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The interdisciplinary major in
Organizational Communication

Non-Profit Organizations
Suggestions for students who want to direct non-profit organizations by managing personnel, marketing, fund-raising, budgeting, strategic planning, volunteers, and boards of directors.

Courses below seem to be best if your interest is in non-profit 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 three areas which seem pertinent to non-profit organizations.

Humanities and/or Fine Arts:
    ART 1030 Orientation to Art
    ART 1910 Art History Survey I
    MUS 1030 Introduction to Music
    THEA 1030 Theatre Appreciation
Natural Sciences:
    ASTR 1030/1031 Exploring the Universe
    CHEM 1030/1031 Chemistry for the Consumer
Social/Behavioral Sciences:
    AAS 2100 Introduction to African-American Studies
    HLTH 1530 Health and Wellness
    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:
    BCEN 2900 Entrepreneurship
    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 3010 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services
    REC 3390 Tourism and Commercial Recreation
    SOC 3950 Social Organizations and Institutions
    SOC 4560 Organizational Structures and Processes
    THEA 3800 (ORCO 3800) Introduction to Arts Management

Intercultural/International, choose 1:
    CJA 4220 Community Relations and Minority Problems  
    COMM 3350 Multicultural Communication  
    COMM 3560 Intercultural Communication
    FREN 3030 Business French
    GERM 3030 Business German
    HIST 4810 History of Women in the Third World
    MES 2010 Introduction to Middle East Studies
    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:
    A S 2600 Introduction to Aging Studies
    BCEN 4680 Diversity in the Workplace
    CJA 3700 (WMST 3700) Women, Crime, and Justice Administration
    COMM 3225 Gender Communication
    HLTH 4390 Women’s Health
    MGMT 4500 Employment Discrimination Law
    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 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
    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
    MGMT 3890 Managerial Decision Making
    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
    PHIL 3150 Ethics
    PSY 4390 Persuasion
    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
    HLTH 3300 First Aid and Safety Education
    INFS 1010 Social Networking
    MGMT 4920 Small Business Management
    MKT 3900 Direct Marketing and Electronic Commerce
    MUHL 3120 Masterworks of Classical Music
    N FS 1240 Principles of Nutrition
    PHED 1020 Beginning Social Dance
    PHED 3430 Games, Gymnastics, and Rhythmic Activities for Children
    PHED 3750 Skill and Techniques of Teaching Team Games
    P S 3350 Interest Groups and Social Change
    PSY 2300 Developmental Psychology
    PSY 4210 Adolescent Psychology
    PSY 4610 Adult Psychology and Aging
    PSY 4460 Psychology of Happiness and Well-Being
    REC 4110 Youth Sport Programming and Administration
    REC 3360 Camping and Camp Counseling
    REC 3520 Leadership and Group Processes in Recreation and Leisure Services
    REC 3530 Program Planning in Recreation and Parks
    REC 3570 Outdoor Pursuits Education
    R S 3020 Comparative Religion
    SOC 2500 Marriage and Family
    SOC 4510 Social Movements and Social Change
    SOC 4660 Urban and Community Studies
    S W 3050 (WMST 3010) Women and Poverty
    S W 3100 International Social Work
    THEA 3810 Stage Management

 

Also see other emphases in the Department of Speech & Theatre:
Communication Studies
Communication Disorders
Theatre & Dance

and the nationally known
Intercollegiate Debate Association
      
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN  37132


Web site last updated 08/07/2008.