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Communication Studies Honors Program

Admission to the Departmental Honors Program requires a 3.50 GPA on a 4.0 point scale and the permission of the Dean of the Honors College and the Departmental Honors Coordinator.

Students in the Communication Studies Honors Program must maintain an overall GPA of 3.50.  Students who have been dismissed from the program because their overall GPA has fallen below 3.50 may petition for readmission.  Students must raise their grade-point average to 3.50 and submit their petition to the Dean of the Honors College and Departmental Honors Coordinator.

Departmental Honors Requirements

Each student must complete 45 hours of Communication Studies classes, 12 of which are met by the Departmental Honors Requirement.

These courses will have flexible credit and possible repetition with change of content.

Total Semester Hours: minimum of 12  from the following:

CMN 4444
Honors Independent Study.  (3 to 6 credits)
CMN 4555
Honors Research.  (3 to 6 credits)
CMN 4644
Honors Thesis.  (3 credits)
CMN 4666
Honors Seminar.  (3 to 6 credits)

Information sourced from the 2005-2006 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.