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Major in Organizational Communication
Degree Requirements
- The Department of Organizational Communication requires a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 for students declaring a major or minor in the department after the first semester of the first year of undergraduate enrollment at MSU or any other institution of higher education. A 2.5 GPA must be maintained in all courses counting toward their major or minor in Organizational Communication. A student failing to maintain a 2.5 will not be permitted to take new courses in the department until the GPA reaches or exceeds 2.5.
- The total number of credit hours earned in business courses (ACC, BPA, CIS, FIN, MGT, MKT, OSY, RES) cannot exceed 25 percent of total curriculum requirements.
- NOTE: Any student enrolling in the Organizational major after his/her sophomore year may need more than two years to complete the requirements for the major.
Major in Organizational Communication
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Degree |
| Course Work - Course descriptions | Semester Hours |
| University Studies Requirement | 40-49 |
- Required Courses:
- COM 099 Transitions (1 hrs.)
- COM 201 Communication Foundations & Theory (3 hrs.)
- COM 331 Interpersonal Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 340 Intercultural Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 353 Team Communication & Leadership (3 hrs.)
- COM 361 Career Presentations (3 hrs.)
- OR
- COM 461 Persuasive Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 380 Organizational Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 384 Communications Skills for Professionals (3 hrs.)
- COM 390 Communication Research (3 hrs.)
- COM 580 Advanced Organizational Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 595 Senior Seminar in Organizational Communication (3 hrs.)
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- Required Electives (6 hrs. of the following)
- COM 361 Career Presentations (3 hrs.)
- COM 367 Communication and Critical Thought (3 hrs.)
- COM 401 Contemporary Issues in Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 439 Conflict and Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 461 Persuasive Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 488 Cooperative Education (3 hrs.)
- COM 489 Cooperative Education (3 hrs.)
- COM 510 Internship (3 hrs.)
- COM 530 Seminar in Interpersonal Communication (3 hrs.)
- COM 553 Advanced Small Group Processes (3 hrs.)
- BPA 215 Business Communication (3 hrs.)
- ENG 324 Technical Writing (3 hrs.)
- MGT 350 Fundamentals of Management (3 hrs.)
- MGT 550 Human Resources Management (3 hrs.)
- MGT 572 Organizational Development (3 hrs.)
- MKT 360 Principles of Marketing (3 hrs.)
- YNL 290 Trends and Issues in Youth and Human Services (3 hrs.)
- YNL 350 Program Administration in Youth and Human Service Organization (3 hrs.)
**A maximum of 3 hours may be chosen with advisor approval from courses not on the list. | 6 |
| Required Minor: | 21 |
| Unrestricted Electives: | 13-19 |
| Total Curriculum Requirements | 120 |