Minor in Popular Culture
The interdisciplinary minor in pop culture is open to all students including communication majors. Housed in the Knight School of Communication, the pop culture minor offers coursework related to current movements in culture, media, design, art, and music. To declare a minor in communication, stop by the Knight School of Communication in Dana 105A.
Requirements for a minor in Popular Culture:
COMM 348 Communication and Popular Culture
Choose 1 course (3 hours) from the following list:
COMM 231/DRAM 231 Film History and Criticism
COMM 233/DRAM 233 Television History and Criticism
Choose 3 courses (9 hours) from the following list:
COMM 351 Film: Process & Product
COMM 311 Media Criticism
COMM 343 Mass Communication
COMM 356 Sports: Communication
COMM 401 Communication Seminar (with pop culture-related title)
HIST 289 Seminar in US History (with a pop culture-related title)
HIST 352/ COMM 352 History of American Journalism
HIST 353/ COMM 353 "We Interrupt this Broadcast"
ART 306 History of Design
ART 315 Art of the Modern Era
ART 325 History of Photography
ART 400 Art Criticism
MUSC 200 From Jazz to Rock 'n' Roll
MUSC 207 Music in America
PHIL 240 Philosophy through Film
Total 15 hours
*Note: some courses in this minor may require prerequisites.