Storytelling Minor

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Storytelling builds connection, can foster dialogue across diverse populations, and enhance the work of individuals across a wide range of occupations.

 

A Minor in Storytelling fosters skills essential to the new economy of networking, creativity, and self-presentation through a blending of:

    • content knowledge and delivery skills

    • theory and practice

    • thought and feeling

    • art and professional applications 

 

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Welcome message from Nancy Donoval, Head of the Storytelling Program for the Department of Communication Studies and Storytelling.

 

Requirements

Completion of a Storytelling Minor means completing 18 credits, distributed across the following categories:

  • 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 4647 - Applied Storytelling: Storytelling for a Purpose (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)

For more information, please visit our page in the ETSU catalog here.

For more information about Communication Studies as a minor, please contact the Head of the Storytelling Program for the Department of Communication Studies and Storytelling, Nancy Donoval, at (423) 439-7579 or donoval@etsu.edu.

Contact Us

Nancy Donoval

Head of the Storytelling Program

Office:  ??? Sherrod Library
Email:  donoval@etsu.edu
Phone:  (423) 439-7863