Communications and Media Studies Minor

Coordinator: Joel Nathan Rosen, Associate Professor of Sociology and Media Studies; Director, Communications and Media Studies Program

The interdisciplinary minor in Communications and Media Studies combines courses from a variety of disciplines to provide students with knowledge and familiarity about the public’s use of and responses to mass communication. Courses promote critical thought about the impact that media has upon culture, including aspects of individual and community behavior, law, economics, history, politics, technology, and public appeal. Students can focus their attention on a wide range of related content, including but not limited to, print and electronic media, marketing, social media, communications related to art and music, media in popular culture, etc. Regardless of concentration, students must attain a minimum GPA of 2.00 in five designated courses to complete the minor.

Each track consists of three required courses and two minor elective courses. Either Introduction to Communications or Human Communications will serve as the mandatory introductory course, and Communications in Practice will serve as the mandatory capstone course.

A growing list of required and elective courses are listed below. Please check back for additional offerings.