The 15-credit Political Communication minor exposes students to an array of academic skills, substantive knowledge, and professional experiences that will help them analyze, understand, and deploy political discourse in a variety of forms including campaign materials, media coverage, rhetoric, advertisements, constituent communications, persuasive writing, and more technical communication and correspondence. The minor addresses issues such as public opinion formation, strategic communication, press-state relations, communication between publics, political participation, and international relations.

Required Courses (6 credits):

*If one of these courses is selected as a Required Course it cannot also be selected as an Elective Course (below)

Elective Courses (9 Credits): (At least one course from Communication and one from Political Science from the list below)