit
in elective subjects on the pass/fail basis; credit earned by examination is
not counted toward the total of five courses that the student may take on this
basis. A letter grade is mandatory for credit by examination in any course in
the student's major. If a student chooses to major in a subject in which he or
she has taken a course pass/fail, the major department decides whether the
course may be counted toward the student's major requirements. Complete rules
on registration on the pass/fail basis are given in
General
Information.
No more than twelve semester hours of Bible courses may be counted toward a
degree.
Music 101G may not be counted toward any degree offered in the College of
Communication.
Many students seek to prepare themselves for teaching within the framework of
the degrees in the College of Communication. Information about teacher
certification is available from the teacher certification officer in the
College of Education or from the Texas Education Agency.
The University operates the Education Placement Service as a liaison between
students and prospective employers. All candidates for teacher certification
must register with the Education Placement Service in the College of Education
at the beginning of their student-teaching semester.
To be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in Advertising, the candidate
must complete 120 semester hours of coursework and must fulfill the
University-wide graduation requirements in chapter 1,
the college
graduation requirements in this chapter, and the special requirements, prescribed
work, and major requirements below.
To enroll in upper-division advertising courses, a student must have passed the
College of Communication Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Test and must have a
University grade point average of at least 2.25 and a grade point average in
courses in the College of Communication of at least 2.00. Students who do not
fulfill this requirement will be dropped from upper-division advertising
courses, normally before the twelfth class day. The grade point average
requirement is waived for the transfer student during the first semester of
coursework, while he or she is establishing a University grade point average.
In addition, a student with a major in advertising must have a grade of at
least C in each course taken in the College of Communication that is
counted toward the degree; if the course is offered on the pass/fail basis
only, the student must have a grade of CR.
-
English 306, 316K, and a three-semester-hour course taught in the Department
of English.
- Two courses certified as having a substantial writing component, both of
which may be taken within the College of Communication. Courses with a
substantial writing component are identified in the
Course Schedule.
- Three semester hours of coursework in the College of Communication dealing
with the study of communication issues concerning at least one minority or
nondominant group within the United States. Courses that fulfill this
requirement are identified in the Course Schedule. They may also be used
to fulfill other degree requirements. A partial list of these courses is given
in this chapter.
- Three semester hours of fine arts, chosen from courses in art (including
art history, design, studio art, visual art studies), fine arts, music
(including music, instruments, ensemble), and theatre and dance.
- Students must complete four semesters in a single foreign language. These
courses may not be taken on the pass/fail basis. The usual course sequence is
406 or 506, 407 or 507 or 508K, 312K, and 312L. Some language departments use
different course numbers to designate the first four semesters of coursework;
such courses may be used to fulfill this requirement if they are designed to
provide first-semester-level through fourth-semester-level proficiency. Any
part of this requirement may be fulfilled by credit by
examination.
Students who enter the University with fewer than two high
school units in a single foreign language must take the first two semesters in
a foreign language without degree credit to remove their language deficiency.
Students must then complete two semesters beyond those courses in the same
language to fulfill their foreign language requirement.
An extensive foreign language testing program is available at the University.
Students with knowledge of a language are encouraged to take appropriate tests
both to earn as much credit as possible and to be placed at the proper level
for further study. Students should consult the Measurement and Evaluation
Center or the department concerned for information on testing.
- Fifteen semester hours of social science, consisting of six hours of
American history; six hours of American government, including Texas government;
and three hours of anthropology, economics, geography, linguistics, psychology,
or sociology.
- Three semester hours of mathematics.
- Nine semester hours of natural sciences, of which six hours (and no more
than six) must be taken in one field of study. Courses must be chosen from the
following fields: astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, computer sciences,
geology, marine science, microbiology, physical science, physics, and zoology.
Students may fulfill this requirement by completing nine hours of coursework in
the fields that are part of the Division of Biological Sciences--biology,
botany, microbiology, and zoology; no more than six hours may be in a single
field. For this requirement a student may take three hours of mathematics
beyond those used to fulfill requirement 7.
- Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in the College of Business
Administration, preferably three hours in marketing and three hours in
management. Marketing 338 may not be used to fulfill this requirement.
- At least thirty-six semester hours of upper-division coursework.
- No more than twelve semester hours of transfer credit in advertising may
be counted toward the degree.
