Undergraduate
Minors
Communication Studies
Minor in Communication Studies
The Communication Arts minor is a generalist minor for anyone wishing an acquaintance with liberal arts from a communication perspective. Communication Studies course work assists students in enhancing such competencies as critical inquiry, problem solving, media and message design, oral performance, relational interaction, and cultural communication. The Communication Studies curriculum provides a foundation for students interested in pursuing careers that apply communication principles, such as public relations, sales, marketing, video or film production, corporate media production, training and development, human resources, public affairs, consulting, and special events planning. In addition, it prepares students for graduate work in various areas, including communication, informatics, humanities, or social sciences, or in professional programs such as law, business, health, and social work.
A minor in Communication Studies (COMM) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
- completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school,
- completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course,
- 9 credits must be completed at IUPUI,6 credits must be from the 300-level or higher,
- to declare the minor, complete the School of Liberal Arts online declaration form: https://liberalarts.iupui.edu/updatemajor/
Minor Requirements:
- COMM-C 180: Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.) or
- COMM-M 150: Mass Media and Contemporary Society (3 cr.)
12 additional hours, which should be elected in consultation with, or approved by, a departmental academic advisor. Note the credit hours must be from at least two areas within the department curriculum (areas prefixed C, M, R, and T).
Current courses to choose from include:
- COMM-G 125: Topics in Communication Studies (1-3 cr.)
- COMM-G 201: Introduction to Communication Theory (3 cr.)
- COMM-G 300: Independent Study (1-8 cr.)
- COMM-G 310: Introduction to Communication Research (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 375: Topics in Nonverbal Communication (1-3 cr.)
- COMM-G 390: Honors (1-5 cr.)
- COMM-G 391: Seminar (1-3 cr.)
- COMM-G 491: Internship (3-6 cr.)
- COMM-G 499: Research Seminar (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 104: Voice and Diction (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 108: Listening (1 cr.)
- COMM-C 180: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 223: Business & Professional Communication (P: R 110) (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 228: Discussion and Group Methods (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 316: Human Communication and the Internet (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 322: Advanced Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.) (P: COMM-C 180 or instructor permission)
- COMM-C 325: Interviewing Principles and Practices (P: R 110) (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 328: Advanced Topics in Small Group Comm. (3 cr.) (P: COMM-C 228 or instructor permission)
- COMM-C 380: Organizational Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 392: Health Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 393: Family Communication (3 cr.) (P: COMM-C 180 or instructor permission)
- COMM-C 394: Communication and Conflict (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 395: Gender and Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 400: Health Provider-Consumer Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-C 481: Current Issues in Organizational Communication (3 cr.) (P: COMM-C 380 or instructor permission)
- COMM-C 482: Intercultural Communication (3 cr.) (P: COMM-C 180 or instructor permission)
- COMM-M 150: Mass Media and Contemporary Society (3 cr.)
- COMM-M 210: Media Message Design (P: ENG-W 132) (3 cr.)
- COMM-M 215: Media Literacy (3 cr.)
- COMM-M 220: Electronic Graphic Production (3 cr.)
- COMM-M 221: Electronic Media Production (3 cr.)
- COMM-M 290: Video Production Workshop (1 cr.) (P: M 221)
- COMM-M 370: History of Television (3 cr.)
- COMM-M 373: Film and Video Documentary (3 cr.) (P: COMM-M 150 or instructor permission)
- COMM-M 461: Production Problems in Communication Media (1-3 cr.)
- COMM-M 462: Television Aesthetics and Criticism (3 cr.) (P: COMM-M 150 or permission of instructor)
- COMM-M 463: Advanced Graphic Technique (3 cr.) (P: COMM-M 220 or instructor permission)
- COMM-M 464: Advanced Audio Technique (3 cr.) (P: COMM-M 221 or instructor permission)
- COMM-M 465: Advanced Video Technique (3 cr.) (P: COMM-M 221 or instructor permission)
- COMM-M 466: Television Direction (3 cr.) (P: COMM-M 221, COMM-M 290 or instructor permission)
- COMM-R 110: Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-R 227: Argumentation and Debate (3 cr.)
- COMM-R 309: Great Speakers: American Public Address (3 cr.)
- COMM-R 310: Rhetoric and Public Address (3 cr.) (P: COMM-R 110)
- COMM-R 320: Public Communication (3 cr.) (P: COMM-R 110)
- COMM-R 321: Persuasion (3 cr.) (P: COMM-R 110)
- COMM-R 330: Communication Criticism (3 cr.) (P: COMM-G 100 or COMM-R 110)
- COMM-R 350: Women Speak: American Feminist Rhetoric (3 cr.)
- COMM-R 390: Political Communication (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 100: Rehearsal and Performance (3-6 cr.)
- COMM-T 130: Introduction to Theatre (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 133: Introduction to Acting (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 205: Introduction to Oral Interpretation (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 305: Advanced Oral Interpretation (3 cr.) (P: COMM-T 205)
- COMM-T 333: Acting II (3 cr.) (P: COMM-T 133)
- COMM-T 336: Children’s Theatre (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 337: History of Theatre I (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 338: History of Theatre II (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 339: Play Directing (3 cr.) (P: COMM-T 130, COMM-T 133 or instructor perm.)
- COMM-T 430: Theatre Management (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 431: Playwriting (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 437: Creative Dynamics (3 cr.)
- COMM-T 440: The Art and Craft of Puppetry (3 cr.)
