Organizational Studies effective date for concentration change: September 3, 2002 | previous requirements Prerequisites to concentration. Students must complete one course in each of the following three areas: Introduction to Economics (ECON 101) Introduction to Psychology (PSYCH 111, 112, 114, or 115) Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100, 101, 102, or 195) 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 can be submitted during the sophomore or junior year. It is preferred that applicants have all three prerequisites completed at the time of application. At a minimum, to be eligible to apply, you must have completed (with final grades showing) at least two of the three prerequisite courses, and be currently enrolled in the third. Admission is 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 given to grades in the three prerequisite courses, and a personal statement written by the applicant. Concentration Program: The concentration requires a minimum of 39 credits, distributed as follows: Core requirements. Two courses are required from the three listed below. [Minimum 7 credits] ECON 401 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory PSYCH 260 Organizational Psychology SOC 420 Complex Organizations Cluster Requirement. Minimum of five courses total, across both clusters, with at least two 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. Courses taken as ORGSTUDY 495 Special Topics may be included, when appropriate and in consultation with the concentration advisor, as a course in Core Cluster A, Cluster B, or Cluster C. Cluster A: Organizations and Individuals ANTHRCUL 330 Culture, Thought, and Meaning ANTHRCUL 370 Language and Discrimination: Language as Social Statement COMM 361 Mediated Communication COMM 381 Media Impact on Knowledge, Values, and Behavior LING 305 Advertising Rhetoric LING 370 Language and Discrimination: Language as Social Statement PHIL 443 Foundations of Rational Choice Theory PSYCH 280 Social Psychology PSYCH 393 Political Psychology PSYCH 449 Decision Processes PSYCH 464 Group Processes Cluster B: Organizations and Society ANTHRCUL 332 Social Forms COMM 351 Structure and Function of Media Systems COMM 371 Media, Culture, and Society ECON 320 Survey of Labor Economics ECON 330 American Industries ECON 422 The Structure of Labor Markets ECON 431 Industrial Organization and Performance ECON 432 Government Regulation of Industry ECON 491 History of the American Economy HISTORY 491 History of the American Economy POLSCI 300 Contemporary Political Issues POLSCI 310 American Policy Processes POLSCI 311 American Political Processes POLSCI 317 Courts, Politics and Society POLSCI 320 The American Chief Executive POLSCI 322 Legislative Process POLSCI 369 Politics of International Economic Relations SOC 315 Economic Sociology SOC 442 Occupations and Professions SOC 460. Social Change 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. Quantitative Skills: One course from the following: SOC 210; STATS 350, 400 or 405; ECON 404 or 405. Field Research: ORGSTUDY 410 Advanced Research Methods in Organizational Studies. Prior or concurrent enrollment in the quantitative skills requirement is strongly recommended. Cluster C: Interest cluster courses [minimum of 9 credits] AMCULT 339. American Religious Movements ANTHRCUL 339 American Religious Movements ANTHRCUL 414. Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures, I ANTHRCUL 439 Economic Anthropology and Development CAAS 434 Social Organization of Black Communities CAAS 444 Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures, I CAAS 450 Law, Race, and the Historical Process I CAAS 451 Law, Race, and the Historical Process, II. COMM 452 Media Law and Policy COMM 485. Mass Communication and Public Opinion. ECON 340 International Economics ECON 370 Natural Resource Economics ECON 451 Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems ECON 453 The European Economy ECON 454 Economics of Japan ECON 455 Economics of the People's Republic of China ECON 471 Environmental Economics ECON 492 World Economic History ENVIRON 449 Organizational Theory and Change ENVIRON 495 Small Group, Organization, and Advocacy Planning HISTORY 569 American Business History MATH 427 Retirement and other Employee Benefits OB 300 Behavior Theory in Management OB 314 Managing Change OB 315 Management of Personnel OB 317 Interpersonal Processes and Teamwork OB 322 Management-Union Relations OB 324 Organizational Design ORGSTUDY 499 Independent Study POLSCI 358 Politics of the European Union POLSCI 486 Public Opinion, Political Participation, and Pressure Groups PSYCH 411 Gender and Group Process in a Multicultural Context PSYCH 467 Current Topics in Organizational Psychology SI 501 Uses of Information SI 502 Choice and Learning SI 504 Social Systems and Collections SOC 428 Contemporary China SOC 434 Social Organization of Black Communities SOC 440 Sociology of Work SOC 452 Law and Social Psychology SOC 454 Law and Social Organization SOC 463 Mass Communication and Public Opinion THTREMUS 385 Performing Arts Management WOMENSTD 230 Women's Movements WOMENSTD 342 Gender and Society: Hierarchies in Social Organization WOMENSTD 419 Gender and Group Process in a Multicultural Context Additional courses may on occasion be used as part of the concentration plan with written approval from the concentration advisor. Also, no more than six credits of upper-level independent study/experiential credit may count toward the concentration. Advising: Appointments may be scheduled with the concentration advisor, Catherine Philbin, 4415 Modern Languages Building, by calling 764-6767 or by e-mailing org.studes@umich.edu. Accelerated Program for Undergraduates (AB/BS and MSI) The School of Information offers an accelerated program for exceptional undergraduates at the University of Michigan. The program enables students in the Interdisciplinary Program on Organizational Studies to complete both a bachelor's degree and the two-year Master of Science in Information (MSI) degree in five years of study. The School of Information will select candidates for this program during their junior year. In the senior year, students will elect the full sequence of MSI core courses, most of which simultaneously satisfy concentration or cognate requirements for the bachelor's degree while counting toward the MSI degree. The A.B./B.S. degree is normally awarded at the end of the senior year (the first year of study in the School of Information) and the MSI degree after completion of its requirements (normally after a second year of graduate study). For this accelerated program, students need to complete a minimum of 100 LS&A credits toward the 120 necessary for the undergraduate degree. In calculating LS&A credits, LS&A will count all elections that are listed in the LS&A Bulletin and the School of Information that are cross-listed with Organizational Studies. The eligibility requirements for the accelerated degree program include completion of at least 100 credits toward the undergraduate degree by the end of the junior year. At least 27 of the 100 credits must be in courses meeting the requirements of the Organizational Studies interdisciplinary concentration, and must include a course that meets the quantitative skills requirement. In addition, applicants for the joint degree program must show an academic record that is consistent with the demands of completing six years of course work in five years. This means that accelerated degree applicants must be at or above the norm for the regular entering class at the School of Information, in terms of fit to the School, maturity, GPA, and GRE scores. Further information can be found by visiting the School of Information, 300 West Hall, or SI's website: http://www.si.umich.edu/. Interested undergraduates should begin consultation in the sophomore year at the time when they submit applications to the Organizational Studies concentration advisor. A separate application to the School of Information is made in the fall academic term of the junior year and is reviewed as part of the regular admission process by the School of Information. Applicants will be notified of the School of Information's decision before the registration deadline in the winter academic term. 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