- Enough additional coursework to make a total of 120 semester hours. No
more than thirty-six semester hours in one subject may be counted toward the
degree.
-
At least thirty but no more than thirty-six semester hours of advertising, of
which at least twenty-four hours must be upper-division. The following courses
are required: Advertising 318J, 325, 344K, 345J, 369J, 370J, and 371J.
- At least six semester hours of coursework must be taken in the College of
Communication but outside the department. However, no student may count toward
the degree more than forty-two hours (including transfer credit) in College of
Communication coursework.
- No College of Communication course to be counted toward the degree may be
taken on the pass/fail basis, unless the course is offered only on that
basis.
First Year
-
The
student must take three courses from the following group each semester:
- English 306.
- Courses to be counted toward requirements 6, 7, and 8 of the prescribed
work.
- Courses in a foreign language.
- Enough additional coursework (if only three of the courses under item 1
above are taken) to raise the student's course load to fifteen or sixteen hours
each semester. Courses should be chosen with the guidance of a college
adviser.
First-year students may not take two beginning language courses in
the same semester. First-year students may not take more than eight semester
hours in one department.
Second Year
-
The
student must take three courses from the following group each semester; four
are recommended:
- English 316K and any three-semester-hour course taught in the Department
of English.
- Courses to be counted toward requirements 6, 7, and 8 of the prescribed
work, including courses in American government or American history.
- Courses in the foreign language, unless the language requirement has been
fulfilled.
- Advertising 318J.
- Enough additional coursework, if needed, to raise the student's course
load to fifteen or sixteen hours each semester. Basic courses in accounting and
computer sciences are especially recommended.
Third and Fourth Years
-
Two
courses certified as having a substantial writing component.
- Any outstanding requirements included in the prescribed work.
- The remaining courses listed as major requirements.
- Upper-division electives chosen to support the major. Advertising majors
normally emphasize economics, government, history, English, sociology,
psychology, studio art, marketing, or management.
To be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and
Disorders, the candidate must complete 120 semester hours of coursework and
must fulfill the University-wide graduation requirements in chapter 1, the
college graduation requirements in this chapter, and the special requirements,
prescribed work, and major requirements below.
To enroll in upper-division communication sciences and disorders courses, a
student must have a University grade point average of at least 2.25 and a grade
point average in courses in the College of Communication of at least 2.00.
Students who do not fulfill this requirement will be dropped from
upper-division communication sciences and disorders courses, normally before
the twelfth class day. This requirement is waived for the transfer student
during the first semester of coursework, while he or she is establishing a
University grade point average.
In addition, a student with a major in communication sciences and disorders
must have a grade of at least C in each course taken in the College of
Communication that is counted toward the degree; if the course is offered on
the pass/fail basis only, the student must have a grade of CR.
-
English 306, 316K, and a three-semester-hour course taught in the Department
of English.
- Two courses certified as having a substantial writing component, both of
which may be taken within the College of Communication. Courses with a
substantial writing component are identified in the
Course Schedule.
- Three semester hours of coursework in the College of Communication dealing
with the study of communication issues concerning at least one minority or
nondominant group within the United States. Courses that fulfill this
requirement are identified in the Course Schedule. They may also be used
to fulfill other degree requirements. A partial list of these courses
is given in this chapter.
- Three semester hours of fine arts, chosen from courses in art (including
art history, design, studio art, visual art studies), fine arts, music
(including music, instruments, ensemble), and theatre and dance.
- Students must complete four semesters in a single foreign language. These
courses may not be taken on the pass/fail basis. The usual course sequence is
406 or 506, 407 or 507 or 508K, 312K, and 312L. Some language departments use
different course numbers to designate the first four semesters of coursework;
such courses may be used to fulfill this requirement if they are designed to
provide first-semester-level through fourth-semester-level proficiency.
Coursework in American Sign Language may be used to fulfill this requirement.
Any part of this requirement may be fulfilled by credit by
examination.
Students who enter the University with fewer than two high
school units in a single foreign language must take the first two semesters in
a foreign language without degree credit to remove their language deficiency.
Students must then complete two semesters beyond those courses in the same
language to fulfill their foreign language requirement.
An extensive foreign language testing program is available at the University.
Students with knowledge of a language are encouraged to take appropriate tests
both to earn as much credit as possible and to be placed at the proper level
for further study. Students should consult the Measurement and Evaluation
Center or the department concerned for information on testing.
