HCOM Minor

Whatever your major, and especially for technical majors, employers consistently rate communication skills as the #1 thing they are looking for, and they look to the courses you’ve taken to prove you have the skills.

Employers consistently rate communication skills as the #1 thing they are seeking!

We offer the minor for every major!

Students can change their major or minor through the student portal using the Online Major/Minor Change Form Link . (Directions are here)

The minor in Communication Studies, offered by the Department of Human Communication Studies, consists of 18 units you select with an advisor, and you can begin taking the classes before advisement.

Minor, Communication Studies

• All catalog years: Minor Checklist

These courses will double-count for the minor AND your GE requirements, so you can finish as many as 12 GE units while fulfilling all but one course for the minor (for previous GE categories please refer to the second page of the minor checklist linked above):

• GE area 1C: HCOM 100/102
• GE area 1B: HCOM 235
• GE area 2U: HCOM 308
• GE area 4U: HCOM 315*, 320*, 342, 370 (*HCOM 315 and 320 also meet the overlay Z [Cultural Diversity] GE Requirement) 

We have other popular courses in addition to our GE offerings: Sexual Communication, the Rhetoric of Popular Culture, Legal Communication, Organizational Communication (nonprofit work and business), Interpersonal communication and relationships (family, friends, intimates), and Health communication.  You can also join the nationally-ranked Speech and Debate team by signing up for HCOM 138 or HCOM 338.

For more information contact our undergraduate advisor Dr. Javette Hayes, or our student success center if you have any more questions.