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MUSIC AND CULTURE MINOR Undergraduate students with a passion for music and whose vocational trajectory would benefit from the academic exploration of the history and relevance of music in our lives explore various courses in music as popular art form and cultural expression. All of the ARTS courses in the music minor are approved to meet the Liberal Studies Aesthetic Reasoning series option. ARTS 255 The Art of Listening: Music and Society 3 credits ARTS 256 American Popular Music 3 credits ARTS 213 Issues in Music History 3 credits ARTS 216 Music in the Theatre 3 credits ARTS 260 Music and Media 3 credits Any ARTS Elective(s) totaling 3 credits 18 credits THEATRE MINOR For undergraduate students with a desire to hone performances for sales, teaching, presentations, etc., or for students whose majors would benefit from the applied fine arts minor, the most collaborative of the fine arts. ARTS 112 Scene Technology ARTS 140 Fundamentals of Acting ARTS 212 Issues in Theatre History ARTS 251 Principles of Theatre Design ARTS 340 Improvisation ARTS 360-376 Production and Performance in Theatre
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COMMUNICATION AND RHETORICAL STUDIES MINOR This 15-credit minor focuses on understanding and developing the traits and strategies of a professional communicator. This minor will benefit the student who desires a career in sociopolitical environments, public relations, or any type of administrative/corporate leadership. Completion of the following 15 credits will satisfy the requirements for a minor in Communication and Rhetorical Studies. 3 Presentational Strategies/SPCH 115 3 Philosophy of Communication/COMM 225 or PHIL 225 3 Interpersonal Communication/COMM 235 3 Persuasion/COMM 314 3 Argumentation and Debate/COMM 322 15
COUNSELING AND HELPING PROFESSIONS MINOR REBECCA WILLOW, ED.D., Advisor The Counseling and Helping Professions minor is designed to provide basic counseling and helping skills for students who are interested in pursuing a career in behavioral and human service-related fields such as Professional Counseling, Social Work and Criminal Justice. Issues such as the diverse needs of human service clients, theoretical frameworks for services and multiple roles of helping professionals will be addressed. The courses included in this minor can also be of use to health professions majors such as Nursing, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy.