Management Communication, M.S.
This degree requires a minimum of 36 hours of communication and business courses. A thesis option (with related oral defense) is optional. Students must complete the core course requirements with a minimum B average.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete all requirements for a master’s degree in the Department of Communication Studies should be able to:
- Demonstrate skilled analysis of communication theory and praxis within the dimensions (ethical, social, legal, technological, relational, and/or cultural) most key to the student’s chosen primary program focus.
- Demonstrate appropriate and effective professional writing.
- Demonstrate skilled independent decision-making relative to communication research and analysis, including abilities to conduct, interpret, and evaluate the quality of research and analytic designs.
- Demonstrate understanding of ethical values central to the communication discipline.
- Demonstrate appropriate and effective application of communication theory to oral communication practices.
- Demonstrate ability to integrate communication and business scholarship to solve organizational problems.
Performance Indicators:
- Ability to speak in public settings.
- Ability to synthesize communication theories and skills with knowledge about business in marketing or human resources.
- Ability to diagnose and address leadership, team building, interpersonal challenges in work settings.
Degree Requirements
Core Courses — 12 hours
| CST 500 | Research and Writing | 3 |
| CST 510 | Communication Theory | 3 |
| CST 533 | Advanced Organizational Communication | 3 |
| CST 534 | Examining Organizational Communicaiton in Natural Settings | 3 |
Program Electives (Communication Courses) — 12 hours
Total Credit Hours: 36