The Minor Program is to be offered by the Media and Communication Studies (MCOM) Program and administered under the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS).

The general aim of the Minor Program is to provide students with a foundation in hands-on journalism skills and/or critical media literacy for the rapidly changing and highly interdisciplinary media industries globally. Specifically, the program objectives are to provide students with:

(1) English competence in journalism and/or media representations with a global purview.

(2) Writing, reporting, and creative skills that be applied in various subfields of the media industry as producers and/or analysts.

(3) A critical and sociological perspective in understanding modern media institutions, texts, and cultures.

For more information, please refer to the following link:

https://ar.uic.edu.cn/current_students/minor_programmes/handbook.htm

Students are required to complete units within the curriculum structure as follows: Major Required Courses, Major Elective Courses and College Core Courses.