The Department of Communication was the first department in the College of Fine and Applied Arts to offer an Honors Program. Students who demonstrate exceptional academic promise are invited into the Honors program each semester by the Honors Coordinator, Dr. Jennifer Gray. The Department offers several courses each semester (indicated in the course catalog with a -410 or -411 course number designation) restricted to Honors students. These courses provide students with additional opportunities for academic enrichment and personalized mentoring.
Honors Program Information Brief and Checklist - Updated April 9, 2025
Departmental Honors Handbook - Updated April 9, 2025
Department Honors Thesis Application Form - Updated May 14, 2024
Honors Contract Form - Updated September 30, 2023
Program Requirements
The Department of Communication offers a 9-hour honors program. Students must complete 6 hours of classroom honors work and a 3-hour thesis. Disciplinary honors courses will be drawn from designated honors courses offered at the department's introductory, intermediate, and advanced course levels. To graduate with Honors in Communication, a student must be a major, maintain an overall grade point average of 3.45, an overall Communication grade point average of 3.45, earn no less than a B in any Honors-designated courses, and successfully defend a departmental honors thesis.
Honors Sections
During the Fall 2025 semester, the Department of Communication offers the following Honors-only subsections:
- COM 1200-410 • Thinking Through Communication • Dr. Chris Patti
- COM 2110-410 • Introduction to Nonverbal Communication • Professor Debbie Poulos
- COM 3117-410 • Environmental Communication • Dr. Janice Pope
- COM 3210-410 • Fact-Checking and Editing • Dr. Carolyn Edy
- COM 3300-410 • Media and Society • Dr. Janice Pope
- COM 3300-411 • Media and Society • Dr. Janice Pope
- COM 3928-410 • Communication Research Methods • Dr. Jennifer Gray
Please join the Communication department in congratulating and supporting our Honors Students Graduating and completing their Theses this semester!
Fall 2025 Honors Graduate
- Erin Rice
Director: Dr. Melissa Adams
Fall 2025 Honors Thesis Students
- Helena Huntey
Director: Professor Carey Maple - Carter Grace Reed
Director: Dr. Jennifer Gray