Communication Studies Minor

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Total Credits Required for Minor 24
Core Component 16
SP 100 Public Address 4
SP 110 Interpersonal Communication 4
SP 120 Small Group Process 4
SP 250 Research Methods and Careers in Communication *4
Elective Component** 8
Choose two courses from the following: 
SP 200 Argumentation (4 cr.)
SP 300 Rhetorical Theory (4 cr.)
SP 310 Communication Theory (4 cr.)
SP 401 Persuasion (4 cr.)
SP 402 Communication Criticism (4 cr.) [II]
SP 404 Communication and the Arts (4 cr.)
SP 410 Advanced Interpersonal Communication (4 cr.)
SP 412 Nonverbal Communication (4 cr.)
SP 421 Organizational Communication (4 cr.)
SP 422 Crisis Communication (4 cr.)
SP 432 Environmental Communication (4 cr.)
SP 495 Special Topics in Communication Studies (2-4 cr.)
BC 410 The Documentary (4 cr.)
BC 415 Intercultural Communication (4 cr.)
BC 471 Mass Communication and Society (4 cr.)

 

*Students majoring in public relations or entertainment and sports promotion may substitute an SP-prefixed course for SP 250.

**At least one course must be at the 300- or 400- level. Students may elect to take no more than 1 BC-prefixed course.

 

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