The Bachelor of Arts provides students with an expansive education, requiring fewer credits in Communication than the Bachelor of Science. Students earn credits in a variety of liberal arts subjects. Courses in the humanities, social sciences, foreign languages, and natural sciences comprise this degree. Students select from a wide array of courses to fulfill these requirements, allowing them greater flexibility to customize their education to match their individual goals and interests. Bachelor of Arts degrees are commonly offered in fields such as English, Art, Music, Modern Languages and, of course, Communication.
The specifics for the U of L Bachelor of Arts are listed below.
| General Education |
31 hours
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| Arts & Sciences Programmatic Requirements |
19 hours
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Modes of Inquiry |
1
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Foreign Language |
12
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Humanities or Natural Sciences Electives - 300+ |
6
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| Department of Communication |
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36 hours
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Communication 201, 303, 304, 305, 315, 316 |
18
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Communication Electives - 200+ |
12
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Communication Electives - 400+ |
6
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| Supporting Courses |
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24 hours
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Statistics Course |
3
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Social Science Electives |
6
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Social Science Electives - 300+ |
12
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Natural Sciences (not Mathematics) |
3
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| Free Electives |
11 hours
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| Total |
121 hours
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| Culminating Undergraduate Experience fulfilled with one of the following: COMM 402, 413, 417, 427, 436, 437, 445,450, 465, 481, 498, 505, 506, 565 |
3 hours
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