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.
  • Introduction to Media & Cultural Studies (4 units)
  • OR
  • Intro to Human Communication (4 units)
  • AND
  • Communication Theory (3 units)

Upper Division

  • Take 11 units of 300- or 400-level COMM courses. Some courses require prerequisites that are not contained within this minor.
  • Introduction to Media & Cultural Studies (4 units)
  • Intro to Human Communication (4 units)
  • Rhetoric and Public Discourse (3 units)
  • Communication Theory (3 units)
  • Topics in Communication/200-Level (3-4 units)
  • Independent/Special Study (200-Level) (1-4 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 and Civic Engagement (4 units)
  • Public Relations (4 units)
  • Communication Policy and Law (4 units)
  • Fundamentals of Journalism: From Story Idea to Publication (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/300-Level (3-4 units)
  • Group Facilitation & Leadership (4 units)
  • Media Labs in Radio, Journalism Or Other (1 units)
  • International Communication (4 units)
  • Political Communication (4 units)
  • Multimedia Journalism (4 units)
  • Advanced Media Production I (3-4 units)
  • Persuasion (4 units)
  • Topics in Film (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice EL (1 units)
  • Topics in Communication/400-Level (3-4 units)
  • Health Communication (4 units)
  • Television and Cultural Criticism (4 units)
  • Race and Representation (4 units)
  • Senior Research Capstone: Communication (3 units)
  • Quantitative Capstone Lab (1 units)
  • Senior Research Capstone: Media Studies (3 units)
  • Internship (1-3 units)
  • Independent/Special Study (400-Level) (1-4 units)
  • Intercultural Communication (4 units)
  • Political Communication (4 units)
  • Visual Communication (4 units)
  • Intergroup Communication (4 units)
  • Rhetorical Criticism (4 units)
  • Advertising and 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)
  • Advanced Topics in Media Production (4 units)
  • Community Media (4 units)
  • Persuasion (4 units)
  • Topics in Film: Brazilian Film (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice: Whiteness (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice: Drag (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 & Surveillance (4 units)
  • Democracy and Social Media (4 units)
  • Group Facilitation and Leadership (4 units)
  • Identity & Intercultural Communication (4 units)
  • Media Criticism (4 units)
  • Whiteness, Communication, & 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 in Real World Contexts (3 units)
  • Theories of Communication (4 units)
  • Strategic Mediated Communication (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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