Communication Management Minor
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LANGUAGES
English
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
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Introduction
Study Communication Minor at Azusa Pacific University
You’ll complement your major and gain valuable oral and written communication abilities, consistently sought out by employers regardless of your career path.
Throughout all programs, emphasis is placed on the application of Christian truth and values to the study of communication theories and processes, consideration of ethical issues, and the mastery of current scholarship in each field.
All programs focus on applying Christian values to communication studies, thinking about ethics, and mastering the latest research in each field.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
2024-25 Academic Scholarships
| Scholarships | Amount | Class Standing | Renewability |
| Trustees’ Scholarship | Full Tuition | Incoming Freshman | Up to four years |
| President’s Scholarship | $24,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Provost’s Scholarship | $21,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Deans’ Scholarship | $20,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Directors’ Scholarship | $18,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Mary Hill Award | $14,000 per year | Incoming Freshman | Up to four years |
Curriculum
Requirements
Core Requirement
- Introduction to Communication Studies
Lower-Division Electives
- Professional Communication
- Communication and Relationships
- Small Group Communication
- Intercultural Communication
Upper-Division Electives
- Research Methods in Communication
- Leadership Communication
- Nonverbal Communication
- Rhetoric and Political Influence
- Conflict Management
- Organizational Communication
- Family Communication
- Persuasion and Attitude Change
Total Units 18
Rankings
- 1 of 126: Best Western Colleges according to Princeton Review's 2023 Best Colleges Guide
Program Outcome
Program Learning Outcomes
- Explain how communication creates, sustains, manages, and changes persons, groups, organizations, and society, and use that knowledge in an ethical manner.
- Articulate how the Christian faith and one’s worldview inform the study, evaluation, and practice of communication.
- Identify one’s own communication tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses.
- Express ideas clearly and accurately through oral and written communication using various media in academic and practitioner contexts.
- Utilize quantitative and qualitative research tools to explore communication worlds.
- Apply communication theories and ethics to various communicative situations.
- Identify a vocational direction where one’s communication skills can be utilized to make a positive difference.