General Requirements

School of the Arts students must meet the following minimum degree requirements by the time they expect to graduate:

• Minimum of 120-129 credit hours (see specific degree requirements). The total may include 2 credit hours of physical education and 4 credit hours of basic military science (neither is included in cumulative grade point average). Ordinarily, 95 credit hours is the maximum credit hours that may be transferred and counted toward the minimum 120 credit hours necessary for graduation in the School of the Arts. This limit applies also to credit hours earned at other campuses of Indiana University. Ensemble credits earned by music majors do not apply to the 120 credit hour minimum.

• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.

• All classes in the student’s major and minor areas must be passed with a C– or better. However, the overall GPA in these areas may not fall below 2.0 (C).

• At least 26 credit hours of the work of the senior year and at least 10 credit hours above the first-level courses in the major subject (not necessarily during the senior year) normally must be completed while in residence at IUSB. The 10 credit hours in the major subject must be taken in courses approved by the major department.

• Not more than 60 credit hours earned in accredited junior colleges may be credited toward a degree.

• By special permission of the dean or area coordinator, a maximum of 12 credit hours toward a degree may be earned through correspondence study or by special credit examination. Ordinarily students in residence in the school are permitted to enroll concurrently in courses offered through the Indiana University Independent Study Program (correspondence courses). Any correspondence courses in the student’s major must also have the approval of the departmental area coordinator. (SPCH S121 Public Speaking may not be taken by correspondence.)

• A student normally is expected to complete the work for a degree within 10 years. Failure to do so may require passing of comprehensive examinations on the subjects in the area(s) of concentration and fulfilling the requirements in the current Campus Bulletin.

• 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.

• Any course in which the student receives a grade of F does not count in the credit hours accumulated for graduation. Any courses in which a letter grade of D is received will not count in a student’s major.

• All School of the Arts majors are required to meet an events attendance requirement per semester as follows:

  • Communication arts majors are required to attend three events and are responsible to the professor in the highest-level major course in which they are enrolled.

  • Fine arts majors must attend four events each semester whenever they are enrolled in an art history course.

  • Music majors must attend eight events each semester whenever they are enrolled in a theory or music history course.

  • Theatre majors are required to attend six events per semester and are responsible to the professor in the highest-level major course in which they are enrolled.

Note: Failure to meet the events attendance requirement will result in the lowering of the grade by one letter in the aforementioned course.

• All School of the Arts majors shall be responsible for taking part in an upper-division examination approximately half way through their degree programs. Students are eligible for placement in upper-division upon completion of 56 credit hours, with a significant number of hours in the major area. A student’s readiness for the upper-division will be determined by the academic coordinator, with input from the student’s faculty advisor. Upper-division reviews comprise a portfolio review in fine arts, a twenty-minute performance in music, a monologue or design/technical presentation in theatre, and a major paper or project in mass communications and speech, as determined by a faculty advisor.

• Any student completing the undergraduate requirements for a degree in the School of the Arts with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 will be graduated with distinction; 3.75, with high distinction; 3.90 (3.95 in music courses), with highest distinction.

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

General Education Requirements (83 cr.)
 

Humanities (18 cr.)

One literature or creative writing course
One philosophy course
Two arts courses not in communication
HIST    H113   Western Culture I
HIST    H114   Western Culture II

Social Science (3 cr.)

Select one course from psychology, sociology, political science, economics, or social science to be approved by advisor.

Foreign Language (6 cr.)

Select two courses in one language.

Science and Mathematics (11 cr.)

Select from life, physical sciences, and mathematical sciences (MATH M110 Excursions in Mathematics or higher); one class must include a laboratory.

Communication (6 cr.)

ENG      W131  Elementary Composition
SPCH   S121    Public Speaking

World Culture (3 cr.)

Select from liberal arts and sciences world culture list.

Computer (3 cr.)

Select from liberal arts and sciences computer proficiency list.

Electives (15 cr.)

Minor (18 cr.)

Minor courses must be approved by a faculty member in the specific discipline.

Minor In Mass Communication (21 cr.)

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

JOUR C200 Introduction to Mass Communications
JOUR J200 Reporting, Writing, and Editing
JOUR J410 The Media as Social Institutions
SPCH S205 Introduction to Speech Communication
TEL R287 Processes and Effects of Mass Communication
TEL R404 Topical Seminar in Telecommunications

One of the following:
SPCH S121 Public Speaking
Approved communication elective

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication (122 cr.)

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

Requirements (18 cr.)

JOUR C200 Introduction to Mass Communications
JOUR J200 Reporting, Writing, and Editing
JOUR J410 The Media as Social Institutions
SPCH S205 Introduction to Speech Communication
TEL R287 Process and Effects of Mass Communication
TEL R404 Topical Seminar in Telecommunications

Select one Concentration (21 cr.)

Electronic Media
JOUR J210 Visual Communication
TEL T273 Media Program Design
TEL T283 Introduction to Production Techniques and Practices
TEL T336 Digital Video Production
TEL T337 Video Field Production
TEL T434 Advanced Production Workshop
One communication elective

Public Relations
JOUR J219 Public Relations
JOUR J428 Public Relations Management
SPCH S122 Interpersonal Communication
SPCH S223 Business and Professional Speaking
SPCH S324 Persuasion
SPCH S440 Organizational Communication
One communication elective

Journalism
JOUR J341 Newspaper Reporting
JOUR J351 Newspaper Editing
JOUR J401 Depth Reporting and Editing

Communication electives

At least 30 credit hours must be at the 300-400 level.

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