What can you do with a major in Communication? Almost anything.

Communication doesn’t just happen on radio, television, the Internet or via text messages. It happens in homes, board rooms, concert halls, and out on the street. It happens when you are alone, with a few good friends, or in a room with a thousand people.

Communication is an act that is distinctly human. Moreover, communication is a gift, a human ability granted to us by our Creator, given for the purpose of serving Him. As communication scholar Quentin Schultze says, “God’s gift of communication equips us to represent the Creator on earth.”

Southern Wesleyan’s new major in communication is being designed with these principles in mind. Communication can take many forms, but no matter how we approach it, we must be stewards of this great gift. We must understand how communication works, examine how communication is used (and misused), and then seek ways to use it that bring honor to God and our community.

Then, anything is possible.

Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication

Southern Wesleyan's Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication degree offers students the opportunity to explore and understand today's meditated world and the role a person of faith can play in it. Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication degree will be equipped to pursue diverse careers such as on-line journalism, media producer, advertising, writer, web page design or teaching.

Major Requirements:

All students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication degree must earn 45 units - 27 from a common core and 18 from one of two concentrations: Media Production or Mass Media Studies.

Media Communication Core

COMM 1003 Intro to Communication Studies

COMM 1203 History of Media

COMM 2123 Interpersonal Communication

COMM 2303 Persuasion

COMM 3003 Communication Theory

COMM 3053 Media Theory

COMM 3703 Communication and the Christian Faith

COMM 4703 Communication Ethics

COMM 4903 Communication Capstone

Media Production Concentration

COMM 1503 Multi-Media Production

COMM 2153 Writing for Public Media

COMM 2503 Introduction to Digital Media

COMM 3153 Reporting

COMM 3753 Media Law

COMM 4503 Public Relations

Mass Media Studies Concentration

COMM 2403 Introduction to Popular Culture

COMM 3203 Rhetorical Theory

COMM 3403 Media Criticism

COMM 4243 Media and Society

COMM 4423 Seminar in Popular Culture

+1 Elective Course from Media Production Concentration or as approved by advisor

Minor Requirements:

Students pursuing a minor in Media Communication must earn 21 units, 15 of which must be 300 level or higher, chosen from the following:

COMM 1203	History of Media
COMM 1503	Multi-Media Production
COMM 2123	Interpersonal Communication
COMM 2303	Persuasion
COMM 2403	Introduction to Popular Culture
COMM 3003	Communication Theory
COMM 3053	Media Theory
COMM 3703	Communication and the Christian Faith
COMM 4703	Communication Ethics
COMM 4423	Seminar in Popular Culture