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Digital Communications, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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The digital communications minor appeals to students interested in studying the relationship between communication, technology, and society. The minor offers students an opportunity to obtain the tools and methods for studying, analyzing, and critically reflecting upon their everyday engagements with digital forms of community and expression. Students pursuing the digital communications minor explore the ethical questions that sit at the core of the digital technologies that shape culture, politics, and the economy. Courses in the minor cover areas of digital communication such as social media, networks and organizing, internet policy and cybersecurity, online communities and collaboration, and children’s development and new media.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Students must complete a minimum of three courses exclusive to this minor beyond the courses required for the student’s declared major(s) and additional minor(s).

Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Foundational Courses
Complete two of the following:8
COMM 1255
Communication in a Digital Age
COMM 2105
Social Networks
COMM 2525
Communication and Privacy
COMM 2551
Free Speech in Cyberspace
COMM 2625
Communication, Technology, and Society
ENGL 1450
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
MSCR 2505
Digital Feminisms
or WMNS 2505
Digital Feminisms
Advanced Courses
Complete two of the following:8
COMM 3200
Mobile Communication
COMM 4605
Youth and Communication Technology
COMM 4625
Online Communities

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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