Undergraduate
Minors
Communication Studies
Requirements for all minors:
Minors require 15 credit hours, at least 9 of which must be taken at IUPUI and six of which must be at the 300-400 level. Students must earn a C or higher in each course. Only one course (three hours) may be used in more than one minor.
Communication Studies
This a general minor for those wishing to design a minor specific to their needs by selecting from all the courses offered in the major.- Required: COMM C180 (Interpersonal Communication) or COMM M150 (Mass Media and Contemporary Society)
- Elective Courses (12 hours):
- The remaining courses must be from at least two areas within the department curriculum (areas prefixed C, M, R, and T).
Corporate and Organizational Communication
This minor is for students who want to improve their understanding and skills critical to the success of organizations.
- Required: COMM C380 (Organizational Communication)
- Elective Courses (12 hours):
- C108 - Listening
- C180 - Interpersonal Communication
- M210 - Media Message Design or M215 - Media Literacy
- C223 - Business and Professional Communication
- C228 - Discussion and Group Methods
- C316 - Human Communication and the Internet
- R110 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication
- R320 - Advanced Public Communication
- R321 - Persuasion
- C325 - Interviewing Principles and Practices
- C328 - Advanced Topics in Small Group Communication
- G391 - Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (with Department approval)
- C394 - Communication and Conflict
- C481 - Current Issues in Organizational Communication
- C482 - Intercultural Communication
- G499 - Research Seminar
Health Communication
This minor is for students who seek to improve their understanding and skills that would help them communicate as health advocates; educate communities about important health issues; design persuasive health messages; and advise healthcare organizations and providers how to communicate with patients, promote services, and relate with the public. COMM R110 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication) may not count for this minor.
- Required: COMM C180 (Interpersonal Communication) or M150 (Mass Media and Contemporary Society); C392 (Health Communication) and C400 (Health Provider-Consumer Communication)
- Elective Courses (6 hours):
- M210 - Media Message Design or M215 - Media Literacy
- G310 – Introduction to Communication Research
- R321 – Persuasion
- C322 – Advanced Interpersonal Communication
- C345 – Restorative Communication
- G391 - Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (with Department approval)
- C482 – Intercultural Communication
This minor is for students interested in media production and/or media aesthetics. COMM R110 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication) may not count for this minor.
- Required: COMM M150 (Mass Media and Contemporary Society)
- Elective Courses (12 hours):
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- M210 – Media Message Design
- M215 – Media Literacy
- M220 – Applied Media Aesthetics I
- M221 – Applied Media Aesthetics II
- M290 – Video Production Workshop
- M370 – History of Television
- G391 – Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (with Department approval)
- M461 – Production Problems in Communication Media
- M462 - Television Aesthetics and Criticism
- M463 – Advanced Graphic Technique
- M463 – Advanced Audio Technique
- M465 – Television Direction
Public Communication and Persuasion
This minor helps students develop the ability to evaluate critically the persuasive messages that shape our identities, influence our thought and action, transform our communities, and create our culture.
- Required: 12 credit hours of any COMM-R courses (including R110).
- Elective Course (3 hours): Students may select a fifth COMM-R class or select from the following classes to complete the 15 hours
- M210 - Media Message Design
- G391 - Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (with Department approval)
- G300 - Independent Study (with Department approval)
Theatre
This minor is for students who want to improve their knowledge and skills that would lay the basis for further study in acting, theatre directing, and playwriting. COMM R110 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication) may not count for this minor.
- Required: T130 (Introduction to Theatre)
- Elective Courses (12 hours):
- Any COMM-T course
- COMM - G391 Advanced Topics in Communication Studies (with Department approval)
- COMM - G300 Independent Study (with Department approval)