- Fifteen semester hours of social science, consisting of six hours of
American history; six hours of American government, including Texas government;
and three hours of anthropology, economics, geography, linguistics, psychology,
or sociology.
- Three semester hours of mathematics.
- Nine semester hours of natural sciences, of which six hours (and no more
than six) must be taken in one field of study. Courses must be chosen from the
following fields: astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, computer sciences,
geology, marine science, microbiology, physical science, physics, and zoology.
Students may fulfill this requirement by completing nine hours of coursework in
the fields that are part of the Division of Biological Sciences--biology,
botany, microbiology, and zoology; no more than six hours may be in a single
field. For this requirement a student may take three hours of mathematics
beyond those used to fulfill requirement 7.
- At least thirty-six semester hours of upper-division coursework.
- No more than twelve semester hours of transfer credit in communication
sciences and disorders may be counted toward the degree.
- Enough additional coursework to make a total of 120 semester hours. No
more than thirty-six semester hours in one subject may be counted toward the
degree.
Students majoring in communication sciences and disorders may specialize in
speech/language pathology, audiology, or education of the
deaf/hearing-impaired. After completing the necessary undergraduate coursework,
they may seek the graduate degrees that are required for professional
accreditation by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (for those in
speech/language pathology and audiology) or the Council on Education of the
Deaf (for those in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired). Students in
speech/language pathology and audiology who wish to practice in Texas must be
licensed by the Texas Department of Health; those in education of the
deaf/hearing-impaired must be certified by the Texas Education Agency.
-
Students specializing in speech/language pathology or audiology must complete
at least thirty semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and
disorders; those specializing in education of the deaf/hearing-impaired must
complete at least twenty-five hours. For students in all three specializations,
fifteen hours of this coursework must be upper-division. No more than
thirty-six semester hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders
may be counted toward the degree. Coursework in American Sign Language may not
be used to satisfy requirement 1 and is not included in the thirty-six hours
allowed for the degree. The following courses are required:
- Speech/language pathology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 306K,
311K, 313L, 315S, 341, 367, 367K, 368K, 371, and 373 or 378.
- Audiology: Communication Sciences and Disorders 306K, 311K, 313L, 315S,
341, 367K, 368K, 371, 373, and 378.
- Education of the deaf/hearing-impaired: Communication Sciences and
Disorders 308K, 313L, 314L, 341, 360M, 368K, and seven additional semester
hours of coursework in communication sciences and disorders.
- At least six semester hours of coursework must be taken in the College of
Communication but outside the major. However, no student may count toward the
degree more than forty-two semester hours (including transfer credit) in
College of Communication coursework. American Sign Language courses are not
counted toward the forty-two hour total.
- No College of Communication course to be counted toward the degree may be
taken on the pass/fail basis, unless the course is offered only on that
basis.
First Year
-
The
student must take three courses from the following group each semester:
- English 306.
- Courses to be counted toward requirements 6, 7, and 8 of the prescribed
work.
- Courses in a foreign language. Students in education of the
deaf/hearing-impaired are encouraged to take American Sign Language.
- Enough additional coursework (if only three of the courses under item 1
above are taken) to raise the student's course load to fifteen or sixteen hours
each semester. Courses should be chosen with the guidance of a college
adviser.
First-year students may not take two beginning language courses in
the same semester. First-year students may not take more than eight semester
hours in one department.
Second Year
-
The
student must take three courses from the following group each semester; four
are recommended:
- English 316K and any three-semester-hour course taught in the Department
of English.
- Courses to be counted toward requirements 6, 7, and 8 of the prescribed
work, including courses in American government or American history.
- Courses in the foreign language, unless the language requirement has been
fulfilled.
- Communication Sciences and Disorders 306K (for students in speech/language
pathology or audiology) or 308K (for students in education of the
deaf/hearing-impaired) and other lower-division courses in communication
sciences and disorders recommended by the student's adviser.
- Enough additional coursework, if needed, to raise the student's course
load to fifteen or sixteen hours each semester.
Third and Fourth Years
-
Two
courses certified as having a substantial writing component.
- Any outstanding requirements included in the prescribed work.
- The remaining courses listed as major requirements.
- Enough additional coursework to raise the student's course load to fifteen
or sixteen hours each semester.
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