Choose From - Semester Hours: at least 6
Choose From - Semester Hours: at least 6
Choose From - Semester Hours: at least 6
Choose From - Semester Hours: 3
The School of Communication Also Requires
The School of Communication also requires that Speech Communication and Rhetorical
Studies majors take the following:
Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies Majors
are also required to take:
6 semester hours chosen from comparative literature, linguistics, literature
in translation, drama, English, economics, history, philosophy, political science,
psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
Incoming freshman and transfer students may declare a Speech Communication and
Rhetorical Studies Major; matriculated Hofstra University students must have
a grade point average of at least 2.0 to declare a major in Speech Communication.
All declared Speech Communication majors must maintain a minimum grade point average
in the major of 2.5 and a grade point average of 2.0 overall in order to remain
in the major.
Notes
Majors in speech communication and rhetorical studies who are also elementary
education majors are required to take 6 semester hours in mathematics and/or science
courses to satisfy this requirement.
For students interested in majoring in combined disciplines, inquiry should be
made in the School of Communication Dean’s Office, Room 318, Dempster Hall.
Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies majors are encouraged to take course
work and/or minor in audio, video, film, journalism, mass media studies, psychology,
linguistics, English, drama, literature in translation, comparative literature,
management and marketing in consultation with the major adviser.
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