Overview
The School of Communication offers a 15-credit Minor in Communication Literacy.
Communication literacy addresses problems associated with a culture highly saturated with information from both mass-mediated and interpersonal sources. Students acquire critical communication competencies by developing the ability to evaluate the authenticity, accuracy, credibility, intent and clarity of messages, bridging news and public affairs, popular culture, intercultural communication, advertising, information graphics, social media and video games. These competencies in critical analysis will shape the nature of civic engagement as well as production, consumption and research into mediated content.
Communication literacy combines and extends the domains of media literacy, news literacy, data literacy, visual literacy and ludoliteracy.
Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| CIM 101 | Internet, Media, and Society | 3 |
| or JMM 102 | Understanding Media and Content in the Digital Age | |
| COM 102 | Introduction to Communications Literacy | 3 |
| Three additional courses chosen from the following list: | 9 | |
| Nonfiction Film and Digital Media | ||
| Global Issues and Filmmaking: An Interdisciplinary Approach | ||
| Women, Media, and Popular Culture | ||
| Race and/as Media | ||
| Introduction to Game Studies | ||
| Internet and Media Activism | ||
| Design with AI | ||
| Interracial Communication | ||
| Argumentation and Critical Thinking | ||
| Persuasion | ||
| Storytelling with Data | ||
| Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization | ||
| Media Relations | ||
| Social Media Analytics | ||
| Other School of Communication courses as approved by a department advisor in SoC | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
