Elective Master's-level Courses (9 credit hours) Eledive Variable Topic Course MPC 6500 Topics in Professional Communication (3) Eledive Interdisciplinary Courses Students may select no more than three courses (nine credit hours) from the following WSU master's program courses (with the permission of the MPC director and/or fulfillment of prerequisite courses). MBA 6140 Marketing Management (3) MBA 6170 Corporate Communications (3) MBA 6530 E-Business (3) MBA 6540 Negotiations (3) MHA 6000 Health Systems and the Healthcare Economy (3) MHA 6400 Strategic Health Planning and Marketing (3) MED 6110 Introduction to Cla ssroom Management (3) MED 6120 Advanced Classroom Management (3) Eledive Dual-designation Courses Students may select no more than two courses (six credit hours) from the following communication courses (with permission of the MPC director and/or fulfillment of prerequisite courses). MPC 5080 Intercultural Communication (3) [strongly recommended] MPC 5090 Gender and Communication (3) MPC 5100 Small Group Facilitation and Leadership (3) MPC 5220 Editing (3) [strongly recommended] MPC 5440 Public Relations Media and Campaigns (3) MPC 5500 Special Topics in Communication (3) MPC 5550 Organizational Communication (3) MPC 5650 Communication Law (3) MPC 5810 Per sua sive Communication (3) MPC 5850 Advertising (3) MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION COURSES (MPC) MPC 6000. Introduction to Graduate Studies for a Master in Professional Communication (1) What it takes to succeed as a graduate student is similar to what it takes to succeed as a working professional. This course gets students on their way to becoming successful master's students. Students are oriented to the nature, expedations, resources, and challenges of graduate study. They meet fellow students with similar goals and faculty members with wide-ranging expertise in professional communication. This course involves students early in researching the topics, trends, and theories for future graduate study. MPC 6100. Team Building and Facilitation (3) Creating, facilitating and coaching effective work groups and teams is one of the hardest soft skills for organizational professionals to master. This course examines the impact that different structures and communication processes have on group and team collaboration effectiveness, as well as the central role competent communication plays in effective group and team facilitation. It investigates structural and process issues of team building, interpersonal and group communication, and effective problem solving and decision-making skills in collaborative environments. Students should have a greater understanding of their own collaborative teaming abilities upon completion. The purpose of this course is to teach—and have students experience—strategies and tactics for building, working effectively within, and facilitating collaborative teams in the work place. MPC 6150. Writing for Professional Communicators (3) Good writing skills are critical to achieving a professional image. Individuals and organizations are judged by the quality of written documents they produce. In this course, students learn to plan and 121 organize, to write clearly, concisely and correctly, and to develop polished final projects. Students undergo an intensive review of basic writing and editing prindples and then apply them to specific writing projects. Genres of writing may include funding proposals, yearly reports, executive plans, organizational descriptions, Web sites, social networking messages, and marketing materials. MPC 6200. Presentational Speaking and Visual Communication for the Workplace (2) Speaking and visual communication are both powerful tools for the professional communicator. This course focuses on the message and speaker as sites of production of meaning. Effective messages and sharing of meaning are central to the professional communicator's ability to present well. This course focuses on developing and delivering strategic presentations and on impromptu oral communication. Class exercises focus on audience analysis, strategic thinking, theme development, message/argument construction, openings and closings, and creation of memorable messages. Elements of visual communication such as color, emphasis, balance, readability, and typography are discussed. MPC 6300. New Media in Professional Communication (3) New media allow all individuals and organizations to effectivdy interad with their audiences on an ongoing basis. This course addresses how new and emerging media technologies such as social networks, sodal media, blogs, pod casts, video sites, search engine management tools, and even virtual worlds can be leveraged by communication professionals in order to further meaningful relationships with their internal and external audiences. This course will give students greater understanding of new media required to allow a rethinking of the overall communication process. As a result students will devdop effective communication strategies specifically geared toward the needs of their organization or field of interest. MPC 6400. Communicating Organizational Leadership (3) Communication is the core of organizational leadership. This course is designed to explore both the theoretical and pradical aspects of leader- and follower ship embedded in complex environments with an emphasis on recognizing and managing change. Leadership in organizations will be examined from a variety of perspectives induding historical, ethical and critical. Key topics include leadership traits and skills, leadership roles and behaviors, power and influence, theories of leadership, leading change, ethical leadership, and developing leadership skills. The course indudes experiential activities using cases, role plays, and action learning projects to develop rdevant skills. MPC 6500. Topics in Professional Communication (3) variable title The study and application of professional communication in contemporary society is dynamic and ever changing. This course will provide students with opportunities to explore specialized topics in a seminar format This course may be repeated once as elective credit with different titles and topics. MPC 6600. Strategic Communication (3) Effective strategic communication and planning is essential to any organization. This course hdps students to understand and develop skills to create and manage internal and external messages for different situations, industries, and locations. Students prepare for effective strategic communication by asking and answering the right questions about the goals of the organization, its members, stakeholders and others who impad its operation, such as regulatory bodies. Effedive strategic communication and its planning consist of the optimal use of people, budgets, tactical elements, and media in a chaotic, changing world. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning & Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS/BIS ESL LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science & Technology AUSV/ATTC CMT CEET/EE CS MFET/ETM MET DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities MPC/MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business & Econ MBA MACC/MTAX ACTG BS AD/FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT/MED CHF AT/HLTH NUTR/PEP/REC HPHP COURSES ATHL/PE EDUC Heaifh Professions MHA/MSN MSRS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM MLS NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2011-2012 Catalog