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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Mass Communication - Professional Media, B.A.


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OSRHE Program Code: 130

CIP Code: 090402

Major Code: 5012

University Core (Total Listed 42-44)


For full list of courses see University Core (Bachelor’s) .

Major Requirements


Mass Communication - Professional Media: 50-58 Minimum Required Hours


Electives: 12 Credit Hours


+ Select from the following:

Modern Language Requirement: 0-8 Credit Hours


All students completing a B.A. in Mass Communication - Professional Media shall complete the first two semesters of a second language. Students may alternatively fulfill the language requirement by proof of academic work in the second language (CLEP test through Elementary II level, for example SPAN 1224), four years of high school language courses, or transfer work from another institution.

Electives to bring total to: 124 Minimum Required Hours


Minimum Grade Requirements


  1. Average in all college course work and course work at UCO: 2.00
  2. Average in major courses: 2.50

Accelerated Degree Pathway (ADP)


Students in the B.A. in Mass Communication-Professional Media program are eligible to pursue an M.A. in Strategic Communications-Leadership in Communications degree while still an undergraduate, which means that they can take courses that will count toward both the B.A. and M.A. degrees. A formal application to the M.A. in Strategic Communications-Leadership in Communications program and approval from the Department of Mass Communication are required. For more information, please see the Accelerated Degree Pathway requirements for the M.A. in Strategic Communications-Leadership in Communications in the Graduate Catalog.

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