Minor Programs
Minor: Communication Studies (15 SEMESTER HOURS)
Prerequisites
IMPORTANT: No more than six credit hours of transfer courses can be used for the minor. Courses must be taken in prerequisite order with a grade of “C” or better. Students will be administratively withdrawn from courses if grades of “C” or above are not earned in all required prerequisites. Majors in Communication may not pursue minors in either of the two communication minors. Prerequisites must be completed before a second course that requires that prerequisite. Prerequisites for courses and even course numbers change over time. Students should check the course description section the current academic year catalog for current information on prerequisites required for the courses below.
Track Listing
- COM 2000 3.0
- Intro to Communication Studies
- SPC 2600 3.0
- Public Speaking
Select at least one from the following:
- COM 3120 3.0
- Organizational Communication
- COM 3042 3.0
- Interpersonal Communication
- COM 4301 3.0
- Comm. Theory & Research Methods
Select two from the following:
- MMC 3620 3.0
- Int’l Study in Communications
- COM 4430 3.0
- International Communication
- COM 3440 3.0
- Small Group Communication
- MMC 3402 3.0
- Political Advertising
- MMC 3609 3.0
- Public Opinion & Persuasion
- COM 3932 3.0
- Topics in Communications
- COM 3346 3.0
- Interviewing: Theories & Methods
- COM 4411 3.0
- Communication & Popular Culture
- RTV 4403 3.0
- Media Criticism
- COM 4022 3.0
- Theory & Rsch. Methods in Health Communication
- COM 4930 3.0
- Seminar in Communication
Minor: Mass Communication (15 SEMESTER HOURS)
Courses must be taken in sequence. If a course is a prerequisite for a second course, they may not be taken simultaneously. Written permission from the department chair is required to override either of these policies. No more than six credit hours of transfer courses may be used in the minor. 3 hours of lower level courses may be used. A grade of “C” or better is required in all minor courses and prerequisites. Majors in Communication may not pursue minors in either of the two communication minors.
Track Listing
- MMC 1004 3.0
- Media Literacy
- MMC 3105 3.0
- Advanced Writing for the Media
- MMC 3614 3.0
- Media Theories & Effects
Select two from the following:
- ADV 3008 3.0
- Principles of Advertising
- JOU 3204 3.0
- Principles of Journalism
- PUR 3000 3.0
- Principles of Public Relations
- MMC 3200 3.0
- Law & Ethics in Communications
- RTV 3000 3.0
- Principles of Broadcasting
- SPC 4064 3.0
- Public Speaking for Professionals