Political Communication Minor Check Sheet
Political Communication Minor Checklist
2022-2023 Catalog
24 Hours
This checklist is for advising purposes for BGS students only.
Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.
- Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required for the BGS.
- A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
- No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for BGS minors.
- Course rotation indications are intended to be used for planning purposes and do not guarantee course availability. "F" indicates "fall," "S" indicates "spring," and "Su" indicates "summer" availability.
Required:
- _____ COMM 2338 – Public Speaking (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: COMM 1310)
- _____ COMM 4345 – Political Communication (Prerequisites: COMM 2338)
Choose 2 courses from:
- _____ COMM 3316F – Rhetoric, Race, and Memory
- _____ COMM 3318V - Speechwriting
- _____ COMM 3302 – Rhetorical Research Methods (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: COMM 1310 and COMM 2338)
- _____ COMM 3345 – Argumentation and Debate (F, S) (Prerequisite: COMM 1310)
- _____ COMM 3350 – Public Advocacy and Civic Engagement
- _____ COMM 4307 – Media Criticism (S)
- _____ COMM 4321 – American Speeches (S) (Prerequisites: COMM 2338)
- _____ COMM 4322 – Rhetoric of Protest Movements (Prerequisites: COMM 2338)
- _____ COMM 4324 – Organizational Rhetoric
- _____ COMM 4331 – Persuasion (F, S, SU)
- _____ COMM 4338 – Advanced Public Speaking (Prerequisites: COMM 2338)
- _____ COMM 4390 – Communication Internship (Prerequisites:6 hours of upper level communication electives completed with a grade of “C” or higher. Restricted to full majors or minors in their junior or senior year. Good academic standing required.)
Choose 1 course from:
- _____ PS 3321 (WI) – Campaigns and Elections (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 4326 (WI) – Media and Public Opinion (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
Choose 3 courses from:
- _____ PS 3314 (WI) – Politics and Personality (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3315 (WI) – Quantitative Research in Political Science (Prerequisite: MATH 1312 or MATH 1315 or MATH 1316 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 or HON 2302A or HON 2302B any with a grade of "C" or better. Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301 either with a grade of "D" or better.)
- _____ PS 3321 (WI) – Campaigns and Elections (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3322 (WI) – Political Parties and Party Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3323 (WI) – Congress and the Legislative Process (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3324 (WI) – The American Presidency (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3326 (WI) – Issues and Interest Groups (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3328 (WI) – Politics in Film (S, SU) (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3331 (WI) – The Supreme Court and the Judicial Process (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 3341 (WI) – Comparative Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PA 3350 (WI) – Public Policy Process
- _____ PS 3351 (WI) – Introduction to International Studies
- _____ PS 4322 (WI) – African American Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 4323 (WI) – Latina/o Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 4324 (WI) – Women in Politics (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 4326 (WI) – Media and Public Opinion (if not taken as “required”) (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
- _____ PS 4327 (WI) – Religion and American Public Life (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
_____ PA 4362 (WI) – Government, Nonprofit and American Business (Corequisite: PA 3301)