Department of Communication Studies
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987
507-457-5230

B.A. MINOR
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

(21 S.H.)

Note: CMST 381 is offered every third semester, not including summer sessions. Students should check with the department to see what semester it will be offered. CMST 381 will not be offered as an arranged course or as an independent study. Students who plan to graduate before it will be offered should choose a different minor. CMST 281 is a prerequisite for CMST 381.

Required Courses (15 S.H.)

  CMST 281 Intercultural Communication (3)
  CMST 381 Advanced Intercultural and International Communication (3)
  Choose one of the following:
    CMST 282 Introduction to Communication Studies (3)
    CMST 283 Introduction to Rhetorical Studies (3)
  Take either two different topics in CMST 291 (total of 6), or take CMST 290 (3) and 291 (3):
    CMST 290 Disability Communication Culture
    CMST 291 Topics in Multicultural Communication

Electives (6 S.H.)

  Choose one 300- or 400-level CMST course, not including CMST 381 or CMST 399.

  Choose one of the following:

    Geography
       GEOG 211 Economic Geography (3)
       GEOG 213 Cultural Geography (3)
       GEOG 223 Geography of the Orient (3)
       GEOG 224 Geography of Africa (3)
       GEOG 225 Geography of Latin America (3)
       GEOG 233 Geography of the Middle East (3)

    Global Studies
       GS 200 Introduction to Global Studies

    History
       HIST 123 East Asian Civilization (3)
       HIST 165 Latin American History (3)
       HIST 170 African Civilization (3)
       HIST 233 History of Mexico (3)
       HIST 235 History of the American Indian (3)
       HIST 320 North American Indian Civilization (3)
       HIST 341 Modern Japan (3)
       HIST 461 Latin American Social Revolution (3)
       HIST 469 History of Brazil

    Music
       MUS 115 Music of East and Southeast Asia (3)
       MUS 116 Music of the Americas (3)

    Political Science
       POLS 224 Politics and Society in Latin America (3)
       POLS 226 Politics and Society in Africa (3)
       POLS 270 Politics and Society in the Middle East (3)
       POLS 332 European Political Systems (3)
       POLS 335 Latin American Political Systems (3)
       POLS 336 Post-Communist Political Systems (3)
       POLS 337 Asian Political Systems (3)
       POLS 390 Comparative Politics – Third World (3)

    Sociology
       SOC 201 Scandinavian Culture (3)
       SOC 340 Social-Cultural Anthropology (3)
       SOC 423 Race Relations and Minority Groups (3)

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