These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2025-2026. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2025 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.
Summary of Requirements
The degree of Bachelor of Arts may be conferred upon a student majoring in Communication by the recommendation of the faculty and upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 124 semester hours of credit with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 overall and in the major.
Students must meet the following requirements:
- University requirements:
- All students are required to complete the General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
- All students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses in their major at Temple University. The specific writing-intensive courses for this major are COMC 2696 and COMC 3296.
- Lew Klein College of Media and Communication requirements, including KLN 1001 and KLN 1002.
- Minimum of 45 credit hours in Communication courses.
- Maximum of 59 credit hours may be taken in Communication courses.
- A C- or higher grade must be attained in all required Communication courses.
- No more than 12 semester hours of transfer credits may be applied to Communication requirements.
BA in Communication Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication (COMC) Core Courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
COMC 1111 | Presentations for Policy Change | |
or COMC 1911 | Honors Presentations for Policy Change | |
COMC 1118 | Presentations for the Digital Workplace | |
| COMC 1112 | Introduction to Communication | 3 |
| COMC 1113 | Persuasion Theory and Practice | 3 |
| COMC 2111 | Argumentation and Advocacy | 3 |
| COMC 2112 | Communication Theory | 3 |
| Support Areas: Complete six (6) courses | ||
| Two Writing Intensive Courses: | ||
| COMC 2696 | Professional Writing for Science, Health, and Policy Issues | 3 |
| COMC 3296 | Speechwriting | 3 |
| One Methods Course | ||
| COMC 3801 | Communication Research Methods | 3 |
| One Culture Course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
COMC 3701 | Intercultural Communication | |
COMC 3702 | Communication, Culture and Identity | |
| One Experience Course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
COMC 3085 | Study Away Internship | |
COMC 3185 | Internship | |
COMC 3187 | ||
COMC 3191 | Directed Research | |
| Senior Seminar | ||
| COMC 4111 | Careers for Social Impact | 3 |
| Content Areas: Complete any four (4) courses | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
Advocacy | ||
COMC 1301 | Resistance, Protests, and Social Movements | |
COMC 2301 | Countercultural Communication: Opposition, Subversion, Transgression | |
COMC 3401 | Social Activism and Community Organizing | |
COMC 4404 | Podcasting for Civic Engagement | |
Conflict Management | ||
COMC 1401 | Conflict and Communication Behavior | |
COMC 2401 | Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Conflict | |
COMC 3402 | Conflict and Influence: Identity, Emotion and Power | |
COMC 4202 | Multiparty Conflict Processes: Dialogue, Facilitation and Multiparty Mediation | |
Science, Health, Environment and Risk (SHER) | ||
COMC 1601 | Communication and Behavior Change | |
COMC 2601 | Misperceptions and Misinformation | |
COMC 3202 | Communication, Attitudes, and Opinion | |
COMC 4601 | Narrative Persuasion | |
| Total Credit Hours | 45 | |