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Organizational Communication

The Organizational Communication minor offers essential skills in organizing work, conflict resolution, preventing organizational accidents, consulting, effective team communication, health communication, and understanding how to study organizational cultures. You can pair your OC minor with any major or minor, with most common pairings being Management & Leadership, Marketing, Sports Communication, Advertising & PR, Psychology, Sociology, Journalism, and Political Science.

Organizational Communication is an ideal minor if you’d like to pursue a career in leadership, law, public administration, health communication, non-profit, fundraising, public relations.

Organizational Communication minors must complete at least 12 unique hours of approved minor coursework. These 12 hours cannot be used to satisfy any other major or minor requirements.

Minor Requirements

Required Courses - 9 hrs.

  • COM 292: Intro to Organizational Communication - 3 hrs.
  • COM 384: Organizational Accidents - 3 hrs.
  • COM 392: Intro to Organizational Communication Consulting (EL) - 3 hrs.

Elective Courses (choose three) - 9 hrs.

  • COM 305: Persuasion (WI, EL) - 3 hrs.
  • COM 315: Intercultural Communication (BCC WC) - 3 hrs.
  • COM 318: Health Communication - 3 hrs.
  • COM 326: Digital Analytics - 3 hrs.
  • COM 327: PR Writing - 3 hrs.
  • COM 387: Strategic Communication in Organizational Contexts - 3 hrs.
  • COM 388: Social Media Communication - 3 hrs.
  • COM 390: Meanings of Work - 3 hrs.
  • COM 393: Small Group Communication - 3 hrs.
  • COM 394: Communication and Conflict Management (BCC SB) - 3 hrs.
  • COM 395: Interviewing Communication: Process and Strategy - 3 hrs.
  • COM 397: Virtual Team, Communication and Collaboration - 3 hrs.
  • COM 398: Training and Development - 3 hrs.
  • COM 416: Researching Organizational Cultures (WI, EL) - 3 hrs.

Total Hours: 18