Offered by Department of Communication

Speech Major

Organizational and Relational Communication Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
  • 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 = 4-6 including:
• In addition to the General Studies requirements, take 6 hours of Analytical and Quantitative Thought courses or take one additional lab course in Natural Sciences.
• Major Option = 45
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 94-96
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 29-31
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Organizational and Relational 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 and Relational Communication Core Requirements (15 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • SPCH 202GS, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours
     • SPCH 252, Communication Inquiry - 3 hours
     • SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
     • SPCH 459, Communication Capstone - 3 hours
     • SPCH 499, Communication Theory - 3 hours
2. Speaking Techniques Requirements (3 hours required)
   • Take 1 course from:
     • SPCH 270, Advanced Public Speaking - 3 hours
     • SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours
     • SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours
3. Communication Requirements (9 hours required)
   • Take ONE of the following options:
     • Organizational Communication
       • Take all of the following:
         • SPCH 301, Introduction to Organizational Communication - 3 hours
         • SPCH 451, Leadership Communication - 3 hours
         • SPCH 452, Advanced Organizational Communication - 3 hours
     • Relational Communication
       • Take all of the following:
         • SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours
         • SPCH 450, Language, Thought & Action - 3 hours
         • SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours
4. Speech Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take 6 hours from:
     • SPCH 200-SPCH 499
5. Organizational and Relational Communication Support Track (12 hours required)
   • The student must pick 12 hours in a support track area in consultation with his or her advisor.
     
     Here are four sample support tracks that reflect a good grounding in a field:
     • Public Relations
       • JMC 215, News Writing & Photography - 3 hours (Prereq or Coreq: JMC 112 or permission)
       • JMC 302, Digital Storytelling - 3 hours (Prereq: JMC 112, JMC 215, JMC 300)
       • JMC 309, Public Relations - 3 hours
       • JMC 409, Public Relations Strategy - 3 hours
     • Human Interaction
       • SOC 275, Social Psychology - 3 hours
       • SOC 300, Sociological Theory - 3 hours
       • SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS or permission)
       • PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
     • General Business
       • BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
       • MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
       • MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
       • MKT 331, Professional Selling - 3 hours
     • Spanish
       • SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
       • SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours
       • SPAN 204GS, Culture, Conversation and Writing - 3 hours
       • SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours