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Dialogue Minor
丁香园AV to this program has been suspended effective Fall 2025.
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.
丁香园AV Requirements
丁香园AV to this program has been suspended effective Fall 2025.
丁香园AV is subject to enrollment limitations.
Applicants will have a minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) upon completion of 50 units.
Continuance Requirements
A minimum 2.75 CGPA is required to remain in good standing in this program.
Program Requirements
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 18 upper division units.
All students must complete
Or
In addition to the requirements listed above, students must also complete
two of
An advanced seminar in applied communication that focuses on the research and strategic design of media messages, campaigns and programs for public awareness, education, and social change. This course involves the application of theories and approaches in critical media analysis to the tasks of media design and media use for public understanding, engagement and participation around social issues. Prerequisite: 26 CMNS units with a minimum grade of C- or 60 units with a minimum CGPA of 2.00.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
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Martin Laba |
Sep 3 鈥� Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 2:30鈥�5:20 p.m.
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Vancouver |
Examines how media shapes political discourse, public opinion, and persuasion strategies. Topics include media influence, political messaging tactics, and public speaking for advocacy. Students will learn to craft persuasive opinion pieces, analyze media rhetoric and political propaganda, and develop effective communication skills for political and social impact. Prerequisite: 26 CMNS units with a minimum grade of C- or 60 units with a minimum CGPA of 2.00. Students with credit for CMNS 486 under this topic may not take this course for further credit.
An advanced seminar on the normative debates, social bases, and strategic potential for media democratization in the context of economically developed liberal democracies like Canada and the United States. This course complements other courses which critically examine state communication policies and the political economy and allegedly ideological character of corporate media. Here, we focus on campaigns and movements in civil society to define and build alternative communicative forms based on equality, democratic participation and/or human rights. Prerequisite: 26 CMNS units with a minimum grade of C- or 60 units with a minimum CGPA of 2.00. Students with credit for CMNS 428 or 487 under the same title may not take this course for further credit.
Students work under faculty supervision in a placement where dialogue is planned or where dialogue occurs. Arrangements are the responsibility of the student, and enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: 45 units and permission of instructor. Students with credit for CMNS 461 may not complete this course for further credit.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for the above-mentioned CMNS courses may be waived in consultation with an 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).
Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements
Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.
WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit
| Requirement |
Units |
Notes | |
| W - Writing |
6 |
Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student's major subject; two courses (minimum three units each) |
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| Q - Quantitative |
6 |
Q courses may be lower or upper division; two courses (total six units or more) | |
| B - Breadth |
18 |
Designated Breadth |
Must be outside the student's major subject, and may be lower or upper division: Two courses (total six units or more) Social Sciences: B-Soc |
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6 |
Additional Breadth |
Two courses (total six units or more) outside the student's major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas. |
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