Can you imagine yourself in a leadership role? Do you enjoy communicating with others and building meaningful relationships? If so, a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication could be the right choice for you.

PLNU Organizational Communication majors learn invaluable skills that allow them to expertly navigate any company, industry, or nonprofit group. Organizational Communication focuses on the relationship between communication and human behavior in all organizational contexts, including business, government, and non-profits. At the heart of the discipline is a recognition that organizations are created, maintained, and changed through human communication. An ability to assess and manage interpersonal, group, and organizational communication processes and create a collaborative environment is essential in today’s turbulent information environment.

The Organizational Communication program offers you a flexible curriculum grounded in social scientific and interpretive theories, focusing on the study and practice of those organizational activities most dependent on communicative behavior. It also provides practice in oral and written communication; collaboration skills; and critical thinking through in-class activities, service-learning projects, and internship opportunities.

The Organizational Communication vision is to think deeply about life — set your sights higher than grades, money, and professional accomplishments (as good as these may be) — and on your journey embrace spirituality, practice empathy, find the humor in everything, and strive for originality, for you are made in the image of God.

The B.A. in Organizational Communication is an approved program under PLNU's WASC Regional Accreditation, WSCUC. Since it is not a business major, it is not an Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) approved program.

For information about the courses required for the Organizational Communication, B.A. program, view the PLNU Catalog. 

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PLNU organizational communication graduates are exceptionally skilled in the intangible aspects of their discipline that can form, sustain, and strengthen any company or community. These soft skills are highly sought after by employers, and according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers' Job Outlook 2019 report, employers rated written communication skills as the most important candidate quality.

What can you do with a organizational communication degree?

Point Loma organizational communication studies alumni have gone into a broad array of employment. The following companies are just some examples that employ PLNU alumni: Amazon, Allegis Group, Inc., Alliant Insurance Services, Asml Us, and Aya Healthcare. Along with a wide array of companies, there’s a versatile set of titles that PLNU organizational communication studies alumni hold, the most prominent being: sales managers, business development and marketing managers, management consultants and business analysts, secretaries and administrative assistants, and social and human service specialists.

Organizational communication as a lifelong skill: 

Being able to communicate and collaborate efficiently and effectively with others is an invaluable skill that can carry you through life, and one any employer would value. As the talented American motivational speaker Les Brown once said, “Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.” By being an organizational communication major at PLNU, you’ll be working on learning to communicate in an abundance of ways through your entire academic journey, meaning communication will always be a strong and important aspect of your relationships for any path you choose to follow. 

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