University of Nebraska Kearney

Organizational and Relational Communication 

Comprehensive Option Bachelor of Science 

Students selecting a major in Organizational and Relational Communication must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the major.

Take all of the following: 

• SPCH 202GS, Communication Concepts in Society - 3 hours
• SPCH 252, Communication Inquiry - 3 hours
• SPCH 456, Rhetorical Theory - 3 hours
• SPCH 459, Communication Capstone - 3 hours
• SPCH 499, Communication Theory - 3 hours

2. Speaking Techniques Requirements  

(3 hours required) 

Take 1 course from: 

• SPCH 270, Advanced Public Speaking - 3 hours
• SPCH 332, Logic Argumentation and Reasoning - 3 hours
• SPCH 360, Persuasion and Propaganda - 3 hours

3. Communication Requirements  

(9 hours requied) 

Take one of the following options: 

• Organizational Communciation

Take all of the following: 

• SPCH 301, Introduction to Organizational Communication - 3 hours
• SPCH 451, Leadership Communication - 3 hours
• SPCH 452, Advanced Organizational Communication - 3 hours

Relational Communication 

Take all of the following: 

• SPCH 300, Interpersonal and Relational Communication - 3 hours
• SPCH 450, Language, Thought & Action - 3 hours
• SPCH 454, Intercultural Communication - 3 hours

4. Speech Electives 

(6 hours required) 

Take 6 hours from: 

• SPCH 200 
• SPCH 499

5. Organizational and Relational Communication Support Track  

(12 hours required) 

The student must pick 12 hours in a support track area in consultation with his or her advisor.

 Here are four sample support tracks that reflect a good grounding in a field:

Public Relations 

• JMC 215, News Writing & Photography - 3 hours (Prereq or Coreq: JMC 112 or permission)
• JMC 302, Digital Storytelling - 3 hours (Prereq: JMC 112, JMC 215, JMC 300)
• JMC 309, Public Relations - 3 hours
•  JMC 409, Public Relations Strategy - 3 hours

Human Interaction 

• SOC 275, Social Psychology - 3 hours
• SOC 300, Sociological Theory - 3 hours
• SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 100GS or SOC 250GS or permission)
• PSY 410, Industrial Psychology - 3 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)

General Business 

• BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
• MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
• MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
• MKT 331, Professional Selling - 3 hours

Spanish 

• SPAN 200GS, Intermediate Spanish I - 3 hours (Prereq: SPAN 101 or equivalent)
•  SPAN 201GS, Intermediate Spanish II - 3 hours
• SPAN 204GS, Culture, Conversation and Writing - 3 hours
• SPAN 304, Advanced Conversation and Composition - 3 hours