2010-2011 Calendar | Dialogue |
Dialogue Minor Program
School of Communication | Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
91ÅÝܽ Calendar 2010-2011
This program offers a unique concentration of courses enabling students to focus on the conceptual framework, technique and practice of creating, sustaining and evaluating dialogue. The relationship of dialogue with public issues is highlighted, along with the role and effect of dialogue in various forms such as co-operation, controversy and confrontation.
Admission is subject to enrolment limitations.
Grade Requirements
Applicants will have a minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) or transfer CGPA upon completion of 50 units at 91ÅÝܽ and/or transfer units. A minimum 2.75 CGPA is required to remain in good standing. Those who do not maintain this requirement may be dropped from the program, but may apply for readmission at a later date.
Program Requirements
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a total of 19 upper division units, including either Path A or B (see below), and one of
- CMNS 460-4 Seminar in Dialogue and Public Issues
- DIAL 460-4 Seminar in Dialogue and Public Issues
Path A
In addition to the requirements listed above, students choosing this path must also complete all of
- DIAL 390-5 Undergraduate Semester: Dialogue
- DIAL 391-5 Undergraduate Semester: Seminar
- DIAL 392-5 Undergraduate Semester: Seminar
Path B
In addition to the requirements listed above, students choosing this path must also complete one of
- CMNS 461-3 Field Placement in Dialogue
- DIAL 461-3 Field Placement in Dialogue
and three of
- CMNS 332-4 Communication and Rhetoric
- CMNS 347-4 Communication in Conflict and Intervention
- CMNS 425-4 Applied Communication for Social Issues
- CMNS 432-4 Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Political Communication
- CMNS 437-4 Media Democratization: From Critique to Transformation
- CMNS 447-4 Negotiation and Dialogue as Communication
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for the above-mentioned CMNS courses may be waived in consultation with the undergraduate advisor.
Course Credit in Other Programs
Upper division CMNS courses completed for the Dialogue minor may not count as part of the CMNS units for an honours, joint major, major, extended minor or minor (in communication or publishing).
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