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New Mexico State University

Undergraduate Program of Study

The Communication Studies Department provides students with a social science approach to the study of human interaction. The curriculum is designed to explore and explain how communication takes place within the three primary domains of interpersonal, organizational and intercultural communication. Communication studies research and learning is conducted in topic areas such as conflict management, small group communication, persuasion, cultural communication issues, media studies, global communication processes, political campaigns, psychological aspects of communication, nonverbal communication, and health communication. As a result of the geographic location of the university, faculty and students in the department are able to conduct research on communication problems involving people of different cultures, ethnic groups and nations. For example, some faculty and students have been in engaged in research regarding the relationship of media message strategies and the control of biological virus found in local areas of New Mexico.

 

 

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Communication Majors

The core undergraduate curriculum has two parts. The first nine credits consist of the following three courses:

  •   COMM 265G, Principles of Human Communication (3 credits)

  •   COMM 285, Survey of the Discipline (3 credits)

  •   COMM 305, Communication Research Methods (3 credits)

After the above set of prerequisite courses have been taken, students then take the following three core courses:

  • COMM 370, Organizational Communication (3 credits)

  • COMM 376, Communication and Culture (3 credits)

  • COMM 384, Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)

In addition to completing the above 18 credits, students must complete an additional 18 units of elective communication studies courses. Elective unit courses can be taken in nonverbal communication, political communication, health communication, communication technologies, persuasion, communication and aging, international communication, small group communication, and various selected topics.

 

Communication Minors

Currently, students can fulfill a minor in Communication Studies by completing 18 credits of Communication Studies classes. Three of these credits must be for COMM 265. The additional 15 credits can be comprised of any other Communication Studies classes.