2024-2025 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Strategic Communication Minor

Requirements: (17 credits)

Required courses

COMM 234Introduction to Public Relations

3

or

COMM 253Introduction to Organizational Communication

3

COMM 334Public Relations Strategies and Techniques

4

or

COMM 356Professional Communication

4

COMM 410Public Opinion

4

or

COMM 434Campaign Development Methods

4

or

COMM 453Organizational Communication

4

At least two courses from the following list

(some are 3, some are 4 credits):

COMM 215Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3

COMM 216Introduction to Intercultural Communication

3

COMM 234Introduction to Public Relations

3

COMM 253Introduction to Organizational Communication

3

COMM 301Critical Thinking

4

COMM 302Small Group and Team Communication

4

COMM 315Political Communication

4

COMM 316/WGSS 316Gender and Communication

3

COMM 339Public Relations and Social Media

4

COMM 341Signature Events: Public Relations and Media Relations

3

COMM 343Communication and Social Influence

3

COMM 345Writing for the Electronic Media

4

COMM 353Interviewing Theory and Practice

3

COMM 457Converging Media

4

COMM 406Case Studies in Public Relations

4

COMM 423Crisis Communication

4

COMM 436Streaming Media in Web Publishing

4

COMM 450Communication Skills for Training and Development

3

COMM 451Environmental Communication

3

COMM 452Health Communication

4

COMM 454Communication and Social Change

3

COMM 456Corporate Communication

3

COMM 458Sports Communication

4

COMM 495Special Topics in Strategic Communication

3 to 4

COMM 496Field Studies in Communication

3