Graduating with a major in
Organizational Communication
Student Exit Process
Before graduation, you must go through an exit process:
(1) Turn your upper division form in to Todd Hall room 231 two or three
semesters before you think you will graduate. Work with your advisor on filling
this out.
(2) Print the Intent to Graduate form (online at
http://www.mtsu.edu/forms/dept2.html, scroll down to Records Office), fill
it out, and take it to Todd Hall room 231 along with your upper division form.
If your intent form says you will graduate in May, for example, and then you
decide to graduate in August, you must fill out a new intent form and turn it in
to Todd Hall room 231.
(3) If you have taken at least 15 hours of EXL courses, contact Dr. Jill
Austin (jaustin@mtsu.edu) before your
last semester and ask about registering for the 1-hour EXL seminar. For more
information on the EXL program, check the website at
http://www.mtsu.edu/~exl.
(4) Take a university exit exam, scheduled by the university. Watch for
notices in your mailbox and for signs posted around the university. All
graduating seniors have to take this exam.
(5) Fill out the department’s Exit Questionnaire for Graduating Seniors.
You will receive this questionnaire in your ORCO 4500 Senior Capstone class. These
will be seen only by the department’s Exit Research Team.
(6) Instead of a Major Field Test (an exam in your major), you will turn
in a portfolio in the ORCO 4500 Senior Capstone class for review by faculty.
Portfolio material should be placed in a large envelope, a file folder, a 3-ring
binder, or bound as a booklet, and these will be given back to you.
Portfolio:
Please submit papers with no grades or comments on them. Your portfolio
must include 8-10 papers and project reports from some of the following courses.
You must also include a professional resume in the front of your
portfolio.
(a) ORCO 3240 Introduction to Organizational Communication
(b) ORCO 3250 Organizational Communication in Communities
(c) ORCO 3500 Strategic Communication in Organizations
(d) ORCO 3650 Conflict and Organizations or SOC 4150 Topics: Conflict Resolution
(e) ORCO 3750 Organizational Communication Analysis
(f) ORCO 3800 (THEA 3800) Introduction to Arts Management
(g) ORCO 4000 Topics in Organizational Communication or COMM 4800
Topics in Communication
(h) ORCO 4200 Multinational Organizations
(i) ORCO 4450 Directed Study in Organizational Communication
(j) ORCO 4500 Senior Capstone in Organizational Communication
(k) COMM 3320 Small Group Communication or PSY 4380 Group Dynamics
(l) COMM 3340 Interview Communication
(m) LEST 3010 Leadership Theories and
Practices or COMM 3300 Communication Theory, Culture and Films
(n) LEST 4500 Topics in Leadership Studies
(o) great papers from any of the upper division courses you’ve taken at MTSU
Org Com seniors looking forward to graduation.
