Professional Communication, MS

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Degree Type
Master of Science
Credit Hours
33
College of
Applied Studies

The online master's degree in Professional Communication, offering majors in Organizational Management & Communication or Corporate & Public Communication, is designed to improve your leadership and management skills. In both majors, you'll develop the communication expertise needed to be successful in any group, organizational, or business setting. With the major in Organizational Management & Communication, you'll learn how to apply the science of behavior to leading groups of people and solving systems- and performance-based problems. The major in Corporate & Public Communication prepares you for planning and implementing marketing campaigns, resolving conflicts, managing individuals in crises, using the appropriate tools of persuasion, and analyzing research data.

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Florida State University Panama City is a branch campus of Florida State University located in Panama City, Florida, and is dependent on the continued accreditation of the parent campus located in Tallahassee, Florida. The Panama City, Florida, campus is evaluated during reviews for reaffirmation of accreditation.