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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Professional Studies, Organizational Leadership Concentration, B.S.

University Studies
615-494-7714
Dianna Rust, program coordinator
Dianna.Rust@mtsu.edu

The Professional Studies program helps students prepare for management positions in the field of organizational leadership. The Professional Studies major consists of foundation courses in communications, statistics, supervision, organizational systems, organizational relations, and international context. The Organizational Leadership concentration courses concentrate on public relations, psychology, business etiquette, human resources, and cultural diversity.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Professional Studies, Organizational Leadership Concentration, B.S.

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	36 hours
Electives	43 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Major Requirements (36 hours)

Professional Core (18 hours)

Administration and Supervision

Choose one:

MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
PSY 3320 - Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology 3 credit hours
PS 3250 - Public Management 3 credit hours

Organizational Systems

Choose one:

COMM 3250 - Communication in Nonprofit Organizations 3 credit hours
COMM 3500 - Communication for Organizational Effectiveness 3 credit hours

Team and Organizational Relations

Choose one:

COMM 2140 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours
PRST 4510 - Using Teams to Facilitate Organizational Development 3 credit hours

Statistical Methods

Choose one:

PRST 4600 - Statistics for Professionals 3 credit hours
PSY 3020 - Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science 3 credit hours
SOC 3040 - Research Methods 3 credit hours
SOC 3050 - Data Analysis 4 credit hours

Written Communication

Choose one:

BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
ENGL 3605 - Applied Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 3620 - Professional Writing 3 credit hours

International Context

Choose one:

GS 3000 - Globalization 3 credit hours
PS 4510 - International Political Economy 3 credit hours

Organizational Leadership Concentration (15 hours)

Choose five from the following:

BCED 4660 - Corporate Communication 3 credit hours
COMM 2560 - Intercultural Communication 3 credit hours
LEAD 3010 - Leadership Skills and Development 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
PS 4630 - Public Human Resources Management 3 credit hours
PR 2040 - Public Relations Principles 3 credit hours
PR 3400 - Case Studies in Public Relations 3 credit hours
PSY 3320 - Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology 3 credit hours
PSY 3590 - Personality 3 credit hours
PSY 4360 - Organizational Psychology 3 credit hours
PSY 4810 - Teams in Organizations 3 credit hours
SOC 3300 - Diversity in the Workplace 3 credit hours

Culminating Project (3 hours)

PRST 4995 - Senior Capstone 3 credit hours OR
PRST 4997 - Practicum for Integrated and Professional Studies 3 credit hours

Electives

To make 120 hours
UNIV 1010 /UNIV 2020 recommended
PRST 3995 required prerequisite for PRST 4995 /PRST 4997

Curriculum: Professional Studies, Organizational Leadership

Freshman

Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Electives (UNIV 1010/UNIV 2020 recommended) 8 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Learning Literature 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Electives 11 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours OR
PSY 3320 - Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology 3 credit hours OR
PS 3250 - Public Management 3 credit hours
COMM 2140 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours OR
PRST 4510 - Using Teams to Facilitate Organizational Development 3 credit hours
COMM 3250 - Communication in Nonprofit Organizations 3 credit hours OR
COMM 3500 - Communication for Organizational Effectiveness 3 credit hours
GS 3000 - Globalization 3 credit hours OR
PS 4510 - International Political Economy 3 credit hours
PRST 4600 - Statistics for Professionals 3 credit hours OR
PSY 3020 - Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science 3 credit hours OR
SOC 3040 - Research Methods 3 credit hours OR
SOC 3050 - Data Analysis 4 credit hours
Organizational Leadership concentration 9 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Upper-division elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

Electives (PRST 3995 prerequisite for PRST 4995 /PRST 4997 ) 18 credit hours
Organizational Leadership concentration 6 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3605 - Applied Writing 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3620 - Professional Writing 3 credit hours
PRST 4995 - Senior Capstone 3 credit hours OR
PRST 4997 - Practicum for Integrated and Professional Studies 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours