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Interpersonal Communication Minor

College of Communication and Information
School of Communication Studies
135 Taylor Hall
Tel: 330-672-2659
E-mail: comm@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/comm

The Interpersonal Communication minor allows students pursuing, for example, advising or educational-related major degrees a more specific minor in interpersonal communication to add and demonstrate they have more communication training facilitating interpersonal communication processes because of required specialized curriculum guiding the minor degree selections. This adaptation and exploration is likely to be more appealing to both students when constructing their resumes and to employers when making hiring decisions and considering the necessary types of communication skill competencies required for the profession.

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION MINOR REQUIREMENTS  (18 credits):
Course Title Credits
COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication
 3

20001 Interpersonal Communication  3
  25902 Communication Theory  3
Choose from the following:
 9
COMM 35600 Communication in Small Groups and Teams (3)
 

36505 Communication, Aging and Culture (3)
 

40001 Advanced Interpersonal Communication (3)
 

45957 Language, Meaning and Cognition (3)
 

45959 Nonverbal Communication (3)
 
  46601 Relational Communication (3)
 
  46605 Communication Across the Life Span (3)
 
  46608 Family Communication (3)
 
  TOTAL  18

Minimum 2.25 GPA in the minor required for graduation.