Course Listing

• MMC 520 Writing and Presenting with Authority and Purpose

  The beliefs and behaviors of leaders and societies are influenced by effective writing. This course offers student leaders best practices in business communication with special emphasis on business writing and presentations. Students focus on composing written messages—emails, memos, letters, blog postings, and presentations—with and without Power Point and other visuals that communicate with purpose, persuasion, confidence, and credibility.

• MMC 540 21st Century Communication Technologies

  New communication technologies enable a shift from static information for clearly defined stakeholders to dynamic communities of interest with blurred lines of responsibility and leadership. Students in this course investigate organizational changes fostered by electronic collaboration, social networking, idea sharing, and knowledge building. Students experiment with new communication tools and analyze readings about the impact of rapidly changing methods of communication on organizational cultures.

• MMC 560 Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication

  In this course, students focus on higher level communication skills necessary to understand and resolve both individual and group issues in a multicultural /gendered workforce. Students will research and discuss best practices for professional behavioral expectations and for confronting problems and misconceptions whether conducting business locally or globally.

• MMC 580 Leadership and Organizational Communication

  In this course, students examine organizational culture and the process of developing appropriate leadership skills within diverse situational contexts. Students will explore how effective leaders communicate within an organizational climate, and how business, societal and personal expectations can impact the development and practice of leadership.

• MMC 610 Conflict and Negotiation

  Students in this course address the mediation of change, and how one confronts challenges through problem solving, resolution strategies, human management and personal skill. In addition, participants examine the appropriate and varying mediums for conflict resolution and skilled negotiation.

• MMC 620 Critical Thinking Case Studies

  In this course, students learn to assimilate and analyze communication research and organizational case studies. Participants focus on problem solving communication issues and how those issues may fit in the context of daily operations or larger strategic plans.

• MMC 640 Ethics and Decision Making

  Students examine the principles and practices of ethical behaviors at individual, organizational and social levels, and how decision making reflects ethical principles. In addition, students address appropriate organizational response to ethical dilemmas and effective modes for communicating such response.

• MMC 680 Managerial Communication Capstone

  This capstone course requires students to communicate a comprehensive understanding of accumulated knowledge and skills by identifying, analyzing, and proposing solutions to a managerial communication problem in the workplace. Students will make a multi-media presentation of their findings. Prerequisite: Successful completion of 18 credits in the Managerial Communication core.