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MS in Corporate & Organizational Communication

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REQUIRED COURSES (12 q.h.)
CMN 6010 Foundations of Organizational Communication 3 q.h.
CMN 6020 Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication 3 q.h.
CMN 6910 Organizational Communication Assessment
(recommended as last course)
3 q.h.
CMN 6090 Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication 3 q.h.

ELECTIVE COURSES
(6 q.h.)
Choose two of the following courses:
 
HRM 6005 Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices 3 q.h.
CMN 6120 Communicating to and with the Media 3 q.h.
LDR 6110 Leading Teams 3 q.h.
OCM 6100 Foundations of Organizational Change 3 q.h.
CMN 6100 Communication Networks and Managing Information 3 q.h.

SPECIALIZATIONS
(18 q.h.)
Choose one or select any College of Professional Studies graduate certificate.


EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION SPECIALIZATION
(18 q.h.)

CMN 6030 Professional Speaking (offered on-campus only) 3 q.h.
CMN 6050 Crisis Communication 3 q.h.
CMN 6060 Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation 3 q.h.
CMN 6070 Interviewing 3 q.h.
CMN 6080 Intercultural Communication in the Organization 3 q.h.
CMN 6110 Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management 3 q.h.



PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION (18 q.h.)
PJM 6000 Project Management Practices (prerequisite) 3 q.h.
PJM 6010 Project Planning and Scheduling 3 q.h.
PJM 6015 Risk Management 3 q.h.



Choose three of the following courses:

PJM 6020 Cost and Budget Management 3 q.h.
PJM 6135 Project Quality Management 3 q.h.
PJM 6140 Managing Troubled Projects 3 q.h.
PJM 6145 Global Project Management 3 q.h.
PJM 6125 Project Evaluation and Assessment
(recommended as last course)
3 q.h.

LEADERSHIP SPECIALIZATION
(18 q.h.)
 
LDR 6100 Developing Your Leadership Capability (prerequisite) 3 q.h.
LDR 6110 Leading Teams 3 q.h.
LDR 6120 Creating Leadership Capacity: Developing Bench Strength 3 q.h.
LDR 6140 Developing the Strategic Leader
(recommended as the last course)
3 q.h.

Choose two of the following courses:

LDR 6135 The Ethical Leader 3 q.h.
LDR 6125 Managing Organizational Culture 3 q.h.
HRM 6005 Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices 3 q.h.
HRM 6045 Change, Challenge, and Competence 3 q.h.

HUMAN SERVICES
SPECIALIZATION (18 q.h.)

HSV 6100 Theory and Practice of Human Services 3 q.h.
HSV 6110 Human Service Management and Development 3 q.h.
HSV 6630 Research and Evaluation in Human Services 3 q.h.
HSV 6980 Human Services Capstone Project
(recommended as last course)
3 q.h.
LDR 6360 Dynamics of Change and the Community and Social Level 3 q.h.
HSV 6120 Social Inequality, Social Change, and Community Building 3 q.h.



HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION (18 q.h.)
HRM 6005 Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices 3 q.h.
HRM 6010 Total Compensation 3 q.h.
HRM 6020 Strategic Recruitment, Training, and Performance Management 3 q.h.
HRM 6030 Employee Rights and Employer Obligations 3 q.h.
HRM 6040 High-Performance Human Resources Systems and Development 3 q.h.
HRM 6045 Change, Challenge, and Competence 3 q.h.



OPEN GRADUATE ELECTIVES (4-6 q.h.)

A minimum of 40 quarter hours is required to earn a master's degree from the College of Professional Studies, as well as completion of all program-specific requirements.

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 40-44

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