Associate of Arts with a Concentration in Communication Arts

The School of the Arts offers associate degrees in several arts concentrations. This degree is a two-year program of study which requires completion of 62-65 credit hours of course work. This degree provides the foundation for a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Fine Arts for those students who eventually wish to continue their undergraduate studies.

General Requirements

• A minimum of 62 credit hours is required.
• At least 15 credit hours must be completed while in residence at IUSB.
• A minimum of two courses in the area of concentration, totaling at least 6 credit hours, must be taken at IUSB.
• No more than 3 credit hours in the discipline of concentration may be counted toward a general education requirement.
• Students must earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum concentration grade point average of 2.0, with no course below C– in the concentration.
• All credit hours of candidates for degrees, except those of the current semester, must be on record at least six weeks prior to the conferring of degrees. Credit hours by correspondence must be on record at least three weeks prior to the conferring of degrees.
• An application for a degree must be filed in the office of the coordinator of student services, School of the Arts, no later than October 1 for May graduation, or March 1 for August and December graduation.
• A student may not be awarded an associate degree and a bachelor's degree in the same field in the same academic year.

(All courses are 3 cr. hours unless otherwise designated.)

General Education Requirements (41 cr.)

Communication (6 cr.)
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
SPCH S121 Public Speaking

Humanities (9 cr.)
HIST H113 Western Culture I
HIST H114 Western Culture II

Arts course outside major (3 cr.)

Foreign Language (6 cr.)
Select two courses in one language.

Social and Behavioral Science (3 cr.)
Select one course from political science, economics, psychology, and sociology.

Science and Mathematics (8 cr.)
Select a science class which must include a laboratory.
MATH M110 Excursions in Mathematics or above

World Culture (3 cr.)
Select from list found in liberal arts and sciences section in this Campus Bulletin.

Computer (3 cr.)
Select from list found in liberal arts and sciences section in this Campus Bulletin.

Electives (3 cr.)

Concentration Requirements (21 cr.)

JOUR C200 Introduction to Mass Communications
JOUR J200 Reporting, Writing and Editing
SPCH S122 Interpersonal Communication
SPCH S205 Introduction to Speech Communication
SPCH S223 Business and Professional Speaking
TEL R287 Process and Effects of Mass Communication
Communication elective (300-level or above)

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