Communication Studies — The Minor in Communication Studies

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.

1. Introduction. All students are required to take the following course:
   COMSTU 100 (Introduction to Communication)
2. 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)
   AMST 355 (Black Popular Culture)
   COMSTU 300 (Information Technology and Human Communication)
   COMSTU 365 (News Media and Political Power)
   ENGL L341/WOST L341 (Women’s Image in Film)
   POLSCI 365 (Politics of Communication)
   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 484 (Communication Studies Internship)

   ENGL 340 (Literature and the Media)

   ENGL 348 (Nature of Literacy)

   POLSCI 367 (Politics by Internet)
3. Communication Techniques
   One from the following:
   ART 295 (Introduction to Video)
   ART 297 (Introduction to Video Imaging)
   ART 377 (Introduction to Multimedia)
   COMSTU 210 (Using Internet Communications)
   ENGL 307 (Writing for Print Media)
   THRART 235 (Introduction to Directing I)
   THRART 236 (Introduction to Directing II)
   THRART 261 (Playwriting I)
4. Capstone
   One from the following:
   COMSTU 480 (Seminar)
   AMST 420 (Special Topics)

1. At least three courses must be in Communication Studies (COMSTU).
2. At least three courses must be at the 300 level or above.
3. Students can petition to substitute up to two related courses in their major for courses listed in Contexts and Techniques.
4. Students already enrolled in the Communication Studies Certificate Program of Study, which the minor replaces, have the option of completing the 8 courses in that program. Consult the program’s requirements at www.commstudies.umb.edu/commprog.html.