====== Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication ======

| [[#date_of_bor_approval|Date of BOR Approval]] |
| [[#program_learning_outcomes|Program Learning Outcomes]] |
| [[#admission_requirements|Admission Requirements]] |
| [[#graduation_requirements|Graduation Requirements]] |
| [[#curriculum_checklist|Curriculum Checklist]] |
| [[#individual_course_titles_and_descriptions_with_credit_units,_pre-requisites_and/or_co-requisites|Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites]] |

The program seeks to address the ever-increasing demand for expertise in modern communication as related to organizations in the Philippines. The program aims to present a holistic perspective of organizational dynamics in the modern century by focusing on organization-related communication skills.\\
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==== Date of BOR Approval (Institution) ====
April 1984\\
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==== Program Learning Outcomes ====
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication program are expected to:
  - demonstrate effective, persuasive, and strategic communication in a multi-cultural, organizational context;
  - advocate ethical communication, as well as media and information literacy (MIL), in the workplace;
  - engage in continuing education and other forms of professional development in the various fields of organizational communication;
  - adopt organizational communication practices rooted in “Filipino historical and cultural heritage” (based on RA 7722) balanced with international perspectives;
  - lead organizations in communication campaigns; and
  - collaborate in local and global organizational communication projects and advocacies.
==== Admission Requirements ====
Graduates of accredited high schools may be admitted as freshmen into the University of the Philippines on the following bases: (1) their performance in the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT); (2) their weighted average in the first three years of high school and; (3) their choice of UP Campus and the quota set for specific course/colleges/units set by the respective Deans.\\
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=== Graduation Requirements ===
Completion of 147 units\\
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=== Summary of Credit Units ===
^ Category ^ Credit Units ^
| General Education | 36.0 |
| Core/Professional Courses | 66.0 |
| Foundation Courses | 15.0 |
| Cognates | 6.0 |
| Legislated Courses | 3.0 |
| Electives | 15.0 |
| Internship/Thesis/Capstone | 6.0 |
| Total | 147.0 |
=== Curriculum Checklist ===
^  First Year  ^^^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||  **Midyear**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| Communication I and II | 6.0 | Communication III | 3.0 | GE 4 | 3.0 |
| GE 1 (WIKA 1) | 3.0 | GE 3 | 3.0 | GE 5 | 3.0 |
| GE 2 (ETHICS 1) | 3.0 | Communication 130 | 3.0 | | |
| Math 11 | 3.0 | OrCom 101 | 3.0 | | |
| PE 1 (FPF) | (2.0) | Economics 11 | 3.0 | | |
| NSTP 1 | (3.0) | PE 2 | (2.0) | | |
| | | NSTP 2 | (3.0) | | |
| Total | 15.0 | Total | 15.0 | Total | 6.0 |

^  Second Year  ^^^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||  **Midyear**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| Soc Sci II | 3.0 | GE 8 | 3.0 | OrComm 110 | 3.0 |
| GE 6 | 3.0 | GE 9 | 3.0 | Speech 183 | 3.0 |
| GE 7 | 3.0 | GE 10 | 3.0 | | |
| OrCom 104 | 3.0 | OrCom 142 | 3.0 | | |
| OrCom 107 | 3.0 | OrCom 155 | 3.0 | | |
| OrCom 140 | 3.0 | Ling 100 | 3.0 | | |
| PE 3 | (2.0) | PE 4 | (2.0) | | |
| Total | 18.0 | Total | 18.0 | Total | 6.0 |

^  Third Year  ^^^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||  **Midyear**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| OrCom 111 | 3.0 | GE 11 | 3.0 | OrComm 180 | 3.0 |
| OrCom 105 | 3.0 | Qualified Elective 3 | 3.0 | | |
| OrCom 152 | 3.0 | OrCom 122 | 3.0 | | |
| OrCom 191 | 3.0 | OrCom 143 | 3.0 | | |
| Qualified Elective 1 | 3.0 | OrCom 192 | 3.0 | | |
| Qualified Elective 2 | 3.0 | Speech 137 | 3.0 | | |
| Total | 18.0 | Total | 18.0 | Total | 3.0 |

