B.A. in Corporate Communication and Public Affairs
- Major Entry Requirements: 3.0 GPA across STAT 2331; CCPA 2310; and CCPA 2327
- Minor Entry Requirements: 3.0 GPA across STAT 2331; CCPA 2310; and CCPA 2327
See List of Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Courses & their Descriptions
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Core Requirements
Taken before entry into the major:
- CCPA 2310 Rhetoric, Community, and Public Deliberation
- CCPA 2327 Communication Theory
All remaining courses taken after entry into the major, beginning with the following two courses:
- CCPA 2308 Introduction to Newswriting for Public Relations or DISC 1313 Introduction to Newswriting or CCPA 3360 Business and Professional Communication
- CCPA 2375 Communication Research and Data Analytics
Students may double major in Public Relations and Strategic Communication; certain restrictions apply.
Additional hours for other University requirements vary. See an advisor for details.
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Course Requirements
- CCPA 2300 Public Speaking in Context
- One 3-hour practicum from the following:
- CCPA 4325 Internship (Organizations in Local Context)
- CCPA 4375 Honors Thesis
- CCPA 4392 Mustang Consulting I: Introduction to Communication Consulting
- CCPA 4393 Mustang Consulting II: Advanced Communication Consulting
- CCPA 4394 Mustang Consulting III: Leadership Practicum
- CCPA 4396 Mustang Consulting: Internship
- CCPA 4398 CCPA Fellow: Internship
- CCPA 5315 Directed Study in Engaged Learning
- CCPA 5320 Directed Study in Big Ideas
- CCPA 5325 Directed Study in Caswell Fellowship
- A second/different 3-hour practicum from the list above or a CCPA elective at the 3000 level or above
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Intercultural/International Communication
- COMM 3321: Communication in Global Contexts
- COMM 3341: Ethnicity, Culture, & Gender: Intro to Critical Studies in Comm (also CFB)
- COMM 4385: Communication, Technology and Globalization
- CCPA 4390: Globalization, Economics, and Communication
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Ethics Course Requirement
Recommended for majors; see advisor for other options.
- CCPA 2328 Communication Ethics
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Track-specific Requirements
Majors must complete all requirements in one of three track options:
Organizational Communication:
- CCPA 3365 Principles of Organizational Communication
- CCPA 3368 Group and Team Communication and Leadership or CCPA 4386 Financial Communication
- CCPA 3390 Employee Communication
- 3-hr elective at 3000 level or above, to be chosen from:
- CCPA 3360 Business and Professional Communication
- CCPA 3370 Principles of Social Innovation: Creating World Changers
- CCPA 4345 Seminar in Organizational Communication
- CCPA 4378 Social Entrepreneurship and Stewardship in the Faith-Based Organization
- CCPA 4390 Globalization, Economics, and Communication
- CCPA 5304 Topics in Organizational Communication
Political Communication:
- CCPA 3300 Free Speech and First Amendment
- CCPA 3347 Principles of Political Communication
- CCPA 3393 Politics and the Public Sphere
- 3-hr elective at 3000 level or above, to be chosen from:
- CCPA 3395 Public Opinion, the Press, and Public Policy
- CCPA 4300 Seminar in Political Communication
- CCPA 43XX Washington Term Studies/Internship
- CCPA 4310 History and Philosophy of the First Amendment
- CCPA 4390 Globalization, Economics, and Communication
- CCPA 5305 Topics in Political Communication
Social Innovation and Nonprofit Engagement:
- CCPA 3370 Principles of Social Innovation: Creating World Changers
- CCPA 3380 Social Innovation II: From Idea to Organization or SOCI 3321 Non-Profit: A Conceptual Primer
- CCPA 3387 Social Innovation III: Funding, Donors, and Financing for the Social Good
OR
SOCI 4351 Grantwriting and Fundraising
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AMAE 3305 Arts Budgeting and Financial Management
- 3-hr elective at 3000 level or above, to be chosen from:
- CCPA 3360 Business and Professional Communication
- CCPA 4312 Seminar in Social Innovation and Nonprofit Engagement
- CCPA 4376 Social Entrepreneurship: Creating a Movement and Innovating Through the Social Good
- CCPA 4378 Social Entrepreneurship and Stewardship in the Faith-Based Organization
- CCPA 4380 Social Entrepreneurship, Capitalism, and the Wesleyan Tradition
- CCPA 4390 Globalization, Economics, and Communication
- CCPA 5303 Topics in Social Innovation and Nonprofit Engagement
- SOCI 4399 Special Topics in Sociology (with a nonprofit focus)
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