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.
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/admissions/update-major-form.html
- Communication Studies majors cannot complete this minor.
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).
