Overview

The Speech Communication option at Oregon State University consists of 48 credits of course work.

Students who choose the Communication option will be required to satisfactorily complete an undergraduate prerequisite core before applying (through the School of Arts and Communication) to the major.

Students who are working on completing the prerequisite core are placed in the Pre-Communication major (major code 979).

Key facts:

The Theater Arts option consists of 51 credits of course work. Students in theater arts do not need to complete the undergraduate prerequisite core required in the Communication option.
The course requirements for students pursuing a Theatre Arts option are held to a minimum with the intention of allowing the student and their faculty advisor to devise a program most suited to the student's specific needs and objectives.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public Speaking

Argument and Critical Discourse

Interpersonal Communication

Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

Interpersonal Communication

Intercultural Communication

Negotiation and Mediation

Health Communication

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-22 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-03-30 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-09-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-02 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

180 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Corvallis, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

3.0 GPA High school diploma or IB Diploma with minimum overall score of 26 or IGCSE 5 subjects with a 3.0 average using NCAA scale (9-7/A=4, 5-6/B/C=3, 4/D/E=2, F/G=1, 3-1/U=0). Subjects must include Math, English, Science, 2 electives.
English Test Scores must be less than two years old as of the start term requested. Applicants may also use the following achievements to meet the English Requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program.
SAT: evidence-based reading/writing score of 560
ACTE (ACT English) - 21
Two English composition courses (Writing 121+) with grades C- or better or one English composition and one Speech Communication course (Communication 111+) with grades C- or better, all from a US university.
IGCSE O or A Level English with a grade of C or better (provisional results not accepted)
IB Diploma: Language A - Language and Literature (HL) with a minimum score of 5
AP English L & C - minimum score of 3

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

40392 USD / year

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Out-of-State

40392 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

15246 USD / year

≈ 15246 USD / year

Living costs

Corvallis

United States

1397 - 2488 USD / month

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