Minor in Communication and Media Studies
The minor consists of 21 credit hours of courses in both the communication and media studies majors. Students must complete the college writing and quantitative reasoning core requirements prior to declaring the minor.
In order to declare the minor students must have a minimum 2.0 G.P.A. and have completed the core competencies in Quantitative Reasoning and College Writing English.
Courses & Requirements
CMS Core Courses (9 credit hours)
CMS 102J Introduction to Communication
CMS 103 Introduction to Media Studies
CMS 200 Research Methods in Communication
CMS Areas of Study (12 credit hours):
Communication Theory (Select one course):
CMS 255, CMS 265, CMS 272, CMS 298,CMS 330, CMS 332, CMS 345, CMS 385,
CMS 390 CMS 398
Media Theory (Select one course):
CMS 284, CMS 294, CMS 303, CMS 310, CMS 350, CMS 355, CMS 370, CMS 374,
CMS 380, CMS 384, CMS 394
Media Writing (Select one course):
CMS 150W, CMS 202, CMS 274W, CMS 205, CMS 225, CMS300, CMS302, CMS305, CMS315 and CMS325
CMS Elective (Select one course that you qualify to take based on prerequisites)
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