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Offered by Department of Communication:

Speech Major

Organizational Communication Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science

FAH BS 4305

Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
English Language minimum = 9
Humanities minimum = 9
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
Personal Development minimum = 2
BS Science-related course requirements = 0
Major Option = 45
Minimum total hours required coursework = 90
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 35
Minimum total hours required for BS in Organizational Communication Comprehensive = 125
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

Students selecting a major in Organizational Communication must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the major.

A. Organizational Communication Core Requirements (12 hours required)
Take all of the following:
SPCH 202, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours
SPCH 370, Small Group Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
SPCH 499, Communication Theory - 3 hours

B. Organizational Communication Requirements (21 hours required)
Take all of the following:
SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours
SPCH 299, Organizational Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 452, Theories of Organizational Communication - 3 hours
Take 9 hours from:
SPCH 230, Nonverbal Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours
SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours
SPCH 401, Seminar: Special Topics - 1-3 hours
SPCH 450, General Semantics (Language and Behavior) - 3 hours
SPCH 451, Leadership Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 453, Interviewing - 3 hours
SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours

C. Organizational Communication Support Tracks (12 hours required)
The student must pick 12 hours in a support track area in consultation with his or her advisor.

1. Advertising 5001
2. Public Relations 5002
3. Sales 5003
4. Broadcast 5004
5. Foreign Language 5005
6. English 5006
7. General Business 5007
8. Management 5008
9. Management Information 5009
10. Marketing 5010
11. Training and Development 5011
12. Psychology 5012
13. Political Science 5013
14. Social Work 5014
15. Family and Consumer Science 5015
16. Sociology 5016

02 Jun 2006

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