Communication Studies (Minor)
Announcements
- This minor is being phased out. Students who declare a minor in communication studies before the spring 2013 semester will complete the established requirements for the program.
Students in the communication studies minor complete a sequence of six courses (18 credit hours) in four areas: Introduction; Communication in Context; Communication Techniques; and Capstone. Students should meet with the program director or his/her designee to develop specific sequences, given the number of electives available.
Introduction. All students are required to take the following course:
COMSTU 100 or 200 (Introduction to Communication)
Communication in Context. Students select three courses from two lists, as follows:
Two from the following:
AMST 101 (Popular Culture in On America)
AMST 215 (America on Film)AMST355 (Black Popular Culture)
COMSTU 299 or 300 (Information Technology and Human Communication)
POLSCI 365 (Politics of Communication)PSYCH 337 (Communication and Society)
WOST 220 (Women and the Media)One from the following:
AMST 310 (Television in American Life)
AMST L349 / HIST L349 (Cold War: Rise and Fall)
ART 265 (Film Analysis)
COMSTU 250 (Analyzing Media)
COMSTU 490, 491(Communication Studies Internship)
ENGL 340 (Literature and the Media)
POLSCI 367 (Politics by Internet)
Communication Techniques
One from the following:
ART 295 (Introduction to Video)
ART 297 (Digital Media Arts)
ART 377 (Introduction to Multimedia)
COMSTU 210 (Using Internet Communications)
ENGL 307 (Writing for Print Media)
THRART 237 (Introduction to Directing I)
THRART 251 (Playwriting I)
Capstone
One from the following:
COMSTU 480 (Seminar)
AMST 420 (Special Topics)
The following stipulations must be observed:
• At least three courses must be in Communication Studies (COMSTU).
• At least three courses must be at the 300 level or above.
• Students can petition to substitute up to two related courses in their major for courses listed in Contexts and Techniques.
