Minors
In order to provide students with additional opportunities to broaden and enrich their educations, the University offers several minors. A minor is a program of study that is distinct from and supplements a student's major. A minor may be taken as a way to give a coherent pattern to elective hours, to expand career options, to prepare for graduate study, or simply to explore in greater depth an area different from one's major.
English and Communication Minor (21 credits)
This minor allows students in other majors an opportunity to minor in the English and Communication area. The minor has been consciously structured to allow considerable latitude in selecting courses. This way, students desiring a more literature-based program can pattern the minor accordingly, while those seeking a program emphasizing a more applied approach stressing communication skills can do likewise by taking a different array of courses.
- Required courses:
- ENG 223 Intermediate Composition (3 credits)
- One upper-level speech:
- SPE 301 Oral Interpretation (3 credits) OR
- SPE 315 Business and Professional Speaking (3 credits)
- Plus choose 15 credits (12 credits at 300-level or higher) from any of the courses that satisfy track requirements in the English and Communication major.