^  Fourth Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| OrCom 144 | 3.0 | OrCom 154 | 3.0 |
| OrCom 153 | 3.0 | OrCom 200 | 3.0 |
| OrCom 199 | 3.0 | Speech 136 | 3.0 |
| Speech 133 | 3.0 | PI 100 | 3.0 |
| Qualified Elective 4 | 3.0 | Qualified Elective 5 | 3.0 |
| Total | 15.0 | Total | 15.0 |

=== Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites ===
==== Major Courses ====
**Course Code:** OrCom 101\\
**Course Title:** Introduction to Organizational Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Theories, principles, and trends in organizational communication\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 104\\
**Course Title:** Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The study of different forms of interpersonal communication, and analysis of the influence of Philippine social values on interpersonal communication\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 105\\
**Course Title:** Dynamics of Public Relations\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The history, roles, and concepts of public relations in communication services including the ethics and dynamics of the PR profession in Philippine organizations focused on cases of PR problems\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 107\\
**Course Title:** Intercultural Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A study of the means by which people communicate and establish relationships across cultural lines with the objective of training students to function in a more effective way in multi-cultural situations\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 110\\
**Course Title:** Business Writing\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Elements of principles of effective written communication in organization: varieties of writing style (scientific, technical, popular), types of business correspondences, writing the memorandum, the short report, minutes of meeting and press releases\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 111\\
**Course Title:** Technical Reporting\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 110\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A study of the special types of written communication in organizations, the long report, concept paper, case study, project proposal, conference proceedings, project evaluation, writing in publication, and editing manuscripts with emphasis on organizational needs and audiences\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 122\\
**Course Title:** Introduction to Health Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The study and use of communication strategies of organizations using various media tools to inform and influence stakeholders and community decisions that enhance health\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 140\\
**Course Title:** Organizational Theories\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A comparative survey of the different organizational theories in different institutional structures, and evaluation of operations among selected models\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 142\\
**Course Title:** Organizational Structures and Communication Processes\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The study of the dynamics of communication skills and processes in organizations, with emphasis on Philippine structural models\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 143\\
**Course Title:** Approaches to Communication in Management\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Problems and issues of management communication in simple and complex organizations; training for communication skills on the management level\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 144\\
**Course Title:** Financial Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101, OrCom 111\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Understanding financial statements including accounting concepts and principles and communicating these to various audiences\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 152\\
**Course Title:** Communication Trends and Styles\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Comparative survey of the different communication technologies, trends and styles and their impact on organizations\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 153\\
**Course Title:** Communication Strategies\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Persuasive communication approaches to include the GAME Plan (Goal, Audience, Message and Execution), methods, and development of communication plan for specific purposes\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 154\\
**Course Title:** Integrated Marketing Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 153\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Introduction to Integrated Marketing Communication to help students make better marketing communication decisions\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 155\\
**Course Title:** Organizational Communication Statistics\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The application of statistical methods to organizational communication data\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 180\\
**Course Title:** Practicum\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** 90 units of course work including OrCom 110\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Supervised field work\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 191\\
**Course Title:** Quantitative Methods in OrCom Research\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 155, 3rd year standing\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Perspectives in quantitative research and framework development for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 192\\
**Course Title:** Qualitative Methods in OrCom Research\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 101, OrCom 191\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Paradigms, perspectives, and procedures in qualitative research\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 199\\
**Course Title:** Organizational Communication Research\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 111, OrCom 191, OrCom 192\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Nature, development, principles and problems of organizational communication research in the Philippine setting\\
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**Course Code:** OrCom 200\\
**Course Title:** Thesis\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** OrCom 199\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Implementation of the thesis proposal earlier prepared in OrCom 199 and writing of the research paper\\
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**Course Code:** SpCom 133\\
