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Organizational Communication 4-Year Plan

Follow this plan to stay on track and graduate on time. If you have any questions about which classes you should take, talk to your advisor.

This 4-year plan is for students who entered the organizational communication program during or after summer 2016. If you started earlier than summer 2016, visit the online catalog to find the 4-year plan that corresponds with the year you started the program.

Freshman Year

  • UNIV 100 - First Year Seminar
  • UNIV 200 - Information Literacy (or another advisor-approved computer course)
  • CMCN 202 - Argumentation and Structured Decision-Making (offered only in the spring)
  • CMCN 210 - Interpersonal Communication
  • ENGL 101 - Introduction to Academic Writing
  • ENGL 102 - Writing and Research About Culture
  • MATH 103 - Applied College Algebra Fundamentals or MATH 105 - Applied College Algebra
  • MODL 101 (choose from French, Spanish, or German)
  • MODL 102 (must choose the same language as you took for MODL 101)
  • Science elective (3 credit hours/1 course). Science electives are to be chosen from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) sciences, two courses of which must be from the same science.
  • History elective (3 credit hours/1 course).

Sophomore Year

  • CMCN 304 - Group Process and Problem-solving
  • CMCN 309 - Interview Theory and Technique
  • CMCN 310 - Public Speaking
  • ENGL 365 - Technical Writing
  • STAT 214 - Elementary Statistics
  • MODL 201 (must be the same language as you took for MODL 101 and 102)
  • MODL 202 or MODL 203 (must be the same language as you took for MODL 101, 102, and 201)
  • Behavioral science elective (3 credit hours/1 course). Choose elective in consultation with your advisor from ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, SOCI, or up to 6 hours from CJUS.
    • Three hours of behavioral science may be replaced by an advisor-approved CMCN elective.
    • Business minors may substitute 3 hours of behavioral science with an advisor-approved business course.
    • A minimum of 6 hours of behavioral science electives are required, with at least 3 hours at the 200 level or above.
  • History elective (3 credit hours/1 course)
  • English elective. Choose from:
    • ENGL 201 - British Literature
    • ENGL 202 - British Literature II
    • ENGL 205 - American Literature I
    • ENGL 206 - American Literature II
    • ENGL 215 - Honors British Literature
    • ENGL 216 - Honors American Literature
  • Science elective (3 credit hours/1 course). Science electives are to be chosen from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) sciences, two courses of which must be from the same science.

Junior Year

  • CMCN 301 - Principles of Organizational Communication (offered only in the fall)
  • CMCN 384 - Communication Theory
  • CMCN 385 - Communication Law and Ethics
  • CMCN 386 - Communication Research
  • Communication elective. Choose from:
    • CMCN 335 - Visual Communication
    • CMCN 338 - Internet Communication
  • General elective (1 credit hour)
  • Science elective (3 credit hours/1 course). Science electives are to be chosen from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) sciences, two courses of which must be from the same science.
  • Minor courses (9 credit hours). Choose a minor in consultation with your advisor.

Senior Year

  • CMCN 406 - Communication Consultation (offered only in the spring)
  • CMCN 490 - Internship
  • CMCN 403 - Crisis and Risk Communication or CMCN 404 - Health Communication
  • CMCN 307 - Leadership Communication or CMCN 401 - Intro to Training and Development
  • Arts elective. Choose from advisor-approved elective in DANC, MUS, THEA, or VIAR.
  • Behavioral Science electives (6 credit hours/2 courses)
    • Choose in consultation with your advisor from ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, SOCI, or up to 6 hours from CJUS.
    • Three hours of behavioral science may be replaced by an advisor-approved CMCN elective.
    • Business minors may substitute 3 hours of behavioral science with an advisor-approved business course.
    • A minimum of 6 hours of behavioral science electives are required, with at least 3 hours at the 200 level or above.
  • Minor courses (6 credit hours). Choose a minor in consultation with your advisor.