Faculty of Arts

Minors in Communication

Campus credentials

Minor in public relations (18 credits)
Course Title
Lower level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 1160 Introduction to Communication
CMNS 1290
or CMNS 1810
Introduction to Professional Writing
Academic/Professional Writing
Upper level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 3550 Media and Public Relations
CMNS 4530 Organizational Communication
Electives — select two (six credits)
CMNS 3210 Digital Communities
CMNS 3050 Communications, Marketing and Design
CMNS 4240 Strategies in Crisis Communications
CMNS 3240 Advanced Professional Writing
Minor in international professional communication (18 Credits)
Course Title
Lower level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 1160 Introduction to Communication
CMNS 1290
or CMNS 1810
Introduction to Professional Writing
Academic/Professional Writing
Upper level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 3240 Advanced Professional Writing
CMNS 3510 Intercultural Communication
Electives — select two (six credits)
CMNS 3210 Digital Communities
CMNS 3050 Communications, Marketing and Design
CMNS 3700 Studies in Communications and New Media
CMNS 4530 Organizational Communication
Minor in digital media studies (18 Credits)
Course Title
Lower level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 1160 Introduction to Communication
CMNS 2200
or CMNS 2160
or CMNS 2180
Technology and Communication
Mass Communication and Popular Culture
Social Networks, Online Identities and Internet Memes
Upper level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 3210 Digital Communities
CMNS 3200 Citizen and Consumer Identities in Networked Culture
Electives — select two (six credits)
CMNS 3600 Studies in Communication, Film and Digital Production
CMNS 3700 Studies in Communications and New Media
CMNS 3800 Communication and New Media
CMNS 3160 Media, Enterntianment and Popular Culture
FILM 3300 Special Topics in Media Studies
FILM 3850 Film Theory
FILM 4050 Film Noir
FILM 4100 The American Frontier in Film, Television and Literature
JOUR 3700 Media Law and Ethics

Open Learning credentials

Minor in public relations (18 credits)
Course Title
Lower level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 1161 Introduction to Communication
CMNS 1291
or CMNS 1811
Introduction to Professional Writing
Academic/Professional Writing
Upper level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 3551 Media and Public Relations
CMNS 4531 Organizational Communication
Electives — select two (six credits)
CMNS 3211 Digital Communities
CMNS 4641 Policy Writing
CMNS 4241 Strategies in Crisis Communications
CMNS 3241 Advanced Professional Writing
Minor in international professional communication (18 Credits)
Course Title
Lower level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 1161 Introduction to Communication
CMNS 1291
or CMNS 1811
Introduction to Professional Writing
Academic/Professional Writing
Upper level requirements (six credits)
CMNS 3241 Advanced Professional Writing
CMNS 4531 Organizational Communication
Electives — select two (six credits)
CMNS 3211 Digital Communities
CMNS 4541 Policy Writing
CMNS 4241 Strategies in Crisis Communications
CMNS 3251 Professional and Academic Proposals
CMNS 3551 Media and Public Relations