Storytelling Minor

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Communication

General Information

The interdisciplinary undergraduate Storytelling Minor provides students with grounding in the emerging field of Performing and Applied Storytelling, fusing content knowledge and delivery skills, theory and practice, thought and feeling, art and professional applications, fostering skills essential to the new economy of networking, creativity, and self-presentation.  Contact: Dr. Joseph Sobol, 439-7863, sobol@etsu.edu, or Dr. Delanna Reed, 439-7601, reeddk@etsu.edu .

Core Courses: 12 credit hours

• STOR 2500 - Introduction to Storytelling (3 credit hours)
• STOR 3510 - Storytelling II: Storytelling in Oral Traditions (3 credit hours)
• STOR 4510 - Storytelling III: Telling Personal Stories (3 credit hours)
• STOR 4647 - Applied Storytelling: Storytelling for a Purpose (3 credit hours)

Electives: 6 credit hours

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 2040 - Folk Culture in the Modern World (3 credits)
• ANTH 2150 - American Folk Music (3 credits)
• 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 3650 - American Folklore (3 credits)
• ENGL 4217 - Irish/Scottish Literature (3 credits)
• HIST 4167 - History of Southern Appalachians (3 credits)
• HIST 4207 - Ancient Religions (3 credits)
• JOUR 2050 - History and Issues of Journalism (3 credits)
• MGMT 3000 - Organizational Behavior and Management (3 credits)
• MKTG 3200 - Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
• SPCH 3340 - Rhetorical Criticism (3 credits)
• SPCH 3350 - Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
• SPCH 3390 - Persuasion (3 credits)
• SPCH 4200 - Gender and Communication (3 credits)
• THEA 2500 - Creative Drama (3 credits)
• THEA 2510 - Acting I (3 credits)
• THEA 3500 - Voice and Diction (3 credits)