**Course Title:** Argumentation\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Comm III\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles of argumentation analysis, evidence, reasoning, fallacies and briefing, with application in public speaking, discussion and debate, development of capacity to reply extemporaneously to objections, practice in argumentative composition and delivery\\
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**Course Code:** SpCom 136\\
**Course Title:** Forms of Public Address\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Comm III\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The more important forms of public address and the occasions which give rise to them; study of special methods by which speech is made clear, interesting and forceful\\
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**Course Code:** SpCom 137\\
**Course Title:** Group Discussion and Conference Leadership\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Comm III\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Procedures in exchanging information, solving problems, determining policies, resolving differences in small face-to-face groups, and developing insights into the nature of group processes\\
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**Course Code:** SpCom 183\\
**Course Title:** Audiovisual Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Comm III\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The selection and use of multi-media technologies for communication situations\\
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==== Foundation Courses ====
**Course Code:** Comm I\\
**Course Title:** Communication Skills I\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The development of communicative competence in English, with emphasis on reading, writing, and listening skills\\
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**Course Code:** Comm II\\
**Course Title:** Communication Skills II\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The development of more advanced language skills in logical thinking, critical reading, and effective writing\\
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**Course Code:** Comm III\\
**Course Title:** Speech Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Comm II\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Development of communicative competence in listening and speaking in various communication situations\\
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**Course Code:** Comm 130\\
**Course Title:** Communication and Media Theories\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The communication process and the development of communication and media theories\\
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**Course Code:** Ling 100\\
**Course Title:** The Study of Language\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Comm II\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Descriptive analysis of the linguistic structures of the English Language\\
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==== Elective ====
//*Any 100-level non-natural science course offered in UP//\\
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==== GE Courses ====
**Course Code:** Comm 10\\
**Course Title:** Critical Perspectives in Communication\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A course that explores how communication takes place in various levels of human interaction: interpersonal or group, mass or public, intercultural and workplace. This perspectives course engages you on a critical examination of communication issues in five interrelated areas: rhetoric, identity construction, representation, and culture\\
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**Course Code:** Ethics 1\\
**Course Title:** Ethics and Moral Reasoning in Everyday Life\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The nature and development, sources and frameworks of ethics and moral reasoning and their application to various issues and contexts\\
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**Course Code:** Wika 1\\
**Course Title:** Wika, Kultura at Lipunan\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Nakatuon ang kursong ito sa pagsusuri sa ugnayan ng wika, kultura at lipunan. Sa pamamagitan ng kursong ito, matatampok ang mga layunin na nagsusulong ng mapanuri at mapagpalayang edukasyon, nakaangkla sa nasyonalismo, nagpapahalaga sa mga wika sa Pilipinas bilang batayan sa pagpapaunlad ng wikang pambansa, at nagkikintal ng ang pag-aaral ng wikang Filipino ay pagkatutong panghabambuhay\\
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**Course Code:** KAS 1\\
**Course Title:** Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Ang pampulitika, pang-ekonomiya, panlipunan, at pangkalinangang pagsulong ng Pilipinas\\
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**Course Code:** Math 10\\
**Course Title:** Mathematics, Culture and Society\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics through the examination of its nature, development, utility, and its relationship with culture and society\\
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**Course Code:** STS 1\\
**Course Title:** Science, Technology and Society\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** An introductory exploration of the past, present and future of science and technology in society (including their nature, scope, role and function) and the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental factors affecting the development of science and technology, and how society affects these, with emphasis on the Philippine setting\\
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==== Program Prescribed GE Courses ====
**Course Code:** Soc Sci 2\\
**Course Title:** Social, Economic, and Political Thought\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A survey of social, economic and political thinkers from the classical to contemporary periods\\
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**Course Code:** Arts 1\\
**Course Title:** Critical Perspectives in the Arts\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A critical study of the experience, language, and context of art\\
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**Course Code:** PhilArts 1\\
**Course Title:** Philippine Arts and Culture\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Approaches to Philippine Arts and Culture\\
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