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Minor in
Communication Studies

Online

Program Overview

Offered online, the minor in Communication Studies allows you to gain a broad understanding of different perspectives on human communication, including interpersonal, organizational and nonverbal. The vision gained enables you to use these perspectives to resolve communication problems in the workplace and in everyday life.

Program Format
Online
Credit Hours
18
Tuition Per Hour
$385

Complement your undergraduate major by developing sought-after skills in human communication.

This 18-credit-hour minor is flexible and convenient and includes courses that also fulfill core curriculum requirements, easing your path to graduation.

Curriculum

The online minor in Communication Studies (COM) requires 18 credit hours of COM courses. The curriculum features a flexible, developmental approach to the study of human communication. Students complete a foundational course then select a series of elective courses, to prepare themselves for the various communication challenges that characterize our rapidly changing world.

Please note that courses are subject to change.

Foundational Course Requirement (3 hours)

COM 101 Principles of Human Communication

COM Electives (15 hours)

Distance learning students can satisfy the minor’s curriculum requirements by choosing from the courses below. A minimum of 6 credit hours of upper-division (300-499 level) COM courses must be earned.

COM 100 Rhetoric and Society
COM 123 Public Speaking
COM 220 Interpersonal Communication
COM 250 Nonverbal Communication
COM 270 Discourse of Sport
COM 300 Human Communication Research
COM 323 Advanced Public Speaking
COM 350 Organizational Communication
COM 352 Business Professional Communication
COM 463 Relational Communication
COM 465 Intercultural Communication
COM 195, COM 295, COM 395 or COM 495 Special Topics

View more information about this program through the undergraduate catalog.

Admission

Before selecting a minor, you must be admitted to a major program (bachelor’s degree). You can pursue the minor of your choice along with your major coursework after gaining approval from your advisor.