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MINORS
A student in the College of Communications is not required to complete a minor. A student in advertising or journalism with a special interest in human resources and family studies may elect to follow a special minor of at least 20 hours as listed below. The minor may be substituted for the college requirement of 20 hours of advanced social studies, arts, and sciences.
For students not enrolled in the College of Communications,
the college offers only one approved special minor, a minor in the teaching of journalism
for students in teacher education. Other students are cautioned against attempting
to follow a minor or cognate in communications even if approved by their major departments.
Enrollment in many courses offered by the college is restricted to majors in one
of the college's curricula. In all college courses, enrollment priority is given
to students enrolled in the College of Communications.
MINOR IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND FAMILY STUDIES
For a minor in human resources and family studies (home economics), the student must complete a minimum of 20 hours in courses offered by the School of Human Resources and Family Studies. The 20 hours completed in this area may be substituted for the 20 hours of advanced social studies, arts, and sciences required by the college for graduation. However, all students in the news-editorial and broadcast journalism sequences must satisfy the departmental requirements of at least six hours each in history, political science, philosophy, economics, sociology or anthropology, and English or American literature. These courses may be taken at the lower- or upper-division level.
It is recommended that students select a concentration of courses
from one of five areas of human resources and family studies (family and consumer
economics, foods and nutrition, human development and family ecology, interior design,
or textiles and apparel) and select electives in other areas to total 20 hours.
TEACHER EDUCATION MINOR IN JOURNALISM
This minor is specifically for students in teacher education programs. It requires a minimum of 18 hours in communications courses. In addition to three required courses with a total of 11 hours of credit, a minimum of seven additional hours must be chosen from a selected group of electives. Students are also required to take at least seven hours of rhetoric, for a total of 25 hours.
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HOURS |
REQUIRED COURSES |
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3-4 |
Typography or graphic arts |
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4 |
Newswriting |
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4 |
News editing |
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6 or 7 |
Electives in advertising, journalism, and communications |
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4 |
RHET 105 or 108 |
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3 |
One of the following: ENGL 381, RHET 133, or RHET 143 |
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25 |
Total |
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ELECTIVES |
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3 |
Introduction to advertising |
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4 |
Advanced reporting |
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3 |
Photojournalism |
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3 |
Magazine article writing |
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3 |
American broadcasting and telecommunications |
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