The Communication Arts and Mass Media Minor (CASCM_UMNR) offers students the opportunity to balance a liberal arts foundation and orientation to communication with the media and production theory and skills necessary for supplementing career fields requiring effective oral, written and media production skills. This minor would complement majors in management, marketing, education, sales, training and development, government, human resources, and development.
Students must apply for entrance to the minor after achieving fifth semester classification and a C or higher is required in all courses. This minor is not available to students enrolled in any of the majors in the College of Communications or any other communication major offered at the Penn State Campuses.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR (18 credits)
REQUIRED COURSES – 6 credits (take during semesters 1-2)
- Select one of the following :
COMM 100N – Media and Society (3)
COMM 110 – Media and Democracy (3)
COMM 118 – Introduction to Media Effects (3)
COMM 150N – The Art of Cinema (3)
COMM 251 – The Nature of Media (3)
- Select one of the following :
CAS 101N – Introduction to Human Communication (3)
CAS 252 – Business and Professional Communication (3)
CAS 301 – Rhetorical Theory (3)
CAS 303 – Introduction to Communication Theory (3)
SUPPORTING COURSES – 12 credits
- Select 6 credits from any CAS or COMM 200-300 level courses (take during semesters 3-6)
- Select 6 credits from any CAS or COMM 400 level courses (take during semesters 5-8)