Clarkson University offers a minor in Communication that is available to all undergraduate students with the exception of Communication majors. Courses used to fulfill the requirements of the minor include writing, speaking, graphic design, and theory. To achieve a minor in Communication, students must achieve a 2.0 grade average in six three-credit courses, distributed in the following fashion:
Students are required to complete one course from each of the following groups:
Writing
- COMM210 Theory of Rhetoric for Business, Science and Engineering
- COMM219 Introduction to Social Media
- COMM226 Short Film Writing
- COMM245 Writing for New Media
- COMM312 Public Relations*
- COMM313 Professional Communication*
- COMM314* Communicating, Promoting, and Marketing “Place”
- COMM315* STEAM Journalism
- COMM326 Feature Film Screenwriting
- COMM330 Science Journalism
- COMM428 Environmental Communication*
Speaking
- COMM217 Introduction to Public Speaking
- COMM312 Public Relations*
- COMM313 Professional Communication*
Students are required to complete one course from each of the following groups:
Design
- COMM100 2D Digital Design
- COMM229 - Principles of User-Experience Design
- COMM322 Typography and Design
- COMM327 Digital Video Production I
- COMM329 Front-End Development for the Web
- COMM345 Information Design
- COMM360 Sound Design
- COMM375 Product Design
- COMM427 Digital Video Production II
- COMM447 Design-Driven Innovation
- COMM448 Portraying Innovation Through the Lense
- COMM449 Narrating Innovation
- COMM450 Leading Innovation
Theory
- COMM310 Mass Media and Society
- COMM314 Communicating, Promoting, and Marketing "Place"
- COMM315* STEAM Journalism
- COMM410 Theory and Philosophy of Communication
- COMM412 Organizational Communications and Public Relations Theory
- COMM428 Environmental Communication*
Other Communication Courses
Students must take two other communication courses.
*Course may be used for one of two groups but not both.