Offered by Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts:

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.

A. Organizational Communication Requirements (24 hours required)
Take 1 course from:
SPCH 201, Classical Traditions in the Communicative Arts - 3 hours
SPCH 202, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours
Take all of the following:
SPCH 229, Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 230, Nonverbal Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 240, Public Speaking for Professions and Business - 3 hours
SPCH 299, Organizational Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 370, Small Group Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 451, Leadership Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 452, Theories of Organizational Communication - 3 hours

B. Organizational Communication Electives (9 hours required)
Take 9 hours from:
SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours
SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours
SPCH 450, General Semantics (Language and Behavior) - 3 hours
SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours
SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
SPCH 460A-D, Independent Study and Research - 4 hours
SPCH 401.2 or, Seminar: Special Topics - 1-3 hours
SPCH 475A-I, Internship - 6 hours
SPCH 490, Theories of Interpersonal Communication - 3 hours

C. Organizational Communication Support Tracks (12 hours required)
Take a minimum of 12 hours from ONE of the following recommended support tracks.

1. Advertising 5001
Take 12 hours from:
JMC 100GS, Mass Media in America - 3 hours
JMC 129, Advertising Principles - 3 hours
JMC 130, Advertising Practice - 3 hours
JMC 329, Print Advertising Design - 3 hours
JMC 316, Broadcast Advertising - 3 hours
BMKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
BMKT 440, Advertising Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BMKT 300)

2. Public Relations 5002
Take 12 hours from:
JMC 100GS, Mass Media in America - 3 hours
JMC 215, Newswriting - 3 hours
JMC 309, Public Relations - 3 hours (Prereq: JMC 215)
JMC 409, Public Relations Strategy - 3 hours (Prereq: JMC 309)

3. Sales 5003
Take 12 hours from:
BMKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
BMKT 331, Principles of Selling - 3 hours
JMC 316, Broadcast Advertising - 3 hours
JMC 129, Advertising Principles - 3 hours
and JMC 130, Advertising Practice - 3 hours
JMC 340, Media Sales - 3 hours

4. Broadcast 5004
Take 12 hours from:
JMC 226, Audio Production - 3 hours
JMC 356, Broadcast Announcing - 3 hours
JMC 265, Video Production - 3 hours
JMC 318, Writing for The Media - 3 hours

5. Foreign Language 5005
Complete ONE of the three following options:
A. French
Take 12 hours from:
FREN 100-499
B. German
Take 12 hours from:
GERM 100-499
C. Spanish
Take 12 hours from:
SPAN 100-499

6. English 5006
Take 12 hours total
A. English Literature
Take 9 hours from:
ENG 334, Studies in the Novel - 3 hours
ENG 335, Studies in the Short Story - 3 hours
ENG 336, Bible as Literature - 3 hours
ENG 337, Popular Literature - 3 hours
ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
ENG 442, Colonial/Early American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 354, Literature of the American Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 355, American Literary Realism - 3 hours
ENG 356, Early 20th Century American Literature: 1900-1945 - 3 hours
ENG 357, Post-World War II American Literature: 1945-present - 3 hours
ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
ENG 360, Literature of the American Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
ENG 363, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
ENG 364, Shakespeare - 3 hours
ENG 365, Literature of the English Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 366, Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
ENG 367, Literature of the English Romantic Period - 3 hours
ENG 368, British and Commonwealth Victorian Literature - 3 hours
ENG 369, Modern British and Commonwealth Literature - 3 hours
ENG 370, Post-modern British and Commonwealth Literature: 1950-present - 3 hours
ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 102*)
ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 102*)
ENG 443, Seminar in the American Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 444, Seminar in Realism - 3 hours
ENG 445, Seminar in Early 20th Century American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours
ENG 447, Seminar in Post-World War II American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 450, Seminar in World Literature - 3 hours
ENG 460, Topics: Women's Literature - 3 hours
ENG 462, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
ENG 464, Seminar in the Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 467, Seminar in Romanticism - 3 hours
ENG 468, Seminar in Victorian Literature - 3 hours
ENG 469, Seminar in Modernism - 3 hours
ENG 471, Seminar in Rhetoric - 3 hours

B. English Language
Take 3 hours from:
ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours
ENG 422, Language for the Elementary Teacher - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 102*)

7. General Business 5007
Take 12 hours from:
BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
BSAD 320, Business Communications - 3 hours
BMIS 181, Business Computer Systems - 1 hour
BMIS 182, Business Computer Applications - 3 hours
BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours

8. Management 5008
Take 12 hours from:
BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
BSAD 320, Business Communications - 3 hours
BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
BMGT 355, Organizational Behavior - 3 hours

9. Management Information 5009
Take 12 hours from:
BMIS 181, Business Computer Systems - 1 hour
BMIS 182, Business Computer Applications - 3 hours
BMIS 282, Computerized Decision-Making for Business - 3 hours
CSIS 350, Information Systems Concepts - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 110GS, CSIS 130)
CSIS 380, System Analysis and Design - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 220, CSIS 150, CSIS 130)
CSIS 428, Data Communications and Distributed Processing - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 220 or BMIS 382 or CSIS 431)

10. Marketing 5010
Take 12 hours from:
BMKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
BMKT 331, Principles of Selling - 3 hours
BMKT 420, Retail Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BMKT 300)
BMKT 430, International Marketing - 3 hours (Prereq: BMKT 300)
BMKT 435, Marketing Research - 3 hours (Prereq: BMKT 300, BMGT 233)
BMKT 437, Sales Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BMKT 300, BMKT 438.)
BMKT 456, Marketing Management - 3 hours (Prereq: 9 hours of marketing courses)

11. Training and Development 5011
Take 12 hours from:
BMGT 380, Human Resource Management - 3 hours
BMGT 485, Seminar in Human Resource Management - 3 hours (Prereq: BMGT 380)
SPCH 455, Communication Training and Consulting - 3 hours
SPCH 452, Theories of Organizational Communication - 3 hours

12. Psychology 5012
Take 12 hours from:
PSY 318, Experimental Social Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
PSY 406, Theories of Personality - 3 hours
PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
PSY 430, Memory and Cognition - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
PSY 455, Adolescent Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
PSY 462., Adult Development and Aging - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)

13. Political Science 5013
Take 12 hours from:
PSCI 101-499 (except PSCI 110GS, PSCI 168GS)

14. Social Work 5014
Take 12 hours from:
SOWK 300-499

15. Family and Consumer Science 5015
Take 12 hours from:
FCSC 100-499 (except FCSC 351GS, 108, 110, 151)

16. Sociology 5016
Take 12 hours from:
SOC 201, Social Stratification - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS)
SOC 275, Social Psychology - 3 hours
SOC 349, Sociology of Work and Occupations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS)
SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS)
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