Oct 01, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Communication, Organizational Communication Concentration, B.S.


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Communication Studies  
Janet McCormick, program director
Janet.Mccormick@mtsu.edu
 

The major in Communication with a concentration in Organizational Communication directs student attention toward experiencing and analyzing communication dynamics in the context of organizational life. Students will observe, reflect, and become organizational agents of change through writing grants, conducting training sessions, and participating in communication auditing and consulting projects.

Academic Map


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

Communication, Organizational Communication, B.S., Academic Map    

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirement 45 hours
     Major Core    (18 hours)*
     ORCO Concentration    (12 hours)
     ORCO Electives    (9 hours)
     Major Electives    (6 hours)
Optional Minor/Electives 34-40 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

 *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

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.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (45 hours)


Communication Major Core (18 hours)


NOTE: Students must earn C- or better in the major core.

Major Electives (6 hours)


Choose two COMM courses not already taken

Optional Minor/Electives (34-40 hours)


Curriculum: Communication, Organizational Communication


The following is a suggested pattern of study. Consult with an advisor before each registration.

Freshman Fall


  • 3 credit hours (NWC)
  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication/Elective 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


  • 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Spring


  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours
  • Elective/minor 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • Organizational Communication electives 6 credit hours
  • Elective/minor 3 credit hours
  • Electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Spring


Subtotal: 13 Hours


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