Graduation
Graduating with a major in
Organizational Communication
Student Exit Process
Before graduation, you must go through an exit process:
(1) Turn your upper division form in to Todd Hall room 231 two or three semesters before you think you will graduate. Work with your advisor on filling this out.
(2) Fill out the Intent to Graduate form (Intent to Graduate form), print it, and take it to Todd Hall room 231 along with your upper division form. If your intent form says you will graduate in May, for example, and then you decide to graduate in August, you must fill out a new intent form and turn it in to Todd Hall room 231.
(3) If you have taken at least 15 hours of EXL courses, contact Dr. Jill Austin (Jill.Austin@mtsu.edu) before your last semester and ask about registering for the 1-hour EXL seminar. For more information on the EXL program, check the website at http://www.mtsu.edu/~exl.
(4) Take a university exit exam, scheduled by the university. Watch for email notices and for signs posted around the university. All graduating seniors have to take this exam.
(5) Fill out the department’s Exit Questionnaire for Graduating Seniors. You will receive this questionnaire in your ORCO 4500 Senior Capstone class. These will be seen only by the department’s Exit Research Team.
(6) Instead of a Major Field Test (an exit exam in your major), you will turn in a portfolio in the ORCO 4500 Senior Capstone class for review by faculty. Portfolio material should be placed in a large envelope, a file folder, a 3-ring binder, or bound as a booklet, and these will be given back to you.
Portfolio:
Please submit papers with no grades or comments on them. Your portfolio must include 8-10 papers and project reports from some of the following courses. You must also include a professional resume in the front of your portfolio.
(a) ORCO 3240 Introduction to Organizational Communication
(b) ORCO 3250 Organizational Communication in Communities
(c) ORCO 3500 Strategic Communication in Organizations
(d) ORCO 3650 Conflict and Organizations
(e) ORCO 3750 Organizational Communication Analysis
(f) THEA 3800 Introduction to Arts Management
(g) ORCO 4000 Topics in Organizational Communication or COMM 4800 Topics in Communication
(h) ORCO 4200 Multinational Organizations
(i) ORCO 4450 Directed Study in Organizational Communication
(j) ORCO 4500 Senior Capstone in Organizational Communication
(k) COMM 3220 Small Group Communication or PSY 4380 Group Dynamics
(l) COMM 3340 Interview Communication
(m) LEAD 3010 Leadership Theories and Practices or COMM 3300 Communication Theory, Culture and Films
(n) LEAD 4500 Topics in Leadership Studies
(o) ORCO 4210 Applied Organizational Projects and/or ORCO 4220 Internship
(p) great papers from any of the upper division courses you’ve taken at MTSU
Graduate Programs and Certificates
After graduating from MTSU, you may want to earn a master's degree or a certificate. Org Com faculty have compiled a list of programs in nonprofit management, health care administration, recreation and sport administration, tourism and event planning, student affairs, and conflict management.
Please click on the link below for the list of recommended programs.
Post-Graduate Programs for Org Com Majors - Word Document
Some of the December 2011 graduates.
Some of the December 2008 graduates.
Seniors get together to celebrate before graduation in May 2009.