School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Visual and Performing Arts (BA) with Communication Studies Concentration
Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)
Four-Year Degree Plan (Example)
This is an example only. Please see advisor to develop an individual four-year plan.
| Freshman Year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 2 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| 050 Core | 050 | 3 | 020 Core | 2 | 020 | 3 | ||||
| 060 Core | 060 | 3 | 040 Core | 040 | 3 | |||||
| RHET 1302 | 1, 3 | 1090 | 3 | 060 Core | 060 | 3 | ||||
| AHTC 1100 | 1 | COMM 1311 | 1, 3 | 1090 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | or COMM 1315 | 1, 3 | 1090 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 16 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 3 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 4 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| 030 Core | 030 | 3 | 030 Core | 030 | 3 | |||||
| 070 Core | 070 | 3 | 070 Core | 070 | 3 | |||||
| 080 Core | 080 | 3 | 090 Core | 090 | 3 | |||||
| 090 Core | 090 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| Junior Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 5 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 6 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| Major Core | 4 | 3 | Major Core | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 5 | 3 | Concentration | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 5 | 3 | Concentration | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| Senior Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 7 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 8 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| Concentration | 5 | 3 | Concentration | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 5 | 3 | Concentration | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 6 | 3 | Free Elective | 6 | 2 | |||||
| VPAS 4389 | 4 | 3 | VPAS 4390 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| or VPAS 4V99 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 14 | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas. |
| 2 | Students completing the 020 requirement with a MATH course must complete ALEKS exam prior to enrollment. PHIL 2303 does not require the ALEKS exam. |
| 3 | Lower-Division Major Req = RHET 1302 and (COMM 1311 or COMM 1315). NOTE: If the student took one of these courses as their core, then the student may choose any free elective in its place as a lower-level major requirement. |
| 4 | Major Core = VPAS 3340, VPAS 4389, Capston/Honors (VPAS 4390 or VPAS 4V99), and 3 semester credit hours of upper-level Related Courses from AHTC (excluding the COMM prefix) Humanities that is not with the COMM prefix). |
| 5 | Concentration = COMM 2351, COMM 4360, COMM 4314, and 9 semester credit hours of 3000 or 4000-level course from the prefix COMM, and 6 semester credit hours of 3000 or 4000-level courses with a prefix from AHST, ARTS, COMM, DANC, FILM, MUSI, THEA, and VPAS. |
| 6 | Free Elective = any lower or upper-level course. Students may need to take some as upper-level to meet the university requirement of earning a minimum of 45 semester credit hours of upper-level courses. |
| Be sure to check prerequisites of 2000-level or higher courses. | |
| 120 semester credit hours required for graduation | |
| This plan is a resource tool only; it does not replace your degree plan or academic advising. | |
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