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Sep 07, 2024
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University General Course Catalog 2024-2025
Advocacy and Rhetoric, Minor
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Advocacy is communication that aims to influence decisions in political, social, or economic institutions. Rhetoric is the ability to understand and craft persuasive messages. This minor will allow students to develop their advocacy skills by learning how to analyze social issues, identify solutions, and persuade others through public speaking, media campaigns, crafting arguments, and position papers. Depending on electives chosen, students can prepare for careers in public relations, politics, lobbying, health care advocacy, community organizing, non-profits, or communication consulting.
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Describe key concepts and theories related to advocacy and rhetoric.
- Apply theories of rhetoric and advocacy to rhetorical situations.
- Evaluate and analyze the rhetoric of specific advocacy campaigns.
- Create texts that successfully advocate for specific contexts.
I. Program Requirements (18 units)
Students majoring in any field may minor in Advocacy and Rhetoric by completing the following:
- Minor GPA | 2.0
- Minor Upper-Division Units | 9
- Minor Residency Requirement | 6 Upper-Division Units in the minor at UNR
- Unit Limits: Per College of Liberal Arts policy, no more than 9 units counted toward any major may be reused to meet the requirements of this minor.
Because this is an interdisciplinary minor, it may be taken by students in all majors, including Communication Studies majors.
A. Required Communication Studies Courses (9 units)
i. Core Course (3 units)
Advocacy and Rhetoric minors must earn a “C” or above in this required core course:
ii. Speaking Course (3 units)
Advocacy and Rhetoric minors must earn a “C” or above in one of these courses:
iii. Communication Studies Foundational Course (3 units)
Advocacy and Rhetoric minors must earn a “C” or above in one of these required courses:
B. External Foundational Course (3 units)
Advocacy and Rhetoric minors must complete one of these courses:
- ENG 301 - Understanding Arguments (3 units)
- ETS 251 - Theories of Race and Ethnicity (3 units) CO6, CO10
- ETS 280 - Native American Identities and Culture (3 units) CO10
- GRI 103 - Power, Identity, and Social Justice (3 units) CO6, CO10
- GRI 257 - Social Movements of Gender, Race, and Identity (3 units) CO10, CO12
- JOUR 401 - First Amendment and Society (3 units) CO8
- JOUR 436 - Risk Communication (3 units) CO9
- JOUR 446 - Crisis Communication (3 units)
- PHIL 207C - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (3 units) CO8
- PHIL 245 - Contemporary Moral Issues (3 units) CO10, CO12
- PSC 241 - Introduction to Political Theory (3 units) CO10
- PSC 320 - Policy Analysis (3 units)
- PSC 353 - Identity Politics in the United States (3 units) CO10
- PSC 401G - Political Campaigns & Elections (3 units)
- PSC 401L - Citizen Participation, Pressure Groups and Political Movements (3 units)
- WMST 300 - Genders, Cultures and Identities (3 units) CO10, CO13
- WMST 353 - Identity Politics in the United States (3 units) CO10
C. Communication Studies Elective (3 units)
Advocacy and Rhetoric minors must complete one of these Communication Studies Elective courses.
D. External Elective (3 units)
Advocacy and Rhetoric minors must complete one of these External Elective courses.
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