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Communication Studies Minor

Department minors must maintain a 2.00 grade point average.

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• Total Credits Required for Minor

  20

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• Core Component

  12
• SP 100 Public Address [EFFC]

  4
• SP 110 Interpersonal Communication [INTT]

  4
• SP 120 Small Group Process or

  4
•      SP 200 Argumentation (4 cr.)
• Elective Component**

  8
• Choose two courses from the following:
• SP 250 Research Methods and Careers in Communication (4 cr.)
• SP 310 Communication Theory (4 cr.)
• SP 320 New Media Literacy (4 cr.)
• SP 401 Persuasion (4 cr.)
• SP 402 Communication Criticism (4 cr.)
• 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 434 Environmental Communication in an International Context: Brazil (4 cr.) [INTT]
• SP 495 Special Topics in Communication Studies (2-4 cr.)
• BC 415 Intercultural Communication (4 cr.) [SOCR]
• BC 420 Global Communication (4 cr.)
• BC 471 Mass Communication and Society (4 cr.) [PERS]
• BC 480 Media and Politics (4 cr.)
• PR 432 Environmental Campaigns (4 cr.)