2023-2024 Catalog

Minor: Communication and Media Arts, 15 Credits

The Communication and Media Arts minor provides students fundamental skills in this growing field. The curriculum builds a strong foundation on which students select from a wide range of elective options that allows students to design their course of study in relation to their career goals and their curricular needs.

Observable learning goals of program:

  • Explain how communication shapes culture in interpersonal, group, and organizational contexts.
  • Demonstrate a critical and theoretical understanding of media texts or media institutions.

Requirements

Required Course: (3 credits)

COMM 107Principles & Theories of Communication

3

One of the following: (3 credits)

COMM 131Introduction to Cinema Studies 

3

COMM 230Cultural History of Media

3

Three additional COMM classes required (at least two at the 300-level) (9 credits)

Note: The Communication and Media Arts minor is not available to students who have declared the following majors: Film & Media Production ; Communication Arts; Digital Journalism; Film & Media Studies; and Public Relations and Strategic Communication.