• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

BA Language Requirements

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

English Requirements

Foundational Courses
ENGL 1400Introduction to Literary Studies4
ENGL 1160Introduction to Rhetoric4
or ENGL 1410 Introduction to Research on Writing
ENGL 1700Global Literatures 14
or ENGL 1701 Global Literatures 2

English Electives

Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Diversity
Complete one course from the following. You may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below:4
Early African-American Literature
Postcolonial Literature
American Women Writers
Asian-American Literature
Writing in Global Contexts
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature
Literary Periods
Pre-1850
Complete one course from the following:4
British Literature to 1800
American Literature to 1865
Introduction to Shakespeare
Early African-American Literature
The American Renaissance
Early Literatures
17th- and 18th-Century Literatures
Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures
Emerson and Thoreau
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Topics in Shakespeare
Post-1850
Complete one of the following courses:4
The Graphic Novel
Contemporary Poetry
Contemporary Fiction
The Modern Bestseller
Postcolonial Literature
Postcolonial Women Writers
American Women Writers
Asian-American Literature
Irish Literary Culture (Abroad)
20th- and 21st-Century Literatures
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature
20th- and 21st-Century Major Figure
Theories and Methods
Complete one of the following:4
Grammar: The Architecture of English
Introduction to Rhetoric
Introduction to Research on Writing
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
Horror Fiction
Science Fiction
What Is Nature?
Boston in Literature
Literary Genres
Rhetoric of Law
The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
Opening the Archive
Film and Text (Abroad)
Narrative Medicine
Topics in Literary Criticism (reactivating for Fall 24)
Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Linguistic Analysis
Syntax
Semantics
History of English
Language and Gender
Topics in Linguistics
Major Seminar
ENGL 3710Major Seminar4
Writing
Complete one of the following:4
Creative Writing
Style and Editing
Digital Writing
Writing and Community Engagement
Writing in Global Contexts
Writing to Heal
Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice
Writing Boston
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry Workshop
Fiction Workshop
Writing Seminar
The Writer’s Marketplace
English Electives
Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement.8

Capstone

English Capstone Requirement
ENGL 4710Capstone Seminar4

Communication Studies Requirements

Communication Studies Common Requirements
COMM 1101Introduction to Communication Studies4
COMM 1112Public Speaking4
or COMM 2301 Communication Research Methods
Foundation Course
Complete one of the following:4
Persuasion and Rhetoric
Communication Theory
Principles of Organizational Communication
Communication in a Digital Age
Cluster Course
Complete one of the following:4
Sex, Relationships, and Communication
Global and Intercultural Communication
Communication and Gender
Communication Law
Free Speech in Cyberspace
Writing-Intensive Courses
Complete two of the following:8
Mobile Communication
Health Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Communication and Inclusion
Political Communication
Communication Criticism
Public Relations Principles
Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
Free Speech: Law and Practice
Communication and Sexualities
Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
Nonverbal Social Interaction
Youth and Communication Technology
Crisis Communication and Image Management
Communication Studies Electives
Complete three additional COMM courses.12

Integrative Requirement

Integrative English Course
Complete one of the following:4
Rhetoric of Law
Technologies of Text
The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
Integrative Communication Studies Course
COMM 3415Communication Criticism4
or COMM 4602 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

Communication Studies Grade Requirements

No more than two grades below a C in communication studies courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
COMM 11014ENGL 1160 or 14104Communication Studies cluster course4Foreign Language4
COMM 1112 or 23014Communication Studies foundational course4Communication Studies elective4Communication Studies elective4
ENGL 1000 or COMM 10001English diversity course4  
ENGL 14004English Pre-1850 elective4  
Elective4   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EEAM 20001Co-op0Co-op0Communication Studies writing-intensive4
English Post-1850 elective4  Communication Studies elective4
English Theories and Methods course4   
Foreign Language4   
Elective4   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Communication Studies writing-intensive4Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
English Writing elective4  Elective4
ENGL 37104   
Foreign Language4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
English elective4English capstone4  
English elective4Integrative COMM Course4  
Integrative ENGL course4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130