BUSA 301 — Organizational Communication (3 Credits, Fall/Spring)
This course focuses on formal and informal communication within and between organizations. It examines how organizations exhibit their organizational climate and culture; it also provides opportunities and tools for students to further develop their communication skills and apply that learning in organizational settings. The course will show how communication is key to understanding how organizations function. Students will study how individuals and groups communicate, how communication creates and sustains organizations, and how organizations communicate with each other. Students will understand the communication processes in contemporary organizations, think critically and analytically about the roles that communication technologies can play in those organizations and develop skills at applying those processes and technologies in an organizational setting. PREREQ: COMM 101 or COMM 160 and admission to the Business Administration program. (3 lecture hours, 0 lab hours, 3 credits)