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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

All Organizational Communication majors must complete the four core courses required of all College of Communication students. In addition, they must take two required courses and choose six classes from among the Organizational Communication course offerings. Organizational Communication majors must also take any two electives within the College of Communication.  All Organizational Communication majors must complete a total of 14 classes, or 56 credit hours. ​

Course Title Quarter Hours
CMNS 251ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION4
CMNS 201BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION4
Select six of the following:24
CMN 292
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD WORKSHOP (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 295
ADOBE INDESIGN (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 296
ADOBE AUDITION (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 297
ADOBE PREMIERE VIDEO EDITING (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 394
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP
CMN 395
COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP SPECIAL TOPICS
CMN 397
RESEARCH PRACTICUM 1
CMN 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
CMNS 212
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEAMS AND SMALL GROUPS
CMNS 291
RESEARCH METHODS
CMNS 303
TOPICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND GROUP COMMUNICATION
CMNS 315
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
CMNS 316
COMMUNICATION AND DECISION-MAKING IN GROUPS AND TEAMS
CMNS 329
PERSUASION
CMNS 343
WORK/FAMILY COMMUNICATION
CMNS 344
MINDFULNESS
CMNS 351
MASTERING EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
CMNS 352
COMMUNICATION AND THE CORPORATE CULTURE
CMNS 353
COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
CMNS 354
EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWING
CMNS 355
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CMNS 356
COMMUNICATION CONSULTING
CMNS 357
DARK SIDE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 358
DIVERSITY, LEADERSHIP, & TEAM BUILDING
CMNS 359
THE FUTURE OF REMOTE AND VIRTUAL TEAMS
CMNS 360
RELATIONAL, GROUP, AND ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
CMNS 361
GENDER AND COMMUNICATION
CMNS 382
APPLIED RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
CMNS 394
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION PRACTICUM
PRAD 255
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Select two electives (8 credits) from any College of Communication offerings8
1

Students may take up to 4 hours of credit in this course toward graduation requirements. 

2

A maximum of 8 credits from two credit College of Communication courses can be applied to major requirements. 

Internship Credit

Students in the major may take CMN 394 and/or CMN 395 (when work relates to the major). In order to take CMN 394 or CMN 395, students must have completed two of the four communication core classes (CMN 101, CMN 102, CMN 103CMN 104), two courses in the chosen major and have fulfilled internship program eligibility requirements.  

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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