Professional Communication, MA

Program Learning Outcomes

• Core Knowledge: Graduate students will define, identify, and apply the rhetorical conventions and strategies appropriate to communicating effectively and ethically to varied audiences.
• Scholarly Communication: Graduate students will write and edit a substantial amount of revised prose, meeting standards and applying conventions defined by the field of communication.
• Professionalism: Graduate students will produce written, oral and digital communication of high quality consistent with their professional concentration and focus.
• Research: Graduate students will conduct skilled and ethical research in the field of communication and contribute original knowledge in their chosen industry and profession.

Major Requirements (30 units)

Students are required to complete 12 units of core courses, 12 units of concentration courses, and 6 units of electives.
 

Required Core Courses (12 units)

• PC 600 - Foundations of Communication
• PC 602 - Ethics in Prof. Communication
• PC 604 - Research Methods
• PC 608 - Capstone/Culminating

Concentrations (12 units)

Students choose three classes within their concentration. Note: students may count 

Electives (6 units)

6 units of non-core courses that have not been counted toward the concentration.