Applied Communications, B.A.
NLU’s Bachelor of Arts in Applied Communications degree is designed to prepare graduates to work in the field of communications or to communicate better in any professional field. Offered in both fully-online and blended modalities, enriched with a series of face-to-face workshops, the program is appropriate for traditional-aged learners and working-adults alike.
Program Details:
- Requires 180 QH, including 60 QH of General Education, for completion
- Requires a minimum grade of “C” in all major courses
- Credit for Prior Learning may be accepted for general education, elective credit and as determined appropriate by the faculty, toward major requirements
- Credit by examination and portfolio are accepted for general education and elective credit
- Students may complete a minor or concentration, listed below
Minors:
Concentration:
Required Courses
Student Success Seminar
Note: GEN 103 may be waived, upon student request, for students who (1) enter NLU with an associate’s degree or 90 or more quarter credit hours of transfer credit; and (2) have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or above in their previous undergraduate studies. Students will be required to complete or transfer in additional coursework in general education to meet the 60-quarter credit hour requirement.
Communications
Humanities
| LAH 120 | Logic and Effective Thinking | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in humanities.
Fine Arts
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in fine arts.
Quantitative Reasoning
| LAM 106 | Basic Statistics | 5 |
| LAM 110 | College Mathematics: Application of Mathematical Ideas | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any college-level mathematics course instead of
LAM 110.
LAM 106 must be completed at NLU or an equivalent course may be transferred.
Physical and Life Sciences
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in physical and life sciences.
Social Sciences
| LAS 118 | Introduction to Politics and U.S. Government | 5 |
| LAS 203 | Survey of U.S. History | 5 |
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in social sciences.
Behavioral Science
Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in behavioral sciences.
Gateway Courses
Core Courses
| COM 200 | The Influence of Culture on Communication | 5 |
| COM 204 | Multigenerational Workforce Communication | 5 |
| COM 205 | Social Media Networking | 5 |
| COM 206 | Professional Communication: Writing, Speaking and Creating for Success | 5 |
| COM 207 | Contemporary Media Communications | 5 |
| COM 306 | Organizational Communication and Conflict Management | 5 |
| COM 404 | Legal and Ethical Communications | 5 |
| COM 405 | Innovation from the Inside | 5 |
| COM 406 | Public Relations for the 21st Century | 5 |
| MKT 300 | Principles of Marketing | 5 |
Capstone Course
| COM 499 | Capstone in Applied Communications | 5 |
Electives - 55 QH
Choose additional courses to total 180 QH. These hours may be used to complete the minors listed above.
For more information about this program, visit http://www.nl.edu/academics/communicationsbachelors/baappliedcommunications/