164 Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities relations in a seminar format. This course may be taken more than once with different designations (topics). This course may not apply for graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate course of the same name or content has been used for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite: Permission of MPC advisor. May be repeated 10 times for credit hours. MPC 5550 - Organizational Communication Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Study of communication organizations from various theoretical perspectives with an emphasis on the organizational culture perspective. Includes topics such as communicating with external audiences, decision-making, conflict resolution, and power relationships. This course may not apply for graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate course of the same name or content has been used for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite: Permission of MPC advisor. MPC 5650 - Communication Law Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] Summer [Full Sem] First Amendment origins, interpretations and philosophy underlying regulation of the mass media. This course may not apply for graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate course of the same name or content has been used for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite: Permission of MPC advisor. MPC 5820 - Persuasive Communication Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Study of theories and principles of persuasion from classical to modern times. Examines persuasion as a means of influence in interpersonal communication, public speaking, advertising, politics, and other contexts. This course may not apply for graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate course of the same name or content has been used for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite: Permission of MPC advisor. MPC 5850 - Advertising Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] A practical and theoretical study of advertising. Course is designed for students planning careers in advertising, as well as for those who are simply lifelong consumers of advertising and want to understand its role in the economic system. This course may not apply for graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate course of the same name or content has been used for undergraduate credit. Prerequisite: Permission of MPC advisor. MPC 6000 - Introduction to Graduate Studies for a Master in Professional Communication Credits: (l) Typically taught: Summer [lst Blk] 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, expectations, 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. Prerequisite: Admission to MPC Program. MPC 6100 - Team Building and Facilitation Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] 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 decisionmaking 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. Prerequisite: MPC 6000 or permission of MPC Advisor. MPC 6150 - Writing for Professional Communicators Credits: (3) Typically taught: Summer [Online] 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 organize, to write clearly, concisely and correctly, and to develop polished final projects. Students undergo an intensive review of basic writing and editing principles 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 6210 - Presentational Speaking in the Workplace Credits: (3) Typically taught: Summer [lst Blk] The professional work environment benefits from the communication competency of its members. This course is designed to enhance the communication skills required by the professional communicator across a broad set of communciation media: oral presentations, written texts, and digitial interactions. Primary emphasis will Weber State University 2013-2014 Catalog