Communication Studies Minor Curriculum
Six courses are required to complete the minor. To gain solid grounding in the world of communications, all students will satisfy three core requirements and
then select three other courses from a wide range of options.
Minor Core Course Requirements
COM 200 |
Communications Theory and Practice |
COM 201 |
Ethics in Communications |
Select one from:
COM 371 |
Social Media |
COM 373 |
Art of Presentation |
MKT 303 |
Integrated Marketing COmmunications (non-business majors); MKT 301 for Marketing majors |
COM 472 |
Digital Storytelling |
COM 491 |
Communication Internship |
Three additional courses can be chosen from numerous specified options in Communication Studies or courses provided by correlated departments: English; Art; Marketing; Music, Theartre and Film; as well as from select offerings from History, Linguistics, Philosophy and Theology.
Minor Course Options (select three)
Digital Photography I |
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Digital Photography II |
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Digital Photography III |
COM/MKT 303 |
Integrated Marketing Comunications (if not taken in core) |
COM 371 |
Social Media |
COM 372 |
Web Design and Development |
COM 373 |
Art of Presentation (if not taken in core) |
COM 382 |
When in Rome |
COM 471 |
Visual Rhetorics |
COM 472 |
DIgital Storytelling (if not taken in core) |
COM 473 |
Special Topics in Digital Rhetorics |
COM 491 |
Communication Internship |
Public Speaking & Presentation; Rhetoric in Modern Practice |
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Introduction to Journalism |
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Writing for Organizations |
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Screenwriting |
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ENG 362 |
Literary Journalism |
ENG 363 |
Online News Production |
Magazine Writing |
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ENG 451 |
Food Writing |
Special Topics in Journalism |
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ENG 463 |
Food Writing |
ENG 464 |
Sports Journalism |
ENG 465 |
Special Topics in Journalism |
ENG 490 |
Journalism Internship |
MTF 281 |
Producing & The Business of Film |
MTF 282 |
Screenwriting I (the Short) |
MTF 284 |
Digital Filmmaking |
MTF 381 |
Producing II |
MTF 382 |
Screenwriting II (The Feature) |
MTF 383 |
Film Dircting |
MTF 384 |
Digital Cinematography |
MTF 385 |
Audio for Digital Media |
MTF 386 |
Editing & Digital Post-Production |
MTF 387 |
Studio & Post-Production Audio |
MTF 388 |
Documentary Workshop |
MTF 393 |
Professional Film Production Workshop |
MKT 315 |
Multicultural Marketing |
MKT 321 |
Advertising |
MKT 323 |
Media Management |
MKT 324 |
Public Relations |
MKT 325 |
Applied Design |
MKT 326 |
Media Now |
Popular Culture in the United States |
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Basic Linguistics |
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Language and Culture |
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Sociolinguistics |
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LIN 340 |
Communication in Social Contexts: "Can You Hear Me Now"? |
LIN 401 |
Bilingualism and Language Diversity |
THE 371 |
Christianity & Media |
THE 372 |
Technology Ethics |
SOC 252 |
Media & Popular Culture |