Minors

Students in mass communication learn how to formulate questions and to gather, analyze, and communicate information. They also consider the huge impact of media on modern society. Thus, mass communication is an ideal complement to more traditional academic fields. Because the skills taught in communication courses are so universally needed and the media themselves so pervasive in our society, a mass communication minor is compatible with every other discipline taught at the university.

Mass Communication

The general mass communication minor is composed of the following 18 hours:

  • CMMN A100 Introduction to Mass Communication
  • CMMN A101 Communications Writing
  • CMMN A201 Digital Communication
  • CMMN Elective
  • CMMN Elective
  • CMMN Elective

 

The School of Mass Communication also offers minors in Social Media and Environmental Communication. Both are 18 hours:

Social Media

A minor in Social Media will teach students how to better hone their analytical thinking and improve creative communication for real world clients while learning about the use of social media in crisis communication, political messaging and brand and reputation management.

Students will learn how to adapt AP style for social media, deploy content across various platforms as well as target messaging through use of conversational engagement, platform analytics and the development of editorial calendars that leverage cross-platform synergies to build awareness amongst followers for their clients.

  • CMMN A101 Communications Writing
  • CMMN A201 Digital Communication
  • CMMN A265 Photography
  • CMMN A266 Videography
  • CMMN A380 Social Media Strategies
  • CMMN A291 Internship
  • CMMN Elective

Environmental Communication

A minor in Environmental Communication will help students from all disciplines get a better understanding of how to communicate environmental issues. Environmental issues are rising all the time and since Katrina there has been a tremendous expansion of jobs in the environmental field. This minor gives students the opportunity to gain skills in this area. 

  • CMMN A100 Introduction to Mass Communication
  • CMMN A101 Communications Writing
  • CMMN A371 Covering the Environmental Beat
  • CMMN A475 Environmental Communication
  • CMMN Elective
  • CMMN Elective

Religion and Media Minor

The Religion and Media Minor is an interdisciplinary program that educates students about religious traditions, encourages students to be attentive to the roles played by religions in history and current events, stimulates understanding of religions expressed in the products of culture, and teaches students to evaluate information so they become critical-thinking consumers of media as well as thoughtful producers of print, digital, and video content.

Two Required Courses

  • CMMN A100 Introduction to Mass Communications
  • RELS V244   Religion, Media and Culture
     

Electives

  • RELS V222 Religion, Secularism, and Discrimination
  • RELS S230 Bible in the Media
  • RELS V254 Islamophobia and Its Media Coverage
  • RELS V327 Religion in the News
  • RELS A370 Religion and Media