Overview
The Minor in Communication and Activism, offered by the Department of Communication, provides students with skills and knowledge necessary for becoming effective, conscientious, civically minded agents of social change capable of communicating across a variety of issues and contexts and within a multicultural and multiethnic society.
The Communication and Activism minor is for students who are interested in public advocacy, politics, campaign management, community organizing and community relations, government communication, law and judiciary careers, organizational development, social movement leadership, and political and nonprofit lobbying. The minor complements such majors as sociology, political science, criminal justice, social work, civil engineering, environmental studies, community arts, and community development.
Upon completing this minor, students should be able to:
- Identify, analyze, and address important social, cultural, political, and/or economic issues that are in need of remediation.
- Develop strategies and tactics for improving, solving, and/or intervening into those issues.
- Develop various messages and use various modes of communication to address a diversity of audiences across a variety of contexts.
- Develop a social justice sensibility that demonstrates concern for communities and populations that are under-served, under-sourced, and/or under-represented.
The minor is open to all Temple undergraduate students with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better. Students majoring in Communication (COMC) are not eligible for the minor. However, students enrolled in the minor can choose to roll over their minor credits if they want to change their major to COMC. Students with a Communication Studies major (CMST) are eligible for the minor.
Campus Location: Main
Contact Information
Jason Del Gandio, PhD
215-204-9456
jdel@temple.edu
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| COMC 1113 | Persuasion Theory and Practice | 3 |
| COMC 1301 | Resistance, Protests, and Social Movements | 3 |
| COMC 2111 | Argumentation and Advocacy | 3 |
| COMC 3401 | Social Activism and Community Organizing | 3 |
| Choose two of the following: | 6 | |
| Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Conflict | ||
| Misperceptions and Misinformation | ||
| Professional Writing for Science, Health, and Policy Issues | ||
| Special Topics in Communication | ||
| Field Experience | ||
| Speechwriting | ||
| Communication, Culture and Identity | ||
| Multiparty Conflict Processes: Dialogue, Facilitation and Multiparty Mediation | ||
| Narrative Persuasion | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |