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Communication Minor

Minor Requirements

24 credits

Communication Foundations (12 credits)

Communication Core (8 credits)

COMM-1100Communication & Culture

4 credits
COMM-1900Foundations of Public Advocacy

4 credits

Communication Methods (4 credits)

COMM-2100Criticism As Praxis

4 credits

Communication Inquiry (12 credits)

Complete the following three Topics courses or complete two Topics courses and one course from Additional Options below.
COMM-3680Topics in Philosophy of Comm

4 credits
COMM-3780Topics in Identity and Power

4 credits
COMM-3980Topics in Public Controversy

4 credits

Additional Options

Up to 4 credits from the following may count toward the Communication Inquiry requirement.
ARTD-1000Ways of Seeing

4 credits
COMM-Elective COMM coursework, any level

4 credits
PHIL-1110Logic and Critical Reasoning

4 credits
PHIL-3009Feminist Philosophy

4 credits
THEA-2000The Art of Film

4 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this minor, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate engagement with humanistic inquiry through the application of theory and methodology (appropriate to discipline) to cultures, texts, or artifacts:
    1. Describe the communication discipline and its central questions. (100)
    2. Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts. (100; 250)
    3. Engage in communication inquiry. (100; 101; 250)
  2. Provide evidence of their own artistic work and active engagement with the creative process.
  3. Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts. (100; 250)
    1. Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context. (101; 250)
    2. Understand the importance of audience, purpose, and context in their cognitive, affective, and aesthetic dimensions. (101)
    3. Demonstrate the ability to accomplish communicative goals. (101; 250) (100)
  4. Demonstrate engagement with non-dominant cultures and cultural products:
    1. Apply ethical communication principles and practices. (100; 101; 250)
    2. Utilize communication to embrace difference. (100; 101; 250)
  5. Critically assess the normative dimensions of human experience:
    1. Critically analyze messages. (100; 250)
  6. Influence public discourse. (100; 101; 250)