Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Communication, Broadcast Sales Concentration
Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Communiction
Concentration: Broadcast Sales
Suggested Course Sequence
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
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Freshman Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ENGL (C1) | 101 | Composition I | 3 | ENGL (C2) | 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| COMM | 190 | A User's Guide to the Mass Media | 3 | COMM (C3) | 201 | Intro to Speech Comm | 3 |
| Wellness (C4) | 3 | P3 | History | 3 | |||
| MATH (C2) | 3 | P4 | Humanities | 3 | |||
| P1 | Social Sciences | 3 | COMM | 150 | Interpersonal Comm | 3 | |
| To become a communication major a student must have and maintain a 2.5 overall GPA. A student must earn a C or better in each class required for the major for the class to count toward the degree requirement. At least 30 hours taken at WCU must be at the junior-senior level to meet one of the general university degree requirements. | |||||||
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Sophomore Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| COMM | 240 | Writing for Communication | 3 | COMM | 296 | Seminar in Professional Development | 1 |
| C5 | Physical & Biological Sciences | 3 | P1 | Social Science | 3 | ||
| P6 | World Culture | 3 | C5 | Physical & Biological Sciences | 3 | ||
| MKT | 201 | Intro to Entrepreneurship | 3 | P5 | Fine and Performing Arts | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | MKT | 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | ||
| MKT Elective | 3 | ||||||
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Junior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| COMM | 345 | Mediated Speaking | 3 | ULP Law | 406 | Media Law | 3 |
| COMM | 350 | Comm Theory | 3 | MKT | 310 | Consultative Selling | 3 |
| MKT | 306 | Intro to Professional Selling | 3 | Course for Minor | 3 | ||
| Course for Minor | 3 | Course for Minor | 3 | ||||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||||
| Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Summer
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | ||||
| COMM | 483 | Internship** | 3 | ||||
| ** A student must complete 90 semester hours prior to doing and internship. | |||||||
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Senior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| COMM | 496 | Senior Seminar in Professional Development | 1 | Course for Minor | 3 | ||
| COMM | 458 | Broadcast Sales & Promotion | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Course for Minor | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||||
| Course for Minor | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 1 | ||||
NOTES:
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- A communication major must have and maintain a 2.5 overall GPA. A student must earn a C or better in each class required for the major for the class to count toward the degree requirement. At least 30 hours taken at WCU must be at the junior-senior level to meet one of the general university degree requirements. A student must complete a minor, second concentration, second major, international study, or approved program to complete the degree.
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.