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01-02 LS&A Bulletin

Organizational Studies

May be elected as an interdepartmental concentration program beginning September 5, 2001

Organizational Studies

Prerequisites to concentration. Students must complete the following three courses:

  1. Economics 101 Principles of Economics I
  2. Psychology 111 Introduction to Psychology
  3. Sociology 100 Principles of Sociology

Application. Students must apply for and be accepted into the concentration program. Students are declared into the concentration by the concentration advisor only.

Application for the concentration will be made in the winter term of the sophomore year. Students should have completed or be enrolled in courses meeting prerequisites at the time of application. Admission will be competitive and enrollment in the concentration will be limited to assure a high quality educational experience. Program faculty will make admission decisions based on grade point in the overall transcript at the time of application with special attention to grades in the three prerequisite courses.

Concentration Program: The concentration requires a minimum of 39 credits, distributed as follows:

  1. Core requirements. Two courses are required from the three listed below. [Minimum 7 credits]
    • Economics 401 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
    • Psychology 360 Organizational Psychology
    • Sociology 420 Complex Organizations
  2. Cluster Requirement. Minimum of five courses total, across both clusters, with at least 2 courses in each cluster listed below. [15 credits minimum]. The cluster requirements are designed to provide disciplinary variety in the study of organizations, drawing on courses in a number of fields, and ranging across multiple levels of organizational analysis.
    1. Cluster A: Organizations and Individuals
      • Anthropology 330 Culture, Thought, and Meaning
      • Linguistics 305 Advertising Rhetoric
      • Communication 361 Mediated Communication
      • Psychology 380 Social Psychology
      • Psychology 464 Group Processes
      • Psychology 542 Decision Processes
    2. Cluster B: Organizations and Society
      • Economics 330 American Industries
      • Economics 431 Industrial Organization and Performance
      • Economics 432 Government Regulation of Industry
      • Economics 491 / History 491 History of the American Economy
      • History 491 / Economics 491 History of the American Economy
      • Sociology 415 Economic Sociology
      • Sociology 442 Occupations and Professions
      • Political Science 431 Public Administration
      • Political Science 463 International Organization and Integration
  3. Field Research and Quantitative Skills Requirements: Analysis, Research and Practice in Organizations [8 credits]. The field research and quantitative skills requirement is designed to provide both quantitative analytic and experiential learning opportunities for research, analysis, and practice in a wide range of organizational settings.
    1. Quantitative Skills: One course from the following: Sociology 210, Statistics 350 or 400, Economics 404
    2. Field Research: Psychology 361 Field Research in Organizations. Prior or concurrent enrollment in the quantitative skills requirement is strongly recommended.
  4. Electives [minimum of 9 credits]
    • Afroamerican and African Studies 329 African American Leadership
    • Afroamerican Studies 450 Law, Race, and the Historical Process I
    • Economics 451 Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
    • Economics 453 The European Economy
    • Economics 454 Economics of Japan
    • Economics 455 Economics of the People's Republic of China
    • History 569 / LHC 412 American Business History
    • Math 427 / Human Behavior 603 Retirement and other Employee Benefits
    • Organizational Behavior 314 Managing Change
    • Organizational Behavior 315 Management of Personnel
    • Organizational Behavior 317 Interpersonal Processes and Teamwork
    • Organizational Behavior 322 Management-Union Relations
    • Organizational Behavior 324 Organizational Design
    • Psychology 561 Advanced Topics in Organizational Psychology
    • Sociology 440 Sociology of Work
    • Sociology 452 Law and Social Psychology
    • Sociology 454 Law and Social Organization
    • Theater & Drama 385 Performing Arts Management
    • Women's Studies 419 Gender and Group Process in a Multicultural Context
    • Women's Studies 230 Women's Movements
    • Women's Studies 342 Gender and Society: Hierarchies in Social Organization

Advising: Appointments may be scheduled with the concentration advisor, Prof. Richard Price, 3016 East Hall, by calling (734) 647-3887.

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