This program prepares you to think and write strategically across every major communications discipline. Coursework in public relations and advertising builds a foundation with which organizations shape perception and reach audiences, while professional writing coursework sharpen the skills needed to produce compelling content across formats.

You will also study writing for social media and marketing research, ensuring you will understand both how to create effective communications and how to measure whether those communications are working.

Completing this track you will:

• Develop and execute public relations and advertising strategies for organizations.
• Produce clear, persuasive professional writing across business and media contexts.
• Write scripts and content for media, video, and digital platforms.
• Create effective, audience-aware content for social media platforms.
• Apply marketing research methods to evaluate and refine communication strategy.
• Apply core Professional Studies program outcomes, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and purposeful writing, to strategic communications contexts.

In this program, you will apply leadership and fundamental business knowledge to strengthen nonprofit initiatives and organizations, as well as the communities you serve. Our Professional Studies Nonprofit Leadership degree is built around the idea that doing good work requires strong organizational fundamentals.

The coursework emphasizes organizational behavior and leadership, equipping you to manage staff and volunteers, build effective teams, and lead with purpose. Rounding out the program, students develop skills in digital tools and nonprofit media, preparing them to expand an organization’s reach and visibility in a competitive funding environment.

Completing this this track you will:

• Apply leadership and organizational behavior principles to nonprofit management.
• Write competitive grant proposals to secure funding for programs and initiatives.
• Understand the fundamentals of public administration as applied to nonprofit and government settings.
• Use digital and eCommerce tools to support nonprofit fundraising and operations.
• Develop nonprofit media and communications strategies to engage donors and communities.
• Apply core Professional Studies program outcomes, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and purposeful writing, to nonprofit leadership sectors.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s MS in Professional Studies curriculum is structured to give students both educational and professional depth. Core coursework builds advanced skills in research, critical analysis, and professional communication, skills that apply regardless of discipline.

Throughout the program, the emphasis on learning to connect ideas across disciplines, synthesize diverse perspectives, and apply complex thinking to real problems.

Completing this program, you will:

• Apply advanced critical thinking and analytical skills across multiple disciplines and professional contexts.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively in written and oral professional contexts.
• Integrate knowledge from multiple fields to address complex, real-world problems.
• Demonstrate the adaptability, and professional judgment that are valued in leadership roles.