The interdisciplinary
major in
Organizational Communication
Intercultural and International Organizations
Suggestions for students who want to work in corporations and
nonprofit organizations that have an intercultural or international focus. A
minor in Global Studies or a foreign language is highly recommended.
Courses below seem to be best if your interest is in intercultural and/or
international organizations; 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 intercultural and international organizations.
Humanities and/or Fine Arts:
HUM 2610 Foreign Literature in Translation
HIST 1120 Survey of World Civilization II
Social/Behavioral Sciences:
AAS 2100 Introduction to African-American Studies
ANTH 2010 Cultural Anthropology
GEOG 2000 Regional Geography
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:
MGMT 3610 Principles of Management
MGMT 3810 Human Resources Management
MKT 3820 Principles of Marketing
PR 3040 Public Relations Principles
PSY 3320 Introduction to Industrial and Organizational
Psychology
REC 3390 Tourism and Commercial Recreation
SOC 3950 Social Organizations and Institutions
SOC 4560 Organization Structures and Processes
Intercultural/International, choose 1:
BCEN 4670 International Business Communication
CJA 4220 Community Relations and Minority Problems
COMM 3350 Multicultural Communication
COMM 3560 Intercultural Communication
COMM 3570 Communication in the Middle East
FREN 3030 Business French
GERM 3030 Business German
HIST 4810 History of Women in the Third World
MES 2010 Introduction to Middle East Studies
MGMT 4620 International Human Resource Management
MGMT 4730 Global Comparative Management
P S 3000 The Political Status of Women in the World
P S 3030 Introduction to Human Rights
SPAN 3030 Business Spanish
SPAN 3060 Introduction to Hispanic Culture
Diversity, choose 1:
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 4620 Psychology of Women
SOC 3400 Gender and Society
SOC 4010 Social Inequity
SOC 4240 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 4510 Social Movements and Social Change
SOC 4550 Sociology of Religion
Communication, choose 2:
BCEN 3510 Business Communication
BLAW 3400 Legal Environment of Business
COMM 4800 Topics in Communication Studies
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
MGMT 3890 Managerial Decision Making
ORCO 4000 Topics in Organizational Communication
SOC 4150 Topics in Sociology
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.
CSCI 1150 Computer Orientation
ECON 3540 Japanese Economy and Business
ENGL 3300 Native American Literature
ENGL 3360 Multicultural Literature of the United States
GEOG 3420 Geography of Latin America
GEOG 3440 Geography of Asia
GEOG 3460 Geography of the Former Soviet Union
GEOG 3470 Geography of Africa
GEOG 4500 Geography of the Middle East
HIST 3140 Latin American History
HIST 3150 Global History
HIST 3160 Study Abroad in Africa
HIST 4440 The Middle East
HIST 4450 Japan
HIST 4460 China
HIST 4490 Mexico and the Caribbean
HIST 4690 Native American History
INFS 1010 Social Networking
P S 3210 International Relations
R S 3020 Comparative Religion
R S 4050 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
SOC 2150 Introduction to Latin American Studies
(same as 2150 in SPAN, P S, ART, ANTH,
and GEOG)
S W 3100 International Social Work
