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Academic Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Communication, Minor

Communication Minor Learning Outcomes:

Students demonstrate interpersonal, group, and public communication competencies
Students illustrate critical writing, research, and analysis skills
Students apply theoretical frameworks to media
Students model conscientiousness about media’s impact and demonstrate the ethical use, creation, and dissemination of media in its various forms

Minor Requirements

MEDA 110 - Introduction to Communication 4 credit(s)
Eight additional MEDA credits from all courses listed below, 4 must be upper-division 8 credits

Electives: 12 Credits

Including 4 upper-division credits from the courses listed below.

A minimum of 4 credits must be taken from each of the three categories. All courses are 4 credits unless noted (*).

Perceiving Self and Culture

ANTH 317 - Pop Culture: Cultural Studies 4 credit(s)
IS 201 - Intercultural Communication 4 credit(s)
MEDA 201 - Interpersonal Communication 4 credit(s)
PSY 160 - Cultural Psychology 4 credit(s)
PSY 308 - Social Psychology 4 credit(s)
SOC 208 - Race: Inequality and Identity
SOC 217 - Gender and Sexuality

Oration and Performance

MEDA 101 - Fundamentals of Speaking 2 credit(s) *
MEDA 335 - Advanced Speaking & Presentations 2 credit(s) *
MEDA 351 - Intercollegiate Forensics II 0-2 credit(s) *
THEA 110 - Acting I: Fundamentals 2 credit(s) *
THEA 385 - Eco-Theatre: Community and Performance

Mediated Communication

MEDA 112 - Media in Society 4 credit(s)
MEDA 122 - Introduction to Digital Media 2 credit(s) *
MEDA 220 - Film and Society 2 credit(s) *
MEDA 401W - Advanced Film Analysis 4 credit(s)
POLS 221 - Politics in Literature & Film 2-4 credit(s) *
POLS 301 - Politics and The Media 4 credit(s)

Total: 24 Credits