Storytelling Minor

Storytelling Minor Program Information

The interdisciplinary undergraduate Storytelling Minor provides students with grounding in the emerging field of Performing and Applied Storytelling. The coursework blends content knowledge and delivery skills, theory and practice, thought and feeling, art and professional applications, and fosters skills essential to the new economy of networking, creativity, and self-presentation.

Storytelling Minor Requirements: 18 credits

Required Courses: 12 credits

• STOR 2500 - Introduction to Storytelling (3 credits)
• STOR 3510 - Storytelling II: Storytelling in Oral Traditions (3 credits)
• STOR 4510 - Storytelling III: Telling Personal Stories (3 credits)
• STOR 4640 - Applied Storytelling (3 credits)

Advisor Approved Electives: 6 credits

6 credits to be approved by the student’s minor advisor, and drawn from related courses in Education, Communication, Theater, English, Folklore, Anthropology/Sociology, Business and Marketing, History, Literature and Languages, etc. Approved electives from related departments may focus on storytelling as an element of culture, as a mode of transmitting content, or on aspects of the performance process. Examples include: 

• ANTH 3070 - Medical Anthropology (3 credits)
• ANTH 3250 - Environmental Anthropology (3 credits)
• APST 2060 - Introduction to Appalachian Studies (3 credits)
• APST 3530 - Religion in Appalachia (3 credits)
• ECED 3150 - Creative Development of Young Children (3 credits)
• ENGL 3280 - Mythology (3 credits)
• ENGL 4217 - Irish/Scottish Literature (3 credits)
• HIST 3041 - History of Southern Appalachians (3 credits)
• HIST 3911 - Ancient Religions (3 credits)
• JOUR 2050 - Issues in News and Social Media (3 credits)
• MGMT 3000 - Organizational Behavior and Management (3 credits)
• MKTG 3200 - Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
• COMM 3340 - Rhetorical Criticism (3 credits)
• COMM 3350 - Relational Communication (3 credits)
• COMM 3390 - Persuasion (3 credits)
• COMM 4200 - Gender and Communication (3 credits)
• THEA 2510 - Acting I (3 credits)
• THEA 2520 - Voice and Diction (3 credits)

Minor Requirement

A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 18 credits of which at least 9 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.