Communication Minor
Communication

Communication Minor

The Communication minor is for students interested in exploring and mastering effective communication, be it interpersonal, professional, or intercultural. In addition to studying the fundamentals of communication and meaning-making, you’ll have the opportunity to try your hand at various kinds of media creation, including print, video, and digital. 

You’ll walk away from this minor with a better understanding of how to engagingly convey your ideas in multiple formats—an appealing skill to any employer.

 

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Curriculum

Communication, Minor

Requirements

Lower division

Take one foundational course (COMM 102 or 103) and one theory course (Comm 200). Communication minors should contact the instructor of COMM 200 prior to registration to seek a prerequisite waiver.

  • Intro to Media & Cultural Stud (4 units)
  • Intro to Human Communication (4 units)
  • Communication Theory (3 units)
  • Interpers Com(lower) (1 units)
  • Intro to Media & Cultural Stud (4 units)
  • Intro to Human Communication (4 units)
  • Rhetoric and Public Discourse (3 units)
  • Communication Theory (3 units)
  • Topics in Communication (200s) (3-4 units)
  • Ind/Special Study (200s) (1-4 units)
  • COMM Elective (1-5 units)
  • Qualitative Methods (3 units)
  • Understanding Digital Culture (3 units)
  • Intercultural Communication (4 units)
  • Visual Communication (4 units)
  • Quantitative Methods (4 units)
  • Interpersonal Communication (3 units)
  • Rhetorical Criticism (4 units)
  • Advertising & Civic Engagement (4 units)
  • Public Relations (4 units)
  • Communication Policy and Law (4 units)
  • Fundametals of Journalism (4 units)
  • Sports Journalism (4 units)
  • Photojournalism (4 units)
  • Media, Technologies, & Culture (4 units)
  • Media Research Methods (4 units)
  • Topics in Media Production (3-4 units)
  • Topics in Communication (300s) (3-4 units)
  • Group Facilitation/Leadership (4 units)
  • Media Labs (1 units)
  • COMM UD Elective (1-5 units)
  • International Communication (4 units)
  • Political Communication (4 units)
  • Multimedia Journalism (4 units)
  • Adv Topics in Media Production (3-4 units)
  • Persuasion (4 units)
  • Topics in Film (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice (4 units)
  • Communicat & Soc Justice EL (1 units)
  • Topics in Communication (400s) (3-4 units)
  • Health Communication (4 units)
  • Television and Cultural Critic (4 units)
  • Race and Representation (4 units)
  • Capstone: Comm Studies (3 units)
  • Quantitative Capstone Lab (1 units)
  • Capstone: Media Studies (3 units)
  • Internship (1-3 units)
  • Ind/Special Study (400s) (1-4 units)
  • Intercultural Communication (4 units)
  • Political Communication (4 units)
  • Visual Communication (4 units)
  • Intergroup Communication (4 units)
  • Rhetorical Criticism (4 units)
  • Advertising & Civic Engagement (4 units)
  • Public Relations (4 units)
  • Communication, Policy and Law (4 units)
  • American Journalism (4 units)
  • Sports Journalism (4 units)
  • Audio Production (4 units)
  • Video Production (4 units)
  • Adv Topics in Media Production (4 units)
  • Community Media (4 units)
  • Persuasion (4 units)
  • Topics in Film: Brazilian Film (4 units)
  • Comm & Soc Justice: Whiteness (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice (4 units)
  • Communication Strategy (4 units)
  • Topics in Communication (3-4 units)
  • Health Communication (4 units)
  • Social Media & Society (4 units)
  • Rhetoric of Science (4 units)
  • Rhetoric of Privacy & Surveill (4 units)
  • Democracy and Social Media (4 units)
  • Group Facilitation/Leadership (4 units)
  • Identity & Intercultral Comm (4 units)
  • Media Criticism (4 units)
  • Whiteness, Comm, & Culture (4 units)
  • Conflict Management (4 units)
  • Latin American Film (4 units)
  • Brazilian Film (4 units)
  • Television Criticism (4 units)
  • Media and Relationships (4 units)
  • Data Science for Communication (3 units)
  • International Externship
  • Comprehensive Exams
  • Theories of Communication (4 units)
  • Strategic Mediated Comm (4 units)
  • Applied Research Design (4 units)
  • Applied Research Methods (3 units)
  • Applied Research Analysis (4 units)
  • Intercultural Externship
  • Comprehensive Exams
  • Local Externship
  • Independent Study (1-4 units)

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