2025-2026 Academic Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Option Required Courses | ||
| Track A: Recommended for students who need to strengthen their knowledge about science | ||
| 1. Introductory (2 required courses; 6 credit hours): | 6 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Data in Our Lives | ||
| (*Pathways Concept 5f) | ||
| Data Matter | ||
| (*Pathways Concept 5a) | ||
| And one from the following courses: | ||
| Introductory Statistics | ||
| (*Pathways Concept 5f) | ||
| Statistics for Social Science | ||
| (*Pathways Concept 5a) | ||
| Option Required Courses | ||
| Track B: Recommended for students who need to strengthen their knowledge about communicating science. | ||
| 1. Introductory (2 required courses; 6 credit hours) | 6 | |
| Public Speaking | ||
| (*Pathways Concept 1a) | ||
| Introduction to Health Communication (*Pathways Concept 3) | ||
| (Pathways Concept 3) | ||
| 2. Core (2 required courses; 6 credit hours) | 6 | |
| Science Writing | ||
| Introduction to Applied Collaborative Techniques (Pathways Concept 1a, 6a, or 6d) | ||
| 3. Elective (1 required course; 3 credits) | 3 | |
| Literature, Medicine, and Culture | ||
| How Science Works (*Pathways Concept 4 or 5f) | ||
| Data Visualization (*Pathways Concept 5a) | ||
| The Life Sciences and Society (Pathways Concept 2) | ||
| Science and Technology in Modern Society (*Pathways Concept 2) | ||
| 4. Capstone (1 course; 3 credit hours) | 3 | |
| Communicating and Engaging with Science Capstone | ||
| Total Hours: | 18 | |
* Courses indicated with an asterisk are Pathways to General Education courses. If completing this minor to satisfy Pathways General Education requirements. please reference the core and/or integrated outcome(s) satisfied by the course during the selection of courses for the completion of this minor.
GPA REQUIREMENT -- A GPA of 2.0 or higher is required in the minor. The GPA is based on all courses a student has completed in the Communicating and Engaging with Science minor.
Students must take 6 hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.
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