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The Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies program allows you to grow as a communicator both professionally and personally, giving you the tools to succeed in many fields.

Courses focus on both oral and written communication. Small class sizes and close relationships with faculty allow you to thrive as you develop a range of skills, including:

  • Effective listening
  • Interpersonal and group dynamics
  • Critical analysis
  • Persuasion
  • Conflict management and resolution
  • Public speaking

Internships and service learning also allow you to use what you have learned in professional settings.

Course work for Communication Studies, BA

All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits. Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate. For complete course descriptions, visit the catalog.

  • Foreign Language Requirement: 3 credits
  • General Education: 45 credits
  • Major Requirements: 36 credits
  • Free Electives: 36 - 39 credits
  • Total Credits to Graduate: 120 credits

The Shippensburg University General Education Program is the university curriculum that is shared by all undergraduate students. Details for courses you will take can be found here.

All students completing a Bachelor of Arts degree are required to attain proficiency in a foreign language. Proficiency may be satisfied by completing a language class at the 103 (intermediate) level or three years of any one foreign language in high school. Students may also meet this requirement through AP or CLEP testing.

  • COST 200 - Human Communication Theory
  • COST 210 - Public Speaking 
  • COST 270 - Intergroup/Intercultural Communication 
  • COST 360 - Research Methods in Communication 
  • COST 370 - Rhetorical Criticism 
  • COST 400 - Senior Seminar 

  • COST 220 - Nonverbal Communication 
  • COST 225 - Communication and Sport 
  • COST 230 - Small Group Communication 
  • COST 241 - Practicum in Experiential Learning 
  • COST 250 - Interpersonal Communication 
  • COST 260 - Computer-Mediated Communication 
  • COST 265 - Interviewing 
  • COST 275 - Special Topics in Communication Skill 
  • COST 310 - African-American Communication 
  • COST 315 - Asian-American Communication 
  • COST 325 - Voices of Black Anti-Racism and Resistance 
  • COST 333 - Communicating Identity 
  • COST 335 - Popular Culture and Gender Construction 
  • COST 340 - Gender and Communication 
  • COST 342 - Health Communication 
  • COST 343 - Communication and Humor 
  • COST 344 - Family Communication 
  • COST 345 - Environmental Communication 
  • COST 350 - Theories of Organizational Communication 
  • COST 351 - Special Topics: Comm Contexts
  • COST 352 - Argumentation & Debate 
  • COST 356 - Persuasion 
  • COST 363 - Political Rhetoric 
  • COST 365 - Language and Meaning 
  • COST 372 - Communication for Training and Instruction 
  • COST 381 - Professional Communication and Multi-media Presentation
  • COST 385 - Resolving Conflict through Communication 
  • COST 386 - Crisis Communication 
  • COST 410 - Feminist Perspectives on Communication Theory and Research Methods 
  • COST 430 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication 

Students may complete Internships for 1- 9 credits. Internships require Department and College approval and faculty advisor supervision.

  • COST 390 - Internship I 
  • COST 391 - Internship II 
  • COST 392 - Internship III 

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Contact the Communication Studies Department

128 Dauphin Humanities Center, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257 Phone: 717-477-1732 Fax: (717) 477-4020