2025-2026 Academic Catalog

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Communicating and Engaging with Science (CEWS) Minor

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.

Graduation Requirements

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.