Cultural Communication Minor

(18 credits)

The Cultural Communication Minor examines communication practices as modes of action, ways of accomplishing social ends, the craft of communicative activity and performance, and ordinary and spectacular cultural events. Courses in this concentration utilize multiple methods to develop an understanding of the cultural worlds humans occupy. This minor features ethnographic theory and method as well as critical theory and application. It involves students in participant observation, cross-cultural contexts, and prompts self-reflexity to produce knowledge about how culture is produced/reproduced by human action.

Required Core (12 credits):

COMM 204 - Media and Society 3 Credits
COMM 383 - Communication in Everyday Life 3 Credits
COMM 428 - Media and Identity 3 Credits
COMM 482 - Public Culture 3 Credits

Applied Core (3 credits):

Choose 3 Credits from the following:

COMM 381 - Political Communication 3 Credits
COMM 455 - Organizational Communication 3 Credits
COMM 483 - Gender Communication 3 Credits
COMM 328 - Health Communication Theory 3 Credits
COMM 361 - Small-Group Communication 3 Credits
COMM 472 - Social Media Management 3 Credits

Field Electives (3 credits):

Choose 3 Credits from the following:

COMM 214 - Topics in Communication 3 Credits
COMM 290 - Introduction to Media Writing 3 Credits
COMM 309 - Reporting 3 Credits
COMM 326 - Introduction to Health Communication 3 Credits
COMM 328 - Health Communication Theory 3 Credits
COMM 333 - Applied Health Communication 3 Credits
COMM 435 - Digital Storytelling 3 Credits
COMM 361 - Small-Group Communication 3 Credits
COMM 368 - Public Relations 3 Credits
COMM 373 - Internet as Cultural Communication 3 Credits
COMM 381 - Political Communication 3 Credits
COMM 388 - Sport Communication 3 Credits
COMM 414 - Special Topics 3 Credits
COMM 422 - Community Journalism 3 Credits *
COMM 428 - Media and Identity 3 Credits
COMM 433 - Media Criticism 3 Credits
COMM 455 - Organizational Communication 3 Credits
COMM 459 - Communication Law and Ethics 3 Credits
COMM 464 - Individual Project in Communication 3 Credits
COMM 466 - Contemporary Issues in Public Relations 3 Credits *
COMM 472 - Social Media Management 3 Credits
COMM 483 - Gender Communication 3 Credits
COMM 492 - Professional Internship in Communication 3-6 Credits
Note: A course taken to complete the 3 credit Applied Core requirement cannot fulfill this 3 credit Field of Study Elective requirement. Courses with an * after them have prerequisites in the Department of Communication not satisfield by the core courses in this minor. Check the catalog or with the department for more information.

Notes:

Students may complete more than one minor in the Department of Communication.

The Cultural Communication Minor is not available to students who have declared the Cultural Communication Major.