Minor
Minor in Media and Communication
A grade point average of 2.00 is required of courses taken in residence in the minor.
Requirements
Required Courses - 6 credits
- COMM 100 - Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
- Choose ONE:
- COMM 250 - Speech Communication (3)
- COMM 353 - Public Speaking (3)
- COMM 354 - Interviewing (3)
Electives - 12 credits
- Four additional media and communication courses, with at least two taken at or above the 300-level.
Total: 18 credits
Note: Generally, only one course applied to a student's major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the media and communication minor. However, marketing or human resource management majors who are also minors in media and communication may overlap COMM 253 and one other COMM course if that course is chosen as an elective in those majors.
Minor in Journalism
A grade point average of 2.00 is required of courses taken in residence in the minor.
Requirements
Required Journalism Courses - 9 credits
- COMM 295 - Multimedia Journalism (3)
- Choose TWO courses from the following group:
- COMM 301 - Emergent Journalism (3)
- COMM 302 - Community Journalism (3)
- COMM 308 - Enterprise Journalism (3)
Electives - 9 credits
Choose THREE courses from the following group:
(If all three COMM courses are taken from the listing above, the student will only need to take two elective courses.)
- COMM 304 - Magazine Writing (3)
- COMM 305 - News Editing (3)
- COMM 308 - Feature Writing (3)
- COMM 310 - Sports Journalism (3)
- COMM 325 - Sports Production (3)*
- COMM 336 - Photo II: Media & Documentary (3)*
- COMM 346 - Media Law and Ethics (3)
- COMM 354 - Interviewing (3)
- COMM 361 - Documentary Production (3)*
- COMM 362 - Interactive Media Design (3)*
- COMM 365 - Broadcast Journalism (3)*
- COMM 487 - Senior Project (with journalism focus) (3)
Total: 18 credits
*Students may petition the chair of the department to count as an elective at most one of the prerequisites for these four courses, which include COMM 231 - Video Storytelling, COMM 236 - Photo I, and COMM 269 - Web Design.
Note: Only one course applied to a student’s major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the journalism minor.