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Communication Studies Minor

Check Sheet

Six courses are required for the Communication Studies minor.

Core Courses

  • COMM 110 Introduction to Communication Studies
  • Choose one Methods course from CIMS 226 Media and Culture Studies or ENG 229 History of the Book

Two Analysis Courses

  • Two from the following: from the following: AFS 280, AFS/CIMS 215, CIMS/IDS 219, 230, DS 220, DS/SOC 245, ENG 309 Topic(s) Rhetorics of Online Writing, Rhetorics of Space and Place, Or Rhetorics of Documentary Film, ES 225, GER /IDS 259, GER /CIMS 274, HIST 201, HIST 241, IDS 208, IDS 243, IDS 252, MUS_CLAS 135, MUS_CLAS 170, POL 233, PHIL 153, PHIL 351, SOC 204, SOC 237, WGS 210 Topic: Queer Representation in Media.

Two Praxis Courses

  • One course must focus on Written Communication. Choose from ENG 201, ENG 203, ENG 307, ES 241, ES 242.
  • One course must focus on Audio Visual Communication. Choose from ARTS 160, CIMS 220, DS 311, ENG 200 Topic(s): Writing Across Media, or Remix and Remediation,, ENG 309 Topic(s): Writing with Sound, or Art of Public Speaking, ES 230, MUS_CLAS 262.

Notes:

  • With the approval of the department up to two courses from an off campus affiliated program may be counted in the major in the areas of Analysis and Praxis.
  • No more than two 100-level courses may be used to fulfill minor requirements.
  • Courses taken under the S/U grading option do not count toward the minor.
  • COMM 399 Practicum does not count toward the Communication Studies minor requirements, but students in the minor are welcome to take the course.