Offered by Department of Communication

Speech Major

Organizational Communication Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 0
  • Capstone = 3
• 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 202GS, 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
     2. Public Relations
     3. Sales
     4. Broadcast
     5. Foreign Language
     6. English
     7. General Business
     8. Management
     9. Management Information
     10. Marketing
     11. Training and Development
     12. Psychology
     13. Political Science
     14. Social Work
     15. Family and Consumer Science
     16. Sociology