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Employers consistently list "excellent communication skills" as among the most valuable attributes of their ideal employees. This minor, offered by the English Department, is designed to help you develop these skills. | This minor pairs very well with a wide variety of majors, including those in the Kelley School of Business, the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, the Media School, and many others. This minor also helps to prepare students for law school and graduate school. | Students who have declared
their intention to pursue the Minor in Communication and
Public Advocacy or the Undergraduate Concentration in
Public and Professional Writing are eligible for one of
several scholarships awarded each academic year. |
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There is meaning in everything. We have so much
information in this world and we silo it, we divide it
into subjects and topics but we never connect them. With
the Communication & Public Advocacy
minor I learned to make meaning out of all the information
available to us. This minor helped me become the activist
and scholar that I am today by giving me the skills to
listen in more ways than one. The courses that I took not
only taught me how to use communication for resistance but
also how to find the deeper meaning behind what our
society is saying and how it says it. I have gone on to
work in non-profits all over Africa in the name of
solidarity and I am currently earning my Masters in Human
Rights at Columbia University.
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The Communication & Public Advocacy
minor was the most impactful program I participated in
during my time at Indiana University. The ability to
communicate effectively and persuasively is one of the
most important skills admissions officers and employers
alike consider when evaluating candidates. Both as a
student at the University of Iowa College of Law and an
intern in the United States Senate, the skills I developed
in the minor have proven invaluable to me in my writing,
research, and understanding of the law and the forces that
shape it. The study of past social movements and their
rhetoric is essential to understanding and overcoming the
challenges in society today that stand in the way of
achieving meaningful change and justice for all
individuals
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In the pediatric intensive care unit, communication is
absolutely crucial. It is a skill that seems so simple but
we often take it for granted. In my case, without
communication, patients die. However, the Communication
& Public Advocacy minor is so
immersive, whether it be writing, speaking, or simple body
language, I learned how to successfully communicate and
advocate so I am now able to do so for both my patients
and their family members with ease. Without the skills
that I gained in this minor, I would not have been able to
excel in the healthcare setting, especially for the
duration of a global pandemic.
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-Yassmin Fashir - BA International Studies & Near Eastern Cultures and Languages (Arabic), 2019 |
- Dylan Sears - BS Public Policy Analysis, 2021 |
- Emily Hunter - BS Psychology, 2019 |
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R201: Professional Speaking | R339: Freedom of Speech |
R209: Topics in Rhetoric & Public Culture | R340: Rhetoric of Social Movements |
R210: Introduction to Digital Rhetoric | R342: Rhetoric & Race |
R211: Rhetoric & Sports | R348: Environmental Communication |
R212: Communicating Sustainability | R355: Public Memory in Communication & Culture |
R214: Feminist Rhetoric & Public Issues | R396: Study of Public Advocacy |
R222: Democratic Deliberation | R397: Visual Rhetoric |
R223: Group Communication | R398: Culture, Identity, & Rhetoric of Place |
R224: Persuasion | W231: Professional Writing Skills |
R228: Argumentation & Public Advocacy | W240: Community Service Writing |
R301: Advocacy & Debate | W241: Collaborative Digital Writing |
R305: Rhetorical Criticism | W270: Argumentative Writing |
R321: Rhetoric, Law, and Culture | W321: Advanced Technical Writing |
R323: Speech Composition | W350: Advanced Expository Writing |
R330: Science, Advocacy, and the Public |
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