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Majors

The Diederich College of Communication offers majors in advertising, broadcast and electronic communication, communication studies, corporate communication, journalism, public relations and theatre arts. Students interested in broadcast journalism should select journalism as a major. Students majoring in advertising, broadcast and electronic communication, journalism and public relations cannot take more than 48 credits in these areas and are required to take 80 credits outside of the mass communication areas with at least 65 credits in the liberal arts. No more than 15 credits used to fulfill one major can be used to complete another. Students who major in one mass communication area (advertising, broadcast and electronic communication, journalism or public relations) cannot select another major or minor in a second mass communication area. Students majoring in corporate communication cannot select a double major or minor in either communication studies or public relations. Specific major requirements and typical four-year programs are listed at the end of this section.

Students for whom particular interests may be better served by a flexible grouping of courses from several areas can pursue an interdisciplinary major. Such students should consult a faculty adviser in their area. With this adviser, the student will write a proposal explaining the relationship between educational objectives and the choice of an interdisciplinary major, a listing of courses to be included and the sequence in which they will be taken. The proposal, as well as any subsequent modifications, is subject to the approval of the Diederich College of Communication undergraduate curriculum committee and the associate dean.

Students with interdisciplinary interest in electronic communication may pursue a flexible program of study through an interdisciplinary major in electronic communication studies. Such students should consult the chairperson in broadcasting and electronic communication who will refer them to a faculty adviser in their area of interest.

Students who have not chosen their major at the time of admission to the college should do so no later than the second term of the sophomore year. Students who enter the Diederich College of Communication as first semester freshman may change majors during the freshman and sophomore year regardless of grade point average. However, after the second semester of the sophomore year, students wishing to declare a major in Advertising or Public Relations will need a 3.000 grade point average. Students transferring into the Diederich College of Communication may change majors, however, they will need a 3.000 grade point average to declare a major in Advertising or Public Relations at any time. Students outside the Diederich College of Communication may declare a major in Advertising or Public Relations only with a 3.000 or higher grade point average. Advisers are assigned to students based on the major. Students can declare their major in the college records Office.

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Minors

Students in the Diederich College of Communication are required to complete a minor or second major. Minors are offered by most disciplines in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences and the requirements are listed in the College of Arts and Sciences section of this bulletin. The College of Business Administration offers minors in marketing, human resources and business administration. See the College of Business Administration section of this bulletin for these requirements.

Students can also complete an interdisciplinary minor composed of a minimum of 18 hours of course work complementary to the major. Courses which comprise the interdisciplinary minor are selected by the student, approved by the adviser and subject to the approval of the Diederich College of Communication undergraduate curriculum committee and the associate dean.

Minors in dance, film, fine arts, music and theatre arts are available to any Marquette University student. Students majoring in advertising, broadcast and electronic communication, journalism or public relations cannot minor in any of these mass communication majors. Students majoring in corporate communication cannot minor in communication studies or public relations. No more than 9 credits used to fulfill one minor can be used to complete another minor.