Science Communication Minor
Develop your abilities to communicate science to public audiences.
The interdisciplinary minor in Science Communication is available to undergraduate students interested in developing their abilities in communicating about science to public audiences. It is open to students in all undergraduate majors who want to deepen and broaden their knowledge of how citizens make sense of science and technology in their everyday lives. Students take science courses, communication courses聽and a capstone course that engages students on more advanced topics such as climate change, pandemics聽and environmental communication.聽A minor in Science Communication聽requires 23-26 hours consisting of the following:
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Minor Requirements (9-12 Hours)
Science courses, three courses from three different disciplines聽
- BIO 110聽-聽Concepts of Biology
- BIO 121聽-聽Principles of Biology I
- CHE 101聽-聽Fundamentals of General and Inorganic Chemistry
- CHE 103聽-聽General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis I
- PHY 110聽-聽Concepts of Physics
- PHY 121聽-聽General Physics I
- PHY 211聽-聽Analytical Physics I
- ENV 120G聽-聽Introduction to Environmental Science and Policy
- EAR 110G聽-聽Physical Geology
- AST 110聽-聽Concepts of Astronomy
- NAT 188聽-聽Natural World Level One
Communication Courses (9 hours)Science Communication Electives (3 hours)Choose 3 hours from the following:
- Science Communication Capstone (2 hours)
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