/ Communication Department

4+1 Pathway

Hope College students can earn both their bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in five years through a collaborative 4+1 Graduate Degree Partnership with Western Michigan University鈥檚 School of Communication.

How It Works

Hope College and Western Michigan University鈥檚 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 鈥� up to 6 credits, must have earned a 鈥楤鈥� grade or better

  • COMM 320 鈥� Family Communication
  • COMM 330 鈥� Organizational Communication
  • COMM 335 鈥� Leadership Skills and Perspectives
  • COMM 360 鈥� The Art and Science of Persuasion
  • COMM 371 鈥� Intercultural Communication: Communicating Across Differences
  • COMM 372 鈥� Gender Communication

Prior Learning Assessment 鈥� up to 6 credits, based on the evaluation of final deliverable(s)

  • COMM 399 鈥� Communication Internship
  • COMM 460 鈥� Communication Theory
  • COMM 463 鈥� Rhetorical Theory
  • COMM 470 鈥� Cultural Communication Theory

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