{"id":9499,"date":"2016-10-07T11:34:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T18:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=9499"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:51:02","slug":"communication-studies-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/communication\/programs\/communication-studies-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication Studies Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2fzwwwb-70a1cf4aeff9cf6386f913b450d9e922\">\n.avia-section.av-2fzwwwb-70a1cf4aeff9cf6386f913b450d9e922{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/southern-oregon-university-communication-student-planning-sticky-notes.jpg);\nbackground-position:100% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='Â鶹´«Ã½ Communication Studies Minor Page - Intro 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looking for ways to strongly and effectively express themselves through social media would benefit from adding the Communication Studies Minor to supplement their studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lt6h0s92-83b3f2fa15208b9e8ed8175e0dd00b6e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lt6h0s92-83b3f2fa15208b9e8ed8175e0dd00b6e .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lt6h0s92-83b3f2fa15208b9e8ed8175e0dd00b6e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Degree Roadmap<\/h4>\n<p>Communication Studies Minors will complete 28 credits in the communication program. Student will work with an advisor to choose on of three minor paths: Interpersonal, Rhetoric, and Flexible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lt6h0z4j-ca5add597b0a7a18bb4b376a6fbd48a4\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lt6h0z4j-ca5add597b0a7a18bb4b376a6fbd48a4 .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lt6h0z4j-ca5add597b0a7a18bb4b376a6fbd48a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Degree Integration<\/h4>\n<p>Some communication minor students will prepare for their intended career through a major degree, while pursuing personal communication interests with a their minor. Other students may pursue a communication minor to provide specific specialization to compliment their major. 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