2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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Communication Studies Minor (Online)

Overview

Requirements

Choose two of the following courses:

COMM 112Mass Media and Society

3
COMM 220Interpersonal Communication

3
COMM 228Online Journalism and Social Media

3
COMM 301Communication Theory

3
COMM 312/ENGL 312Writing in the Professions

3
COMM 318Computer Mediated Communication

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Core Courses

COMM 101Introduction to Communication Studies

3
COMM 305Cross-Cultural Communication

3
COMM 370Diversity Communication

3
COMM 405Conflict Management and Mediation

3
Total Credit Hours:12

Outcomes

Students will:

  1. Demonstrate interpersonal skills.
  2. Utilize critical thinking in the application of the communication process as a responsible member of society.
  3. Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate to the audiences and purposes they serve.
  4. Communicate orally ideas to an audience in its intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic entirety.
  5. Demonstrate emotional intelligence of the diversity of peoples and cultures and the role of communication in a global society.