The interdisciplinary
major in
Organizational Communication
Student Affairs and Student Life
Suggestions for students who want to work for colleges and
universities in various aspects of Student Affairs and Student Life, including
student involvement and leadership, judicial affairs and mediation, student
organizations, and student unions and programming.
Courses below seem to be best if your interest is in Student Affairs and Student
Life; 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 Student Affairs and Student Life.
Natural Sciences:
CHEM 1030/1031 Chemistry for the Consumer
Social/Behavioral Sciences:
AAS 2100 Introduction to African-American Studies
HLTH 1530 Health and Wellness
PSY 1410 General Psychology
SOC 2010 Social Problems
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 3010 Office Management
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
SOC 3950 Social Organizations and Institutions
THEA 3800 (ORCO 3800) Introduction to Arts Management
Intercultural/International, choose 1:
COMM 3350 Multicultural Communication
COMM 3560 Intercultural Communication
HIST 4810 History of Women in the Third World
MES 2010 Introduction to Middle East Studies
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:
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
SOC 3400 Gender and Society
SOC 4240 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 4550 Sociology of Religion
Communication, choose 2:
ATHC 4060 (PSY 4060) Sport Psychology
BCEN 3510 Business Communication
COMM 4800 Topics in Communication Studies
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 3890 Managerial Decision Making
ORCO 4000 Topics in Organizational Communication
PHIL 2110 Logic and Critical Thinking
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
N FS 1240 Principles of Nutrition
PSY 2210 Psychology of Social Behavior
SOC 2500 Marriage and Family
SOC 3210 Drugs and Alcohol
SOC 4500 Social Psychology
