4+1 Pathway
Hope College students can earn both their bachelorɫəs and masterɫəs degrees in five years through a collaborative 4+1 Graduate Degree Partnership with Western Michigan Universityɫəs School of Communication.
How It Works
Hope College and Western Michigan Universityɫəs School of Communication have established a partnership that allows Hope students to transfer up to six undergraduate credit hours towards a Master of Arts in Communication degree at WMU. Additionally, Hope students have the opportunity to obtain up to six additional graduate credit hours through prior learning assessment.
Eligible Hope College Courses
Transferable Credits ɫɔ up to 6 credits, must have earned a ɫɘBɫə grade or better
- COMM 320 ɫɓ Family Communication
- COMM 330 ɫɓ Organizational Communication
- COMM 335 ɫɓ Leadership Skills and Perspectives
- COMM 360 ɫɓ The Art and Science of Persuasion
- COMM 371 ɫɓ Intercultural Communication: Communicating Across Differences
- COMM 372 ɫɓ Gender Communication
Prior Learning Assessment ɫɔ up to 6 credits, based on the evaluation of final deliverable(s)
- COMM 399 ɫɓ Communication Internship
- COMM 460 ɫɓ Communication Theory
- COMM 463 ɫɓ Rhetorical Theory
- COMM 470 ɫɓ Cultural Communication Theory
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