College of Fine and Performing Arts

Department of Communication and Theater

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Studies

 

 

 

ADMISSION POLICY FOR COMMUNICATION STUDIES

 

 

All students seeking to become a Communication Studies major must enter the program through a Pre-Communication Studies major.  Requirements to enter the Pre-Communication Studies major vary. Entering freshmen may simply declare a Pre-Communication Studies major. Transfer students from outside the university must be in “good standing.” Transfer students from within the university must have a minimum GPA of 2.0. 

 

The Pre-Communication Studies major is designed to prepare students to succeed in the Communication Studies major by providing the necessary foundation. It provides students with the opportunity to evaluate their commitment to studying communication and to demonstrate their ability to do so.

 

When Pre-Communication Studies majors successfully complete the following requirements, they may transfer to the Communications Studies major.

 

1.     Complete COMST 1500, COMST 1545, COMST 1530, and ENG 1550.

2.     Complete a total of 25 semester hours of university level course work. (Courses listed in #1 plus 15 hours outside the Department of Communication and Theater.)

3.   Have an overall YSU GPA of 2.5.

 

 

Pre-Communication Studies majors are assigned to a faculty advisor by the Chair of the Communication and Theater Department. Students are expected to meet with their advisor prior to registration and are encouraged to meet with them whenever they have questions or concerns, and to track progress (see form on reverse side.)

 

The advisor will certify the completion of the Pre-Communication Studies requirements by signing and dating the form on the back of this sheet. The student then takes the signed form to the Department of Communication and Theater, Bliss Hall #2000, and fills out an Intra-University Transfer form to change his/her major to Communications Studies.

 

 

        


PRE-COMMUNICATION STUDIES MAJOR

 

Student Name                                           

 

Student Number                                    

 

Entry Date                                         

 

 

This form tracks your progress in completing the Pre-Communication Studies requirements. It will be kept in your folder in the Communication and Theater Department.

 

Work with your advisor in choosing the courses that you should take. Fill in the names, numbers, and grades for the courses that you take. Note: pre-college work does not count as part of the 25 semester hours of university level work required

 

 

Record of Pre-Communication Studies Major

 

Course

 

 

 

SH

 

Grade

 

COMST1500

 

Orientation to Communication

 

1

 

 

 

COMST  1545

 

Theory & Practice of Communication

 

3

 

 

 

COMST 1530

 

Communication Theory

 

3

 

 

 

ENG 1550

 

Writing 1

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

25

 

 

        

  Overall GPA             

 

Student has completed the Pre-Communication Studies major.

 

Advisor's signature                                                                                           

 

Date