Organizational Communication, B.S.
The bachelor of science degree program in organizational communication provides specialized, interdisciplinary instruction in professional aptitudes associated with workplace and community roles, guiding students' learning about effective, ethical work in modern organizations. This degree program offers coursework in partnership with the Pamplin School of Business, each explaining key concepts and practices that underlie human and technical organizational communication systems.
Aside from learning communication's constitutive role in organizing, organizational communication students develop understandings and competencies in ethical collaboration and leadership abilities for a variety of contemporary contexts, including ways communication processes sustain and change organizations' relational, community, and cultural environments. Students in this program also develop the applied understanding they need to coordinate and manage the work of a variety of organizations.
This degree prepares students for specialized graduate study in communication and related fields, and for professional work in several organizational roles and contexts. Organizational communication students are actively guided to explore the professional training available to them through a host of community-based academic internships.
University Requirements - 39 hours
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One core social science requirement is satisfied by CST 225 in the major.
College Requirements - 6 hours
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Degree Requirements
Organizational Communication Requirements — 54 hours
Each of the following six courses (18 hours):
| CST 101 | Introduction to Communication Studies | 3 |
| CST 107 | Effective Public Speaking | 3 |
| CST 233 | Introduction to Organizational Communication Theory | 3 |
| BUS 200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| CST 225 | Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| CST 332 | Collaborative Group Leadership | 3 |
6 credits - Two of the following three CST research methods courses (6 hours):
| CST 300 | Communication Research | 3 |
| CST 320 | Rhetorical Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| CST 330 | Qualitative Communication Research | 3 |
9 credits - Three upper-division CST courses students choose in consultation with their academic advisors
21 Credits - In consultation with their academic advisors, students take seven upper-division courses from among CST and BUS offerings tailored to this degree. A minimum of 6 credit hours must be BUS courses; a maximum of 9 credit hours can be BUS courses (21 hours total).
Total Credit Hours: 120
General Electives — 21-24 hours (3 hours of which must be upper-division coursework)