Organizational Communication, Communication Studies Concentration, B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements include Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Communication Studies Concentration (39 hours)

• COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 3210 - Argumentation and Debate 3 credit hours
• COMM 3220 - Small Group Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 3300 - Communication Theory in Films 3 credit hours
• COMM 3560 - Intercultural Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 4320 - Theories of Persuasive Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 4600 - Communication Research Methods 3 credit hours
• COMM 4650 - History, Theory, and Criticism of Rhetoric 3 credit hours
• COMM 4700 - Senior Seminar in Communication 3 credit hours
• ORCO 3240 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours

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• Select 9 hours from the following:

• COMM 2150 - Voice and Diction 3 credit hours
• COMM 3225 - Gender Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 3230 - Professional Public Speaking 3 credit hours
• COMM 3350 - Diversity in Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 3580 - Political Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 3620 - Applied Communication 1 credit hour
• COMM 4260 - Independent Study 3 credit hours
• COMM 4800 - Topics in Communication Studies 3 credit hours
• COMM 4900 - Internship in Communication Studies 1 to 3 credit hours
• Up to two 3-credit courses with an ORCO prefix may be taken (excluding ORCO 3240 )

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• COMM 3340 - Interview Communication 3 credit hours OR
• ORCO 3340 - Interview Communication 3 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (22-25 hours)

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit hours
• Mathematics 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• COMM 3210 - Argumentation and Debate 3 credit hours
• COMM 3560 - Intercultural Communication 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
• Minor courses as advised 6 credit hours
• General electives 4 credit hours

Junior

• COMM 3220 - Small Group Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 3300 - Communication Theory in Films 3 credit hours
• COMM 4320 - Theories of Persuasive Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM 4600 - Communication Research Methods 3 credit hours
• COMM electives 6 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours
• General electives 6 credit hours

Senior

• COMM 4650 - History, Theory, and Criticism of Rhetoric 3 credit hours
• COMM 4700 - Senior Seminar in Communication 3 credit hours
• ORCO 3240 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours
• COMM elective 3 credit hours
• General electives 12 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours