Organizational Communication & Leadership

Major Requirements

The Applied Communication major with a concentration in Organizational Communication & Leadership major consists of 30 credits distributed as follows:

Required Core Courses:

• ACL 3540 Strategic Business and Professional Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 4700 Applied Communication & Leadership in Organizations (3 credits)
• ACL 4900 Internship (3 credits)

Required Statistics Course:

Select 3 credits from the following:

• MAT 2200 Applied Statistics (3 credits)
• SOC 2200 Applied Statistics (3 credits)
• PSY 2500 Statistics for Psychology (3 credits)
• BUS 2160 Statistics for Business and Economics (3 credits)
• JUS 2200 Applied Statistics (3 credits)

Major Electives:

Select 9 credits from the following:

• COM 1050 Introduction to Mass Communications (3 credits)
• COM 2800 Mass Communications Theory (3 credits)
• ACL 1500 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 1510 Speech Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 2540 Strategic Business and Professional Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 2600 Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 2750 Small Group Communication Skills (3 credits)
• ACL 3400 Theories and Techniques of Effective Listening (3 credits)
• ACL 3600 Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 3700 Results-Oriented Persuasion (3 credits)
• ACL 2710 Effective Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
• ACL 3900 Collaborative Conflict Management (3 credits)

Leadership Electives:

Select 6 credits from the following:

• LSS 3000 Principles of Leadership (3 credits)
• LSS 3250 Theories and Techniques of Leadership (3 credits)
• LSS 3400 Issues in Contemporary Leadership (3 credits)
• LSS 3750 Future-Oriented Leadership (3 credits)

Organizational Communication & Leadership Concentration Electives:

Select 6 credit hours from the following:

• COM 3350 Public Relations (3 credits)
• BUS 1510 Management and Organization (3 credits)
• BUS 3010 Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• BUS 3750 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
• BUS 3910 Negotiation (3 credits)
• ECO 1510 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)
• ECO 1520 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• ENG 3201 Business Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 3210 Technical Writing (3 credits)
• ENP 3010 Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• ENP 3100 Managing Family Business (3 credits)
• ENP 3300 International Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• MKT 1510 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
• MKT 4000 Consumer Behavior (3 credits)
• MKT 4100 Global Marketing (3 credits)
• MSL 1010 Introduction to the Army and Critical Thinking (1 credit)
• MSL 1020 Introduction to Tactical Leadership (1 credit)
• MSL 2010 Leadership and Decision Making (2 credits)
• MSL 2020 Foundations of Tactical Leadership (2 credits)
• PHI 3200 Business Ethics (3 credits)
• PSY 3100 Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 credits)
• SOC 3320 Methods of Social Research (3 credits)