Business and Organizational Communication (BA) adult learner program

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I. General Education Requirements

Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Modern Language (4 hrs)
Note: This major has a variety of options to fulfill this requirement. Refer to the General Education Requirements section (linked below) for further information.
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: Students considering graduate school are encouraged to take MATH 1240 - Statistics I .
Lifetime Fitness and Wellness (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (4 hrs)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See General Education Requirements for All Degree Programs for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (36 hrs)

A. Core Courses (6 courses required)

Select one course from the following:
COMM 1000 - Communicating with Audiences
COMM 1100 - Public Speaking
COMM 2800 - Business and Professional Communication
Select one course from the following:
COMM 1800 - Interpersonal Communication
COMM 3300 - Teamwork
COMM 3750 - Intercultural Communication
Select one course from the following:
ECON 2100 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2200 - Principles of Macroeconomics
Complete all of the following:
MGMT 3000 - Principles of Management - Writing Intensive
COMM 3800 - Organizational Communication
COMM 4800 - Organizational Communication Case Studies

B. Electives (12 hrs required)

In consultation with an advisor from the Communication Department, students will select 12 hours from among classes in Accounting, Business, Communication, Human Resources Management, International Business and Management, Leadership Studies, Management, and Marketing as well as associated courses including ENGL 1193, JAMC 1600, PSYC 2610, and PSYC 3720. Students interested in pursuing an MBA degree should include these courses in the 12 elective hours: ACCT 2000, BUS 5100, and ECON 2100 or 2200 (whichever is not taken to meet the core requirement),

ACCT 2000 - Financial Accounting 4 hrs
ACCT 2100 - Managerial Accounting 4 hrs; requires ACCT 2000 as pre-req
BIA 3600 - Managing Information Technology 4 hrs; requires ACCT 2100 and MGMT 3000 as pre-reqs
BUS 5100 - Business Essentials 5 hrs
COMM 1500 - Principles of Public Relations 4 hrs
COMM 1800 - Interpersonal Communication 4 hrs
COMM 2000 - Introduction to Communication Theory - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
COMM 2300 - Principles of Interviewing 4 hrs
COMM 2400 - Argumentation and Advocacy 4 hrs
COMM 2700 - Introduction to Health Communication 4 hrs
COMM 3000 - Interpreting Communication Research 4 hrs; requires COMM 2000 as pre-req
COMM 3100 - Advanced Public Speaking 4 hrs; requires COMM 1000 or 1100 as pre-req
COMM 3400 - Persuasion 4 hrs; requires COMM 2000 as pre-req
COMM 3600 - Rhetorical Theory and Criticism 4 hrs; requires COMM 2000 as pre-req
COMM 3750 - Intercultural Communication 4 hrs
ENGL 1193 - Special Topics in Professional Writing - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
IBM 3700 - International Business and Management 4 hrs; requires ECON 2200 as pre-req
IBM 3850 - Cross-Cultural Management and Organization 4 hrs; requires IBM 3700 as pre-req
JAMC 1600 - Reporting and News Writing 4 hrs
LEAD 1000 - Finding Your Leadership Potential 4 hrs
LEAD 2000 - Principles of Leadership 4 hrs
LEAD 3000 - Leadership Practices 4 hrs
LEAD 3700 - The Emerging Leader 4 hrs
LEAD 3710 - Transformational Leadership 4 hrs; requires LEAD 1000 or 3700 as pre-req
LEAD 3720 - Leadership: Organizational and Team Dynamics 4 hrs; requires LEAD 3710 as pre-req
LEAD 3730 - Leadership Project 4 hrs; requires LEAD 3720 as pre-req
MGMT 3200 - Personnel and Human Resources Management - Writing Intensive 4 hrs; requires MGMT 3000 as pre-req
MGMT 3300 - Operations Management 4 hrs; requires MATH 1240 and MGMT 3000 as pre-reqs
MGMT 3520 - Performance Appraisal and Compensation 4 hrs; requires MGMT 3200 as pre-req
MGMT 3551 - Business and Society 4 hrs
MGMT 3555 - Non-Profit Management 4 hrs
MGMT 4150 - Training and Development 4 hrs; requires MGMT 3200 as pre-req
MGMT 4750 - Leadership and Culture 4 hrs
MGMT 4950 - Performance Analysis and Improvement 4 hrs; requires MATH 1240 as pre-req
MKTG 2650 - Sales 4 hrs
MKTG 3100 - Principles of Marketing 4 hrs; requires ACCT 2000 as pre-req
MKTG 3650 - Research in Behavioral Theories 4 hrs
MKTG 3850 - Marketing Analytics 4 hrs; requires MATH 1240 and MKTG 3100 as pre-reqs
MKTG 4100 - Retail Management - Writing Intensive 4 hrs; requires MKTG 3100 as pre-req
MKTG 4300 - Integrated Marketing Communications 4 hrs; requires MKTG 3100 as pre-req
MKTG 4400 - Marketing Strategy 4 hrs
PSYC 2610 - Social Psychology 4 hrs
PSYC 3720 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4 hrs

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (126 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 126 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree from the Office of the Registrar one term prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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