• MPC 6210: Presentational Speaking

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  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 communication media: oral presentations, written texts, and digitial interactions. Primary emphasis will be placed on combining strategic thinking with powerful writing to produce a variety of effective messages aimed at different audiences. In addition, students will develop a broad-based understanding of how each of these modes of communications function both separately and interdependently to produce a coherent organizational message.
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• MPC 6250: Interviewing

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course will explore various types of interviews conducted in work and personal situations: Recruiting, Performance Appraisals, Informational, Survey, Persuasion, Counseling, and Health Care. While core communication skills are important across types of interviews, interviewing strategies can differ greatly based on different contexts, specific situations, and personalities of interviewers and interviewees.
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• MPC 6300: New Media In Professional Comm

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  New media allow all individuals and organizations to effectively interact with their audiences on an ongoing basis. This course addresses how new and emerging media technologies such as social networks, social media, blogs, podcasts, 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 develop effective communication strategies specifically geared toward the needs of their organization or field of interest. Prerequisite: MPC 6000 or permission of MPC Advisor.
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• MPC 6350: Visual Commun in Workplace

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Visual messages are a powerful way to inform, persuade and educate. Within the workplace, the ability to effectively communicate goals, ideas and client information through combinations of visual and textual elements is an invaluable skill. This course introduces students to philosophical and theoretical perspectives that enable effective visual presentation in the organization. It also exposes them to practical design principles, skills and tactics that generally guide effective screen and print design. Additionally, students will learn how to critically analyze visual communication materials and aids according to standards that reflect sensitivity to fairness, diversity, good ethics and effectiveness.
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• MPC 6400: Leadership Communication

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Communication is the core of organizational leadership. This course is designed to explore both the theoretical and practical aspects of leader- and followership embedded in complex environments with an emphasis on recognizing and managing change. Leadership in organizations will be examined from a variety of perspectives including 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 includes experiential activities using cases, role plays, and action learning projects to develop relevant skills. Prerequisite: MPC 6000 or permission of MPC Advisor.
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• MPC 6450: Adv Organizational Communicatn

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course provides a graduate-level overview and introduction to the discipline of organizational communication in a global world. Class readings and discussions will include topics such as organizational structure/process, rationality and decision-making, (sub)cultures and socialization, individual and collective identities, networks, leadership, teams, power/control, conflict, change, technologies, and ethics. Case studies from current events and guest speakers will be used to apply theoretical concepts to actual organizational life.
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• MPC 6500: Topics in Prof Communication

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  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 taken twice as elective credit with different titles and topics. Prerequisite:    MPC 6010
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• MPC 6600: Strategic Communication

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Effective strategic communication and planning is essential to any organization. This course helps 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 impact its operation, such as regulatory bodies. Effective strategic communication and its planning consist of the optimal use of people, budgets, tactical elements, and media in a chaotic, changing world.
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• MPC 6620: Conflict Resolution/Mediation

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Communication is at the center of any negotiation or mediation process. It is in and through communication that resolution becomes possible. This class will explore the key interpersonal skills that are central to managing the processes of conflict resolution and mediation competently.
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• MPC 6700: Qual Comm Research & Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Research skills are essential for answering questions and solving problems. This course reviews qualitative investigations in communication. In this course, students will learn to read, interpret, and critically evaluate qualitative communication research. Students will be exposed to qualitative concepts, research designs, and the fundamentals of conducting and analyzing research using interviewing, ethnography, constant comparative analysis, and content analysis. In addition, students will design and execute their own research study, which entails: an appropriate qualitative design, data collection, data analysis, and a formal research report. Prerequisite:    MPC 6010
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