Communication: Area I

Area I: Organizational Communication
(at least 15 credits)

Organizational Communication involves the critical analysis of the forms, functions, and effects of communication within business and professional settings. The organizational communication emphasis prepares students for careers such as human resources, consulting, and public relations, or for graduate study in fields such as organizational communication, business, public administration, or organizational psychology.

Required Courses in Organizational Communication:

Communication majors who concentrate their studies in Organizational Communication must complete a minimum of five (3-credit) courses including the following two required courses:

Elective Courses:

In addition to the two required courses above, students in this area must select a minimum of three other (3-credit) courses, at least one of which must be a CO course. These courses can be selected from departmental lists of appropriate electives, or students may propose a set of courses that meet their particular intellectual interests and career aspirations, as long as these courses relate to organizational communication. Examples of relevant theoretical and applied courses include, but are not limited to:

Related Minors:

Communication majors who select to concentrate their studies in Organizational Communication are encouraged to complete an academic minor such as Management, Marketing, International Studies, International Business, or English, with a concentration in Professional Writing (see Undergraduate Course Catalog for details on these programs). Those students who plan to complete a minor should choose their elective courses for their major emphasis wisely, realizing that courses selected for the major may "double-count" for some minor. Again, however, students must recognize that (a) the Department of Communication cannot control the course offerings of any other academic department/program within the University, and (b) an academic minor need not be completed to graduate. It is suggested that students who do not complete a related minor take all 10 of their major courses in the Communication Department.