Minors

Communication and Rhetorical Studies

The minor in communication and rhetorical studies serves as an excellent complement to almost any major. You have the opportunity to enhance your communication skills as well as develop a sophisticated understanding of communication processes in a variety of social and professional contexts.

Admission Requirements and Applying

3.0 GPA (based on completion of 30 credits)

Must enter program no later than second semester of sophomore year

Limited to 30 students

Applications are accepted at any time but will adhere to an October 15 deadline for processing and approval in the fall semester (March 1 for spring semester)

To apply, please fill out the CRS minor application form.

Curricular Requirements

Contact
Professor Rachel Dubrofsky
redubrof@syr.edu

Visual Culture

The minor in visual culture exploits one of the unique strengths of Syracuse University: a world-class arts school in the midst of a research institution. The minor provides you with the critical skills necessary to address the evolving intersection of art, design and communication in a variety of contexts, including the art world, advertising, fashion, politics and popular culture.

The flexible curriculum is designed to complement studio-based majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and provide majors outside VPA with a concentration in visual culture and criticism that is theoretically and historically informed. Drawing on the diversity of disciplinary approaches to visual culture within the college, the minor fosters critical engagement with diverse modes of visual expression and communication, from advertising design and image activism to material culture and public sculpture.

Students in the visual culture minor will:

Be adept in multidisciplinary approaches to analyzing how diverse sensory modes (i.e. verbal, aural, tactile, etc.) inform and interact with visual expression;
Understand the diverse institutional frameworks shaping visual culture across different modalities (art media, studio practice, design and material culture); and
Become an effective communicator (orally and in writing) of theoretically complex and historically informed visual analysis.

Open to all students with the exception of history of art majors in VPA’s School of Art, the visual culture minor should be of interest to students who seek a program that focuses on visual culture as the nexus of creative practice, advocacy and criticism.

To apply, please fill out the visual culture minor application form.

Curricular Requirements

View full visual culture minor requirements.

Contact
Professor Rachel Hall
rchall01@syr.edu