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Progression Through the Full-time Program

The full-time Master of Arts in Professional Communication degree is a 36-credit program intended to be completed within one calendar year, requiring all degree recipients to:
  1. Take Com 601 during the first Summer intersession.
  2. Take two core courses and two electives during the Fall semester.
  3. Take Com 616 during the Winter intersession.
  4. Take two core courses and two electives during the Spring semester.
  5. Take 6 credits of Com 605 (practicum) during the second summer.
Students must complete the program with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students may be required to continue their studies beyond one year if they withdraw from a course or if their grades require courses to be repeated. Students complete the program in a cohort and will have few (if any) choices in electives.

Core (8 courses, 24 credits)

Com 600 Applied Communication Theory
Com 601 Professional Communication Ethics
Com 602 Effective Presentations
Com 603 Strategies for Professional Writing
Com 604 Applied Communication Research Methods
Com 605 Practicum (6 credits; may only be taken after at least 27 graduate credits and completion of Com 604)

Some Possible Electives (4 courses, 12 credits)

Com 608 Intercultural Communication and Organizational Life
Com 610 Leadership and Interpersonal Communication
Com 612 Organizational Communication
Com 614 Communication and Conflict
Com 615 Persuasion
 
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