2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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This minor exposes students to core Pathways learning outcomes and knowledge about how strategic communication works in multiple non-communication industries such as business, sciences, and engineering. Some courses listed on this checksheet have prerequisites. Please consult the University Course Catalog, or check with your adviser.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| I. Foundational Pathways Courses | ||
| COMM 1016 | Communication Skills (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse ; Integrated Outcome: Ethical Reasoning) 1 | 3 |
| or COMM 2004 | Public Speaking | |
| PR 2044 | Principles of Public Relations (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrated Outcome: Ethical Reasoning) 1 | 3 |
| AHRM 1014 | Design and Art for Consumers (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts ; Integrated Outcome: Intercultural and Global Awareness ) 1 | 3 |
| ACIS 1004 | Accounting Foundations (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking ; Integrated Outcome: Ethical Reasoning) 1, 2 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| II. Upper-Level Elective Courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Persuasion | ||
| Public Advocacy | ||
| Professional Communication | ||
| Communication Law | ||
| Cyberlaw and Policy (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Integrated Outcome: Ethical Reasoning) 1 | ||
| Event Management (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts (design); Integrated Outcome: Ethical Reasoning) 1 | ||
| Multicultural Diversity in Organizations (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences and Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States ; Integrated Outcome: Intercultural and Global Awareness) 1 | ||
| Leadership and Management/Ethics (Core Concept 3 Reasoning in the Social Sciences; Integrated Outcome: Intercultural and Global Awareness) 1 | ||
| Public Relations Cases | ||
| Corporate Communication | ||
| Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility | ||
| Public Relations Administration | ||
| Crisis Communication and Issue Management | ||
| Subtotal | 3 | |
| III. Communication Capstone | ||
| PR 4404 | Strategic Communication Capstone 3 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Pathways General Education Course. If you are completing this minor to satisfy Pathways General Education requirements, please reference the core and/or integrated outcome(s) satisfied by each course when you select courses.
ACIS 2115 Principles of Accounting may be substituted for ACIS 1004 Accounting Foundations. ACIS 2115 Principles of Accounting is not approved to satisfy Pathways General Education requirements.
Required of all minors.
Minimum credits to Complete the minor: 18
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 strategic communication minor.
Minor Requirement: All minors must take at least 6 hours of 3000 or 4000 coursework
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