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Minor in Communication Studies: Corporate and Organizational Communication

The minor in corporate and organizational communication provides students with the opportunity to develop knowledge and communication competencies applicable in a wide variety of profit and nonprofit organizations. 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 Corporate Organizational Communication (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 in the minor, with a minimum grade of C in each course,
  • 9 credits must be completed at IUPUI, 6 hours must be completed at the 300/400 level
  • 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 380: Organizational Communication (3 cr.)

12 credit hours selected from the following: 

3 credits must be at the 300 level or above

  • COMM-C 108: Listening (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 180: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 223: Business and Professional Communication (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 228: Introduction to Group Communication (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 316: Human Communication in a Digital Age (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 325: Interviewing Principles and Practices (3 cr.) 
  • COMM-C 328: Advanced Topics in Small Group Communication (3 cr.) 
  • COMM-C 383: Female Leadership: Yeah, Right! (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 394: Communication and Conflict (3 cr.)
  • COMM-C 481: Current Issues in Organizational Communication (3 cr.) 
  • COMM-C 482: Intercultural Communication (3 cr.) 
  • COMM-M 210: Media Message Design (3 cr.)
  • COMM-G 391: Seminar (1-3 cr.)-corporate and organizational communication-related topics only
  • COMM-G 499: Research Seminar (3 cr.)
  • COMM-R 110: Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 cr.)
  • COMM-R 320: Advanced Public Communication (3 cr.) 
  • COMM-R 321: Persuasion (3 cr.)