The goal of our undergraduate program is sharing the best available theories of communication and facilitating the application of these theories for:
The department strives to achieve these objectives through varied coursework designed to prepare students for the variety of careers available to communication graduates, through practical field experiences obtained from an internship program, and through practical experience in other departmental programs.
Graduates from the program are employed in a wide variety of people-oriented careers, including management, community leadership, public relations, sales, and organizational and human resource development. Our on-going transition to an information-based society makes the skills of our majors highly valued by employers. As Roger B. Smith, former General Motors Chief Executive, noted: "Everything we do depends on the successful transfer of meaning from one person or group to another. In fact, it's not much of an exaggeration to say that communication is really what business is all about."
Our undergraduate program seeks to prepare majors for diverse career opportunities, prepare gifted students for advanced work, and develop the communication skills that contribute to the long- term advancement and happiness of all students.
For information on course advising, advising forms, course waiver request forms, internship requirements, and application for internship forms, contact:
Kaleigh Voss
Academic Counselor
Department of Communication
610 Elm Avenue, Room 110
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
kvoss@ou.edu
405-325-7710
As a Communication Major, you may choose from several course sequence options based on your own interests. You are not limited to the courses within one track, nor are you required to declare a track. Rather, Communication electives are grouped into focus areas or career tracks to help guide your selections should you choose to pursue a more focused course of study.
An internship is a planned work experience related to your personal career and academic goals. It can help you learn about a career, apply knowledge gained in the classroom, develop skills, and enrich your understanding of self and organizations. A primary purpose of an internship is to help you relate academic experiences to those in the workplace.
To be eligible for the COMM 4010 internship course (upper division COMM elective), you must:
1. Have junior or senior standing
2. Have a combined GPA of 2.50 or higher and a GPA of 2.75 or higher in communication courses
3. Have completed approximately two-thirds of required communication courses (24 credit hours)
4. Gain approval of your internship from the Internship Coordinator Stephanie Terrazas.
5. Students may only participate in one internship per term/semester for up to 3 credit hours.
For more information or internship opportunities please see the department advisor or check the internship bulletin board in Burton Hall by room 107.
COMM 4010 Internship Course Application
Search for internship positions at OU’s career services website
Thank you for your interest in research conducted in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma.
Most Communication courses allow up to 4% of extra credit for participation in research studies. To find out more information about the available opportunities, sign up for studies, and manage your earned research credits, please read and accept the pledge below, then create or login into your SONA account on the next page. Once logged into SONA you can see the available opportunities and find out detailed information about each of them. You can also stop by Burton Hall and read the recruitment flyers for each study posted on the recruitment bulletin board outside the lounge on the first floor.
Thank you for your interest in participating in the Department of Communication’s research subject pool. Before you begin, we would like to remind you of your responsibility as a research participant. When you participate in research study opportunities, you take an active role in ensuring that the quality of research produced at the University of Oklahoma is sound, reliable, and valid. Therefore, part of your responsibility as a research participant is to thoroughly read the instructions, questions, and response options in all study materials, and then provide only your most honest, thoughtful, and genuine responses.
Research study opportunities are a voluntary course component that, in terms of course credit, are no different than any other course activity. So, it is expected that you approach them with the same degree of academic integrity as any other course-related activity. Note that rushing through study materials without honest, genuine engagement, and then submitting the resultant false claim of participation in exchange for course credit may be considered a form of academic misconduct (i.e., cheating).
All students, upon agreeing to take part in research opportunities within this subject pool, are obligated to acknowledge and indicate their willingness to participate honestly, ethically, and to the best of their ability. Access to the this research pool may only be obtained by agreeing to the code of conduct described herein, and by making the pledge below. Acceptance will direct you to the listing of research participation opportunities currently offered by researchers within the Department of Communication. Declining acceptance will return you to the Provost’s Academic Integrity page.
All participant engagement with the materials in online surveys will be timed, and the results may be used to help determine honest and genuine participation. Failure to provide honest and genuine responses has negative consequences for the graduate students and faculty researchers conducting studies, and harms the quality of research being done at the University of Oklahoma. It is also unfair to other students who are taking the time to honestly participate. Therefore, when detected, such behavior will result in all such responses being deleted, and no course credit being granted for participation.
“I have read the research participant code and hereby pledge to participate to the best of my ability in Department of Communication research opportunities by reading instructions and study materials carefully, and by providing honest and genuine responses to the survey materials and studies being conducted.”
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Kaleigh Voss is the current advisor. Her office is Room 110 in Burton Hall. Her number is 325-7710 and her email is kvoss@ou.edu
If the class is full be sure to sign up for the waitlist. This is your best chance to get into a course.
As a secondary plan, if the course is full, the only way that you can enroll in the course is with instructor permission. To gain instructor permission email the professor and ask for special permission and/or attend the course the first day of class and ask for special permission. Advisors are unable to grant you permission into a full course without that course’s instructor’s approval.
Contact the instructor or that department to receive special permission to enroll in class. The COMM advisor can only give permission for COMM courses. The easiest way to find the contact information for any department is by looking at their website.
Advising for summer and fall semesters starts in March. Advising for spring semester begins in early October. If you would like to speak to an advisor before then schedule an appointment via iAdvise.ou.edu.
The advisor will send an email to your OU email account letting you know you can sign up for advising. Once you get the email notice feel free to schedule your appointment on iAdvise.ou.edu.
You can make an appointment by going to iAdvise.ou.edu.
If you want to talk with the advisor outside the heavy advising periods (March to mid-April and October to mid-November), then you can call, email, or stop by the advising office to discuss your problem or make an appointment on iAdvise.ou.edu.
Due to the pandemic, during Fall 2020-Spring 2021, the advising office will usually be closed. Contact Stephanie Terrazas via email. Advising will be done remotely during this time.
Normally, there are walk-in hours, but they vary each semester. You may find out the office hours of the advisor by stopping by BH 110 and viewing the listed hours on the advisor’s door or at the front office (BH 101). However, the easiest way to know that an advisor will be in when you want to speak to them is to schedule an appointment on iAdvise.ou.edu.
Schedule a new appointment as soon as possible via iAdvise.ou.edu or email Stephanie Terrazas directly.
After you have earned at least 90 credit hours, you will schedule an advising appointment with Kaleigh Voss for a degree check. Simply log onto iAdvise.ou.edu and the scheduling tool will appear allowing you to choose your appointment date and time.
