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Founded in 1858, Winona State University is a comprehensive public university with more than 8,500 students.
The oldest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Winona State offers 80 undergraduate, pre-professional, licensure, graduate, and doctorate programs on its three campuses: the original Main Campus in Winona, the West Campus in Winona, and Winona State University-Rochester.
Graduates in communication studies are well prepared for employment in a service-oriented economy. Recent graduates enjoy careers in a variety of fields including training and development, consulting, personnel, human resource development, sales, and teaching. A significant number of graduates also attend graduate school in areas of communication, counseling, student personnel, and law.
The department offers minors designed especially for those students who recognize the importance of ef
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Graduates in communication studies are well prepared for employment in a service-oriented economy. Recent graduates enjoy careers in a variety of fields including training and development, consulting, personnel, human resource development, sales, and teaching. A significant number of graduates also attend graduate school in areas of communication, counseling, student personnel, and law.
The department offers minors designed especially for those students who recognize the importance of effective communication skills in their chosen careers. These minors should be of special interest to students majoring in business, education, history, mass communication, nursing, political science, psychology, and social work, and sociology; however, students from all majors will find the course sequence for the minor beneficial. Students with a minor in communication studies are required to meet with their academic advisor every semester. Students majoring in communication studies may not minor in the department.
Communication studies majors and minors are encouraged to join the Communication Club, a co-curricular group of students and faculty who meet regularly for academic discussions and social activities.
B.A. MAJOR - COMMUNICATION STUDIES (CS)
42 S.H. (Minor Required)
REQUIRED COURSES (33 S.H.)
Foundations (9 S.H.)
CMST 281 Intercultural Communication (3)
CMST 282 Introduction to Communication Studies (3)
CMST 283 Introduction to Rhetorical Studies (3)
Tools (9 S.H.)
# CMST 380 Communication Research Methods (3)
Choose one of the following:
# BUSA 220 Business Statistics (3)
# PSY 231 Statistics (3)
STAT 110 Fundamentals of Statistics (3) (Recommended)
STAT 210 Statistics (3)
Choose one of the following:
ENG 210 Advanced Expository Writing (3)
ENG 211 Writing in Communities (3)
# ENG 439 Technical Writing (3)
Theories (9 S.H.)
Choose three of the following:
CMST 366 Organizational Communication (3)
# CMST 371 Discussion and Small Group Dynamics (3)
CMST 375 Argumentation and Advocacy (3)
CMST 387 Interpersonal Communication (3)
CMST 389 Persuasive Communication (3)
Topics (3 S.H.)
# CMST 451 Topics in Communication Studies (3) OR
# CMST 452 Topics in Public Communication (3)
Capstone (3 S.H.)
# CMST 485 Senior Seminar in Communication Theory (3)
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