Strategic Communications: Master program: graduate degree: master degree: graduate program

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Master of Science in Strategic Communications

Learn how to manage communications strategically to achieve an organization's mission.

  • Study with professional instructors dedicated to teaching relevant skills applicable to the workplace.
  • Engage in rigorous study that emphasizes real-world problem solving using current industry cases.
  • Network with industry experts and career-focused peers.
  • Learn how to use critical analysis to identify and articulate a core problem or opportunity.
  • Gain comprehensive knowledge of today’s communications tools.
  • Produce a final master’s project that proposes an original solution to a strategic communications issue.
  • Choose a course of study depending on individual areas of interest and professional goals.

Application Deadlines

Spring 2009 application deadline

Oct 31, 2008
Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered on a space-available basis.

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EVENTS
Blogging Your Brand

Date: Jan 31, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00PM
Location: To be announced

A workshop that will teach you how to use the blogosphere to maximize the potential of your personal and professional brand.

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VIDEO INFORMATION SESSION
  • Overview
  • Faculty Presentations
  • Student Perspective
  • Q & A
    • EVENT PRESENTATION
    Leslie Hallam led a recent workshop on Applied Intuition, guiding the audience as they worked in groups to identify and apply creative thinking to find original solutions to three different brands’ challenges.

  • Event Description & Speaker Bio
  • Applied Intuition: Problem Definition and Solution (PPT File)


    • STUDENT WORK
    Beware Politicians Bearing False Symbols (or False Witness). This op-ed was written speculatively for The Charlotte Observer by Sally Benner in Communications for Social Change course, taught by Barbara Becker.

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    TESTIMONIALS

    "The presenters were all articulate and they seemed to love their jobs, which is always inspiring..." (click to read more)

    - Student Seminar Evaluation

    In the News MSNBC: Simon Sinek on MSNBC’s Your Business: Business Questions Answered
    Strategic Communications instructor Simon Sinek, CEO and founder of SinekPartners, answers business questions from viewers on Your Business on MSNBC. Watch the MSNBC segment online.

    MSNBC: Simon Sinek on MSNBC’s Your Business: Tips on Product Pitching
    Strategic Communications instructor Simon Sinek, CEO and founder of SinekPartners, gives tips on product pitching on Your Business’s “Elevator Pitch” segment on MSNBC.

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