The interdisciplinary
major in
Organizational Communication
Fundraising
Suggestions for students who want to coordinate philanthropy
activities for corporations, and who want to coordinate fundraising for
nonprofit organizations, political interest groups, and political candidates.
Students might coordinate such fundraising events and activities as fun runs,
galas and balls, annual fundraising campaigns, membership drives, gift clubs,
capital campaigns, and phonathons.
Courses below seem to be best if your interest is in fundraising; however, they
are not required. You may take any of the courses approved for General Education
and for the Cognate in the Organizational Communication major.
General Education – 41 hours
Suggestions for General Education: From among the 41 hours required in the
General Education, we recommend specific courses in two areas which seem
pertinent to fundraising.
Humanities and/or Fine Arts:
PHIL 1030 Introduction to Philosophy
Social/Behavioral Sciences:
AAS 2100 Introduction to African-American Studies
PS 1010 Foundations of Government
PS 2010 American Government and Politics
PSY 1410 General Psychology
SOC 2010 Social Problems
WMST 2100 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Organizational Communication major – 30 hours (fall 2008 catalog); 31 hours
(2003 to summer 2008 catalog)
Please talk to your advisor about requirements in the major.
Required statistics and internship – 6 hours (fall 2008 catalog)
Majors are required to take a statistics course and to choose 3 internship hours
from the following: ORCO 4220 Internship, COED 2930 Cooperative Education,
or COMM 3620/3630/4620/4630 Applied Communication.
Cognate -- 18 hours
Suggestions for the Cognate: From among the 18 hours required in the Cognate, we
recommend that you choose from the following lists.
Organizations, choose 2:
ATHC 4800 Administration of High School/College Athletics
BCEN 2900 Entrepreneurship
BCEN 3010 Office Management
MGMT 3610 Principles of Management
MKT 3820 Principles of Marketing
PR 3040 Public Relations Principles
REC 3010 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services
RIM 3600 Survey of the Recording Industry
SOC 3950 Social Organizations and Institutions
THEA 3800 (ORCO 3800) Introduction to Arts Management
Intercultural/International, choose 1:
BCEN 4670 International Business Communication
CJA 4220 Community Relations and Minority Problems
COMM 3350 Multicultural Communication
COMM 3560 Intercultural Communication
FREN 3030 Business French
GERM 3030 Business German
P S 3000 The Political Status of Women in the World
P S 3030 Introduction to Human Rights
PSY 4720 Multicultural Perspectives in Psychology and
Education
SPAN 3030 Business Spanish
SPAN 3060 Introduction to Hispanic Culture
Diversity, choose 1:
A S 2600 Introduction to Aging Studies
BCEN 4680 Diversity in the Workplace
COMM 3225 Gender Communication
HLTH 4390 Women’s Health
ORCO 3245 (LEST 3245) Women, Leadership, and Communication
P S 3010 Women and the Law
P S 3170 Civil Rights Policy and Politics
PSY 3250 Perspectives on Black Psychology
PSY 4610 Adult Psychology and Aging
PSY 4620 Psychology of Women
REC 3380 Introduction to Recreation for Persons with a
Disability
REC 4470 Leisure and Aging
SOC 3400 Gender and Society
SOC 4240 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 4510 Social Movements and Social Change
SOC 4550 Sociology of Religion
Communication, choose 2:
ATHC 4060 (PSY 4060) Sport Psychology
BCEN 3510 Business Communication
ENGL 3500 Applied Writing
ENGL 3520 Professional Writing
HLTH 4400 Drugs & Violence in Health Education
HLTH 4860 Organization and Administration of Health Education
JOUR 2710 Media Writing
LEST 4500 Topics in Leadership Studies
MGMT 3940 Business Ethics
MKT 3840 Personal Selling
MKT 3850 Promotion
MKT 3865 Sports Marketing
MKT 3920 Entertainment Marketing
ORCO 4000 Topics in Organizational Communication
ORCO 4850 (THEA 4850) Development for Arts Organizations
PSY 4390 Persuasion
RIM 3770 Publicity in the Recording Industry
RIM 4320 Concert Promotion and Touring
SOC 4150 Topics in Sociology
SOC 4790 Sport and Society
Electives – 25 hours
Suggestions for Electives: For your elective hours, we recommend you choose more
courses listed in the Cognate or from the following list.
ACTG 1110 Introduction to Accounting
or ACTG 3000 Survey of Accounting for
General Business
BCEN 1400 Introduction to Business
COMM 2150 Voice and Diction
CSCI 1150 Computer Orientation
INFS 1010 Social Networking
MKT 3900 Direct Marketing and Electronic Commerce
MKT 3910 Consumer Behavior
P S 2020 State and Local Government
P S 3050 The U. S. Presidency
P S 3060 The U. S. Congress
P S 3100 Politics and Film
P S 3340 Political Campaign Management
P S 3350 Interest Groups and Social Change
P S 4270 Political Campaign Internship
