Minors

The Department of Journalism and Media Communication offers six different minors for students to enhance their communication and production skills:

Content Creation
Information Science and Technology
Journalistic Reporting and Storytelling
Media Studies
Music, Stage and Sports Production
Science Communication

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Minors Offered

Students in the journalism and media communication major study these topics in even more depth.

Content Creation

The Content Creation minor gives students a strong foundation in social media production and strategic practice. It builds skills in branding, visual communication, communication strategy, and audience engagement. Students gain hands-on experience producing audio, video, photography, and graphic design projects.

The curriculum combines two required courses in visual communication and social media management with additional credits in media production, writing, storytelling, and strategic communication. Flexible electives let students tailor the minor to their interests. Students finish the program with a polished portfolio that supports career development in digital media.

Journalism and Media Communication majors are not allowed to enroll in this minor.

Minor Advisor: Dakota Cotner
Faculty Advisor: Jenny Fischer

Minor Requirements

Information Science & Technology

Gain a foundation in information technology (I.T.) with this interdisciplinary minor. The Information Science and Technology minor is designed for students not pursuing an IT-specific major.

Classes cover topics such as:

Application design and development
Business network and database systems
Coding
Web design and development
Data visualization

With courses from five departments in different colleges across CSU, students will find a vast array of electives to build this minor around their specific focus area.

Minor Advisor: Dakota Cotner
Faculty Advisor: Ben O’Connor

Minor Requirements

Journalistic Reporting and Storytelling

The minor in Journalistic Reporting and Storytelling is designed for students who are interested in augmenting their major with strong skills in conducting primary source research, strategic use of media tools, and communicating narratives with accessible language. Students majoring in Journalism and Media Communication may not enroll in this minor.

Courses focus on:

Ethics, newsgathering and reporting
Develop storytelling techniques
How to produce and consume news within a complex media landscape

Minor Advisor: Dakota Cotner

Minor Requirements

Media Studies

Study the impacts and roles of mass media in society.

Courses focus on:

Media and film history
Communications law and ethics
Social effects and cultural consequences
Multicultural and international media issues

This minor is jointly offered with the Department of Communication Studies.

Minor Advisor for students with last names A-M: Dakota Cotner
Minor Advisor for students with last names N-Z: Communication Studies

Minor Requirements

Music, Stage & Sports Production

Study the foundations of live event video and audio production in the performing arts and sports spaces. Gain experience in all aspects of live production including directing, camera and audio operation, lighting, and streaming/distributing techniques.

Classes in the minor are designed to cover theory while also providing hands-on experience in:

Video and audio production
Social media
Web design
Motion graphics
Theatre lighting and sound

Classes from seven College of Liberal Arts departments are represented in this interdisciplinary minor, open to students from any major. Students have the option of joining RAMProductions, a group that has produced more than 330 videos for the colleg, with nearly 1000 subscribers and over 500,000 views.

Minor Advisor: Dakota Cotner

Faculty Advisor: Steve Weiss, 303-880-7221, Clark C-204

Minor Requirements

Science Communication

Communicating scientific ideas, methods, and knowledge in an accessible and useful way requires a special skillset. Learn how to communicate complex scientific research and processes to non-expert audiences.

This program is designed to prepare students for a wide range of career opportunities in media, corporate communication, science-related industries, and scientific environments with classes in:

Public relations
Crisis communications
Data and visual journalism
Science and environmental communication
Food and natural resources communication

Minor Advisor: Dakota Cotner
Faculty Advisor: Ashley Anderson

Minor Requirements

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