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Communication Studies Minor

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Choosing a minor field of study is optional. A minimum of 15 semester hours of separate identifiable semester credits must be earned for each minor that is declared. The same course may not be used in a major and a minor or among multiple minors unless the course is a required course (not part of a “select” area) in both the major and the minor or among multiple minors.

Curriculum

  • COMM 105 Public Speaking (3 credits)
  • COMM 107 Human Communication (3 credits)
  • COMM 200 Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
  • COMM 203 Communication Theory (3 credits)
  • COMM 221 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
  • COMM 352 Rhetoric and Public Culture (3 credits)
  • COMM 415 Communication Ethics (3 credits)

Plus One of the Following (3 credits):

  • COMM 305 Organizational Communication
  • COMM 307 Business and Professional Communication
  • COMM 326 New and Experimental Media
  • THE 240 Oral Interpretation
  • THE 260 Storytelling

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