Washburn University
The Department of Communication

Curriculum and Graduation Requirements

blue dot Required Courses (16 Credit Hours)

 

Hours
Course #
Course Title
3 CN 101 Principles and Practices of Human Communication
3 CN 150 Public Speaking
3 CN 300 Organizational Communication
3 CN 302 Communication Theory
3 CN 303 Communication Inquiry
1* CN 499 Senior Portfolio 
*course will be 3 hours for students entering on the 2006-2007 catalog

*A concentration consists of one required course, and three other courses listed under that concentration.  Concentration courses that are required are:
CN 320 Communication in the Legal Process for the Legal concentration,
CN 384 Health Communication in the Health concentration,
CN 301 Advanced Organizational Communication for the Corporate concentration,
and CN 360 Political Communication for the Political concentration.

*All courses listed are 3 credit hours

 

blue dot Areas of Concentration (12 Credit Hours required in a concentration)

Legal Corporate Political Health
CN 320 
Communication  in the Legal Process
CN 301 
Advanced Organizational Communication
CN 360 
Political Communication
CN 384
Health Communication
CN 330 
Conflict and Negotiation 
CN 330 
Conflict and Negotiation
CN 350 
Persuasion
CN 330
Conflict & Negotiation
CN 340 
Interviewing
CN 340 
Interviewing
CN 341 
Persuasive Speaking
CN 340 Interviewing
CN 350 
Persuasion
CN 342 
Small Group Communication
CN 330 
Conflict and Negotiation
CN 350 Persuasion
CN 351 
Interpersonal Communication
CN 351 
Interpersonal Communication
CN 361 
Social Movements
CN 351 Interpersonal Communication
--------------- CN 401 
Training and Development
--------------- CN 363 Intercultural Communication

 blue dot Electives (to complete 32-33 hours for major)

Course Number Description Hours
CN 154 Forensics 1
CN 343 Forensics 1
CN 295 Special Topics 1-3
CN 395 Special Topics 1-3
CN 365 Business & Professional Speaking 3
CN 402 Practicum 3
CN 490 Directed Research 1-3
CN 491 Internship 1-3

 

TOTALS  
     16 hours required courses = 18 hours
12 hours in the concentration  =  12 hours
Electives in major  =  2-3 hours
  32-33 hours

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