Degree Requirements

Requirements for the B.A. in Communication include:

• Completion of at least 120 degree credits, including the liberal education program, an approved major for the B.A.
• A second field of study (either a minor or another major).
• Elective credits.
• Degree candidates must complete at least 30 degree credits at UMD. At least 20 of the last 30 degree credits immediately before graduation must be taken at UMD.
• A 2.00 cumulative University of Minnesota grade point average (GPA). Transfer grades and credits outside the University of Minnesota system are not calculated into the University GPA; however, transfer credits are counted as degree credits.
• A 2.00 cumulative GPA in the major(s) and minor(s).
• SSP 1000 - Introduction to College Learning (1 cr)
  or CLA 1001 - Learning Community Integrative Seminar (1 cr).
• Advanced writing requirement: WRIT 31xx (3 cr). Students majoring in communication with a journalism minor are exempt from the WRIT 31xx writing requirement.
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