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Undergraduate Catalog

Feb 10, 2025

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Mass Communication Minor

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The minor in Mass Communication is designed to provide a foundation in the history, ethics, business models and social roles of modern media, acquaint the students with news, organizational and social media applications as well as digital storytelling. It consists of the following five Mass Communication courses.

Required Courses

MASS 130 - INTRODUCTION AND HISTORTY OF MASS MEDIA Credits: 3
MASS 233 - WRITING FOR MASS MEDIA Credits: 3
MASS 235 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC RELATIONS Credits: 3
MASS 330 - BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY Credits: 3
MASS 337 - Data Driven Journalism Credits: 3

Total SCH 15

Service-Learning

Each student is required to complete a minimum of 120 hours of approved service-learning activities for graduation. These hours are to be earned in service-learning designated courses that are identified within the course description. If a course has a service-learning requirement, then the student must complete the service-learning activity regardless of the total number of service-learning hours they have accumulated.

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