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Twin Cities Campus
Communication Studies MinorCommunication Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Courses examine human communication, using humanistic and social scientific methods. Fields of study include speechmaking, rhetorical criticism, ethics, and interpersonal, small group, organizational, intercultural, and electronic (broadcasting, cable, satellite, Internet) forms of communication. Students intending to declare a minor must meet with a communication studies adviser in 274 Ford Hall.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
A given course may only count towards one minor requirement.
Students may earn a BA or a minor in communication studies, but not both.
Introductory Course
COMM 1101/1101H is recommended.
Take exactly 1 course(s) totaling exactly 3 credit(s) from the following:
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COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
COMM 1101H - Honors: Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
OLPD 1461 - Presentations in Work Settings: Business & Marketing Education and Human Resource Development
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 1313W - Analysis of Argument
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
Electives
Any COMM 1xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, or its cross-list that is not counting towards a different minor requierment may count as an elective.
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
COMM 1xxx and 3xxx
Take no more than 2 course(s) from the following:
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COMM 1313W - Analysis of Argument
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3190H - Honors Course: Research Seminar in Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3201 - Introduction to Electronic Media Production
(4.0 cr)
·
COMM 3202 - Audio Production and Media Literacy
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3204 - Advanced Electronic Media Production
(4.0 cr)
·
COMM 3211 - Introduction to Media Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3231 - Reality TV: History, Culture, and Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3263W - Media Literacy: Decoding Media Images and Messages
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3401 - Introduction to Communication Theory
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3402 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3409 - Nonverbal Communication
[SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3411 - Introduction to Small Group Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3422 - Interviewing and Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3431 - Persuasion Theories
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3441 - Introduction to Organizational Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3452W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3601 - Introduction to Rhetorical Theory
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3605W - Persuasive Speaking and Speech Writing
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3614 - Advanced Public Policy and Debate
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3615W - Argumentation
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3625W - Communication Ethics
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3631 - Freedom of Speech
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3635W - Famous Speeches
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3666 - Greek Intellectual Revolution
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3676W - Communicating Terrorism
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3681W - Rhetorical Fictions and 20th Century Conflicts
[LITR, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
COMM 3682W - Communicating War
[AH, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
COMM 1101H - Honors: Introduction to Public Speaking
[CIV]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3110 - Topics in Communication Studies
(3.0 cr)
or
COMM 3110H - Honors Topics in Communication Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 3341 - Asian American Images
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
AAS 3341 - Asian American Images
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
Directed Study and Research
Take at most 6 credit(s) from the following:
Take at most 3 credit(s) from the following:
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COMM 3993 - Directed Study
(1.0-3.0 cr)
·
Take at most 3 credit(s) from the following:
·
COMM 3996 - Directed Instruction
(3.0 cr)
·
Take at most 3 credit(s) from the following:
·
COMM 3994 - Directed Research
(1.0-3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4xxx and 5xxx
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
COMM 4204 - Producing for Television: Theory and Practice
(4.0 cr)
·
COMM 3221 - Musical Communication
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4235 - Electronic Media and Ethnic Minorities--A World View
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4245 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4251 - Environmental Communication
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4263 - Feminist Media Studies
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4291 - New Telecommunication Media
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4404W - Language Borderlands
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4407 - Communication and Conflict
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4471 - Communication in Marriage and Family
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4602W - Contemporary Political Persuasion
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4616 - African American Civil Rights Rhetoric
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 4621W - Rhetoric of Feminism
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5110 - Special Topics in Communication Theory
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5211 - Critical Media Studies: Theory and Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5221 - Media, Race, and Identity
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5231 - Media Outlaws
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5250 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5261 - Political Economy of Media Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5401 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5402 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5411 - Small Group Communication Research
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5431 - The Process of Persuasion
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5441 - Communication in Human Organizations
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5451W - Intercultural Communication Processes
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5611 - Survey of Rhetorical Theory
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5615W - Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
COMM 5617 - History and Criticism of U.S. Public Discourse: 1630-1865
(3.0 cr)
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