Program: Communication Minor - CSU East Bay

Apr 13, 2025

2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog (BETA)

Minor Requirements (16 units)

The Communication Minor requires students to take Three (3) core courses and one (1) elective course for a total of 16 units.

Required Courses

Take (3) courses for 12 units as follows:

Choose ONE from the following:
COMM 202 - Communication, Media and Culture Units: 4
COMM 203 - Communication Theories Units: 4
COMM 206 - New Media in the Digital Age Units: 4
COMM 240 - Visual Communication and Culture Units: 4
Choose ONE from the following:
COMM 300 - History and Criticism of Communication Units: 4
COMM 312 - Media History and Social Justice Units: 4
COMM 320 - Persuasion in Media Units: 4
COMM 330 - Critical/Cultural Studies Units: 4
All students take the following course:
COMM 433 - Discourses of Difference Units: 4

Electives

Choose (1) course for 4 units from the following in consultation with an advisor (May not count any course taken to satisfy another requirement):

COMM 310 - Introduction to Organizational Communication & Long Term Thinking Units: 4
COMM 314 - Media Theory and Practice Units: 4
COMM 316 - Media and Government Units: 4
COMM 318 - Media Law and Ethics Units: 4
COMM 320 - Persuasion in Media Units: 4
COMM 321 - Research in Persuasive Communication Units: 4
COMM 323 - Communication of Difference Units: 4
COMM 326 - Social Media and Social Change Literacies Units: 4
COMM 328 - Multimedia Reporting & Writing I Units: 4
COMM 330 - Critical/Cultural Studies Units: 4
COMM 357 - Principles of Advertising Units: 4
COMM 358 - Principles of Public Relations Units: 4
COMM 361 - Professional Speaking in Strategic Communication Units: 4
COMM 387 - Advertising Design and Production Units: 4
COMM 388 - Public Relations Practice Units: 4
COMM 400 - Film, Communication and Culture Units: 4
COMM 410 - Organizing Cultures of Innovation and Empathy Units: 4
COMM 416 - Communication, Technology, and Social Change Units: 4
COMM 417 - Game Studies Units: 4
COMM 420 - Organizational Transformation Units: 4
COMM 425 - Digital Cultures Units: 4
COMM 428 - Multimedia Reporting and Writing II Units: 4
COMM 430 - Media Studies Units: 4
COMM 453 - Strategic Communication Campaigns Units: 4
COMM 455 - Communication, Media, and Society Units: 4
COMM 461 - Popular Culture Units: 4
COMM 465 - Identity and Difference in Media Units: 4
COMM 471 - Strategic Communication and Difference Units: 4
COMM 475 - Digital Organizational Communication Units: 4
COMM 480 - Moral Economies of Digital Media Units: 4
COMM 485 - Future of Media and Society Units: 4
COMM 488 - Conflict Management Units: 4
COMM 497 - Issues in Communication Units: 4