Communication Studies

The minor in Communication Studies consists of 18 semester hours to include

• PLSC 207 (3) Comparative Politics
• SPCH 201 (3) Public Speaking
• WRIT 465 (3) Preparation of Oral and Written Reports

and some combination of the following specialized areas of study:

Cyber Communication

• MGMT 341 (3) Information Systems and Business Analytics
• MCOM 226 (3) Multimedia Storytelling and Production
• MCOM 341 (3) Advertising Principles
• WRIT 366 (3) Technical Communication
• WRIT 501 (3) Writing for New Media

Organizational Communication

• LEAD 275 (3) Leadership Theory
• MCOM 370 (3) Public Relations Principles
• MGMT 321 (3) Management and Leadership
• MGMT 325 (3) Organizational Theory and Behavior
• MGMT 355 (3) Business Communication and Professional Development
• MKTG 380 (3) Principles of Marketing
• MKTG 381 (3) Consumer Behavior
• MKTG 387 (3) Promotion Management and Marketing
• MKTG 483 (3) Sales and Relationship Marketing
• PSYC 316 (3) Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Human Communication

• AAMS 314 (3) Race and Ethnic Relations
• LEAD 350 (3) Contexts for Global Leadership
• MCOM 302 (3) International Communication
• PLSC 205 (3) International Politics
• PLSC 260 (3) The United Nations
• PSYC 305 (3) Social Psychology: The Individual and Other People
• SOCL 314 (3) Race and Ethnic Relations
• WRIT 511 (3) Topics in Writing and Critical Communication

Six hours must be above the 299 level. This minor is not open to Mass Communication or Integrating Marketing Communication majors.