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B.A. in Social Sciences

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND
COMMUNICATIONS CONCENTRATION


In today’s rapidly changing work environment, effective leadership is essential to high-impact performance and the success of individuals, groups, and organizations. Employees at every level have a competitive edge when they can analyze critical issues and effectively enhance leadership competencies, performance effectiveness, multicultural communications, and managing diversity and human development within the workplace. The uniqueness of this concentration lies in its psychosocial, conceptual orientation grounded in experiential learning for real world application. Inspired by the scientist-practitioner model, students develop fluency in theory and application. Students learn to diagnose organizational systems and change, apply the interpersonal skills to meet strategic challenges, and advance in their own individual endeavors within organizations of the current corporate and not-for-profit worlds.

We recommend that students complete the McGhee Core Curriculum before the following requirements.

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

Students must complete Organizational Behavior and Business Organization and Management before taking concentration courses.

Methods and Theory (8 Credits)

Students must take Organizational Behavior Research Methods and Current Issues in Organizational Behavior.

Concentration Courses (16 Credits)

Students select one course from each of the following categories or may choose to cluster two courses in each of two categories.

Communication and Workplace Dynamics

Organizational Communication / Y26.2201 4
Multicultural Communication / Y26.2202 4
Managing Diversity in the Global Economy / Y26.2220 4
Advanced Business Writing / Y26.2242 4
Gender Issues in Organizations / Y26.2246 4
Management Technologies: Organizational and Workplace Design / Y26.2247 4
Storytelling: The Use of Narrative in Organizational Studies / Y26.2260 4
History of Communication Innovations / Y26.6074 4

Leadership and Organizational Strategy

Managerial Decision Making / Y10.0543 4
Human Resources Management / Y10.0548 4
Business Ethics / Y10.0573 4
Leadership Strategies for the Global Workplace / Y26.2221 4
Leadership: Theory and Practice / Y26.2222 4
Conflict Resolution / Y26.2245 4
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace / Y26.2281 4

Managing Organizations and Change

Organizational Change / Y26.2209 4
Consulting and Group Process / Y26.2213 4
Managing for Performance Effectiveness / Y26.2248 4
Corporate Culture and Organizational Learning / Y26.2249 4
Spirituality in the Workplace / Y26.2251 4
Managing Career Transitions / Y26.2252 4
Uses & Abuses of Assessments in Organizations / Y26.2282 4

Major Requirements (20 Credits)

In addition to other Social Sciences courses, students may choose additional credits from any of the three concentration categories above or the special topics listed below.

Special Topics and Practicum Courses

Internship in Business / Y10.0574 4
Special Topics in Organizational Behavior and Communication / Y26.2290 4

Free Electives (26 - 28 Credits)

Students select 26 - 28 credits from McGhee course offerings in consultation with their advisors.

Graduation Project (4 Credits)

Students select one option in consultation with their advisors.

Senior Project Seminar (Social Sciences) / Y26.7991 4
Senior Project Internship (Social Sciences) / Y26.7992 4