Offered by Department of Communication:

Speech Major

Organizational Communication Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science

FAH BS 4305

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  • 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.

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