FURTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS AND MINORS

Hours in the Major

The student must complete not fewer than 30 hours in the College of Communication and Information Sciences; communication studies majors and telecommunication and film majors must complete not fewer than 36 hours. The student must satisfy the requirements of one of the departments of the College (advertising and public relations, journalism, communication studies, or telecommunication and film). The maximum number of hours in the College of Communication and Information Sciences that may be counted toward the degree varies from department to department.

Hours in the Minor

• No more than 27 hours in the minor may be counted toward the degree. In completing a single minor, the student is required to fulfill the requirements of the department that offers the minor. In the College of Arts and Sciences, for example, students must complete 15-22 hours in the minor subject, as required by that division's departments. Students majoring in advertising or public relations, journalism, and telecommunication and film may minor in communication studies. Students majoring in communication studies may minor in advertising or public relations, journalism, or telecommunication and film.
• Students in the College of Communication and Information Sciences may pursue two minors, subject to the following restrictions:
  • Communication studies majors may have no more than one minor from the departments of advertising and public relations, journalism, and telecommunication and film.
  • At least one minor must be taken in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Advertising and public relations, journalism, and telecommunication and film majors may not minor in any College of Communication and Information Sciences department except communication studies.
• All students must complete in residence a minimum of 6 hours of courses numbered 300 or above in their major and minor subjects.

Double Majors

A mass communication student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences may pursue a second major in communication studies or in the College of Arts and Sciences, subject to the following provisions:

• The second major must be approved by the head of the department in which the student is enrolled.
• The student must meet all of the requirements for the second major that are in effect at the time the second major is declared.
• At the time the second major is declared, a written statement of the courses to be taken in that major must be signed by the appropriate academic adviser in the department administering the second major.

Transfer Students

Transferability refers to the conditions under which The University of Alabama accepts credit from other postsecondary institutions for inclusion in the student's record. The applicability of transferred credit toward a University of Alabama degree refers to the prerogative of an academic division to count specific transferred credit toward the student's degree requirements. Transfer students admitted to The University of Alabama may apply to have their transcripts evaluated by the College of Communication and Information Sciences records office. It is essential to have transcripts evaluated prior to enrolling in any courses in the College of Communication and Information Sciences.

A transfer student must have earned a grade point average of 2.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) at the institution(s) previously attended. The student must have earned a grade of "C-" or higher in all transferred courses that are used to satisfy major requirements in the College of Communication and Information Sciences. No more than 18 hours of eligible 100-level and 200-level courses in the major may be transferred. No 300-level or 400-level (junior/senior) courses may be transferred, unless special permission is granted by the major department. No more than 21 hours in a single subject may be transferred.

A student may transfer a total of 88 hours from another accredited four-year institution or a total of one-half of the hours needed for a degree from a junior college, provided that these maximum numbers do not conflict with accreditation requirements or other divisional requirements.

Courses Outside the Major and Minor

No more than 21 hours in any single subject other than the major or minor may be applied in fulfilling the minimum-hours graduation requirement (see "Hours and Grade Points" above for minimums).

Specialized Minors

Communication students may minor only in subjects offered in academic divisions outside the College of Communication and Information Sciences, with the following two exceptions. Advertising and public relations, journalism, and telecommunication and film majors may minor in communication studies. Communication studies majors only may minor in advertising or public relations, journalism, or telecommunication and film.

Seven specialized minors are offered to communication students through the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration. The requirements for these seven minors are as follows:

All students who expect to complete minors in areas offered exclusively in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration (C&BA) are subject to the following policies. Failure to comply with these policies will result in administrative disenrollment from C&BA courses.

• Prior to enrolling in any 300- or 400-level C&BA course, all students minoring in business must complete all of the specific prerequisites established for the course.
• Prior to enrolling in any 300- or 400- level C&BA course, all students minoring in business must have achieved junior standing (defined for purposes of this policy as 55 semester hours earned).
• All students minoring in business may take for degree credit no more than 30 hours of C&BA courses (excluding EC 110 and EC 111).

The College of Communication and Information Sciences also recognizes a specialized minor in military science, subject to two regulations. First, a maximum of 16 hours in military science may be counted toward the degree. Second, in addition to completing the requirements of the minor in military science, students must also meet College of Communication and Information Sciences regular requirements for a minor.

A student interested in a specialized minor in any other division (for example, the College of Human Environmental Sciences, College of Engineering, or College of Arts and Sciences) should contact that division.

Cultural Minor Options

The College of Communication and Information Sciences offers its students opportunities to earn tailored cultural minors in African culture studies, Eastern culture studies, Latin culture studies, multiculture studies, and Western culture studies. See your departmental adviser for details.

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