As a communication studies major, you may apply for an individualized major when your educational goals include professional applications or related areas of study outside of designed concentrations.

Created in consultation with your academic adviser, an individualized major is custom-designed to fulfill all communication program outcomes through a unique combination of required coursework and alternative projects.

The individualized major is recorded on your transcript and diploma as a Bachelor of Arts with a major in communication. No concentration is specified. You will write a mission statement/proposal which includes the following:

• Specific learning goals for communication major
• Feasible plan for meeting both required communication studies program outcomes and individual objectives
• Projected senior project demonstrating overall achievement of outcomes identified in plan

Requirements for Individualized Major

Minimum of 180 total quarter credits
Minimum of 60 upper-division credits
Minimum of 45 credits from Marylhurst University
60 credits required for major

Course Requirements

Course requirements in the individualized major in communication will be specified in the proposal submitted to and approved by the Department of Communication Studies academic adviser.

Communication Perspectives (15 crs.)
Communication Studies: Perspectives
Communication Studies Portofolio I
Patterns & Principles in Communication
Truth & Consequences: The Ethics of Human Communication
Communication Inquiry & Research
Communication Studies Portfolio II

Senior Field Experience. Choose or combine any of the following:
Service Learning in Communication
Projects in Communication
Internship in Communication
Upper-division credit received through PLA program if applicable to major. Adviser approval required.