Cultural Communication Minor

Admission to the Minor

Admission to JMU does not guarantee admission to the School of Communication Studies . All students interested in minoring in Cultural Communication must apply for a limited number of spaces by enrolling in and successfully completing SCOM 240  and SCOM 240L . To be eligible to register for these classes, students must add the minor in MyMadison by no later than March 30 for summer and fall registration and by September 30 for spring registration. Declaring the minor by this date does not guarantee availability of courses. The School of Communication Studies  reviews performance in the SCOM 240 /SCOM 240L  class to make decisions about acceptance into the minor each semester.

Admission to the minor is based on availability to the most qualified students as determined by performance in SCOM 240  and SCOM 240L .

Students who are not admitted are permitted one more attempt to successfully meet performance requirements in SCOM 240 /SCOM 240L  by enrolling the next regular semester or in the summer if the student desires. For students retaking SCOM 240 /SCOM 240L  (whether repeat or repeat/forgive), the school will look only at their highest grades earned when evaluating their second attempt.

Once admitted into a Communication Studies minor, a student cannot retroactively apply more than nine hours of SCOM courses, including SCOM 240  and SCOM 240L , to their minor (SCOM 121 /SCOM 122 /SCOM 123  does not count towards those nine hours).

Courses: 12 Credit Hours

• SCOM 240. Introduction to Communication Theory Credits: 2.00
• SCOM 240L. Communication Theory Lab Credits: 1.00
• SCOM 248. Intercultural Communication Credits: 3.00
• SCOM 349. Ethnographic Approaches to Communication Studies Credits: 3.00
• SCOM 448. Communication, Culture and Identity Credits: 3.00