2008-2009 Academic Catalog - Queens University of Charlotte

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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
OCOM 207 Advanced Expository Writing
Expository writing based upon topics and readings to be assigned by the instructor. The
student will be expected to write knowledgeable expository prose based upon thought, reading
and research. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or permission of the department. Students
may elect this course as ENGL 207. 3 Hrs.
OCOM 215 Business and Professional Speaking
In this skills-based course, students learn to design and deliver effective oral presentations for
speeches, meetings, training and sales presentations. The course stresses extemporaneous
delivery in informative and persuasive contexts, including the use of appropriate handouts and
visual aids. Prerequisites: English 101 and 102. 3 Hrs.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
OCOM 216 Business and Professional Writing
In this skills-based course, students learn to design and deliver effective written messages,
including memos, letters, reports and manuals. The course stresses appropriate writing
approaches, style, tone, document design, and use of illustrations in professional documents.
Prerequisites: English 101 and 102. 3 Hrs.
OCOM 301 Film: Process and Product
This course examines the creation and consumption of films. Students will evaluate how art,
popular, documentary and/or corporate filmmakers use visual and structural methods such
as editing, frame composition, and signs and codes to inform or move members of target
audiences. The course covers themes relating to various aspects of organizational communication
and culture. 3 Hrs.
OCOM 305 Organizational Communication
This course is designed to explore the broad theories and applications of organizational and
managerial communication and to develop critical skills to improve communication in business
settings. Students will investigate communication flow and processes within organizational contexts,
including: communication in management; work delegation; interpersonal relationships in
the workplace; communication in small group contexts involving decision making, meetings and
team building; conflict management; networking; sexual harassment and office politics. 3 Hrs.
OCOM 309 Communications Campaigns
Communication campaigns are focused, large-scale efforts to exert social influence. This
course deals with the planning, organization, implementation and valuation of various political,
advertising, public relations and social campaigns. Students will analyze both classic and current
communication campaigns as well as prepare and present their own campaign for a given
organization, product or issue. 3 Hrs.
OCOM 310 Communication in Management
A study of the theory of how humans use linguistic and non-linguistic codes to establish, manage,
and lead business relationships. The course includes outcome setting, dovetailing of outcomes
with subordinates and superiors, increasing behavioral flexibility, and negotiating. 3 Hrs.
OCOM 312 Nonverbal Communication
This course examines the various theories, research and applications of nonverbal communication
in both personal and professional contexts. Areas to be studied include the following: body
movement and gestures; clothing and personal artifacts; facial expression and eye behavior;
use of space and territory; touching behavior; paralanguage and voice characteristics; and
deception detection. The above areas will be applied to the contexts of interpersonal relationships,
the workplace and cultural differences. 3 Hrs.