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The interdisciplinary major in
Organizational Communication

Special Event Planning
Suggestions for students who want to plan events such as fundraisers, ceremonies, celebrations, commemorative events, reunions, weddings, informative events, meetings, and conferences for nonprofit organizations, corporations, hotels, resorts, and event management firms. A minor in Entrepreneurship is highly recommended if you want to own an event planning business.

Courses below seem to be best if your interest is in event planning; 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 special event planning.

Humanities and/or Fine Arts:
    MUS 1030 Introduction to Music
Natural Sciences:
    ASTR 1030/1031 Exploring the Universe
    CHEM 1030/1031 Chemistry for the Consumer
Social/Behavioral Sciences:
    HLTH 1530 Health and Wellness

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
    REC 3010 Introduction to Recreation and Leisure Services
    REC 3390 Tourism and Commercial Recreation
    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
    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
    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
    PSY 3250 Perspectives on Black Psychology
    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

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
    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
    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
    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
    REC 4110 Youth Sport Programming and Administration
    SOC 2500 Marriage and Family
    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


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