University of San Francisco - College of Arts & Sciences
MA in Professional Communication
San Francisco, 美國
文学硕士
期间
2 年
语言
英语
步伐
全职
报名截止日期
最早开始日期
学费
USD 26,560 / per year *
学习形式
在校园
* for living on campus and living in off-campus housing
适用于校内住宿和校外住宿
- PC 600 - 传播基础与伦理
- PC 603 - 冲突沟通
- PC 604-研究方法
- PC 608 - 顶点/顶点
Strategic Communication
战略沟通者担任战略家、规划师、设计师和领导者，制定以结果为导向的计划，并在组织内部和外部传达目标信息，以影响行为和声誉。参加此专业的学生将分析组织如何与利益相关者、行业以及传统或数字媒体进行内部和外部互动。学生还将获得实用的沟通技能，使他们在不断发展变化的混合和面对面工作场所中获得竞争优势。
Technical Communication
技术传播者将复杂的科学、工程或技术信息转化为用户可以理解和利用的内容。选修该专业的学生将学习如何与用户沟通，同时确保产品或服务具有竞争优势。随着技术和人工智能的进步，改变了多个行业收集、分析和集成数据的方式，对这种熟练、以用户为中心、敏捷的技术传播者的需求从未如此强烈。
Health Communication
本专业为学生提供理论和实践交流工具，帮助他们通过开展健康意识活动、改善患者关系和解释医疗保健政策，有效且合乎道德地影响公众和个人的健康素养。健康交流专业人员对于使复杂的医疗保健问题变得易于理解至关重要，这样雇主、监管机构、政策制定者和消费者就可以了解情况并采取适当行动，建立更健康的社区并过上更健康的生活。
- 核心知识：研究生将定义、识别和应用适合与不同受众进行有效和合乎道德的沟通的修辞惯例和策略。
- 学术交流：研究生将撰写和编辑大量修改后的散文，满足交流领域定义的标准并应用惯例。
- 专业性：研究生将进行与其专业集中度和重点相符的高质量书面、口头和数字交流。
- 研究：研究生将在传播领域进行熟练且合乎道德的研究，并在其所选择的行业和专业中贡献原创知识。
The MSCS program offers a limited number of merit-based scholarships to incoming and current graduate students, both domestic and international, on a competitive basis.
MSCS Admission Scholarship
Awarded to incoming MSCS applicants with outstanding applications from all backgrounds. Approximate awards range up to $5k over the first year of study.
MSCS Merit Scholarship
Awarded to incoming MSCS applicants with outstanding applications from all backgrounds, or current MSCS graduate students who demonstrate outstanding skills and leadership. Approximate awards range from $5–10k over one to two semesters.
The Dean's Scholarship
An award of up to $15,000 to use toward tuition, research, and conference travel. Connect with other Dean's Scholarship recipients and leaders across the College of Arts & Sciences. Serve as a program representative to USF donor initiatives to help transform the lives of other USF students. For more information please see the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Scholarships website.
Double Dons Scholarship
USF Alumni and current students can be awarded the USF Double Dons Scholarship upon admission. The scholarship covers 20% of the program tuition, and may not be stacked with other USF scholarship awards. Exceptions may apply.
The communication landscape has become increasingly complex given the ongoing pandemic, natural disasters, the social justice movement, and global political upheaval. Lives are much more complicated and previous models for how, when, and why we communicate are changing to reflect new ways of working. Amidst these changing times, MAPC students are learning how to pivot to the future.
为现在和未来做好准备
我们的毕业生充分展现了“从这里改变世界”的真正本质，他们进入职场时已经为今天和未来做好了准备。MAPC 项目的毕业生将他们的教育应用于专业通信领域的广阔机遇。从我们位于旧金山金融区的教室位置，校友们已经进入了从大型软件公司到快速发展的初创公司的技术领域。旧金山湾区是生物技术湾的所在地，校友们可以领导生物医学和制药公司以及护理交付系统的通信工作。校友们凭借我们项目的世界一流声誉，在美国乃至世界各地的城市建立职业生涯！
Graduates of our program serve as:
- Communication strategists, delivering on business goals through targeted, stakeholder relationships.
- 传播设计师可以利用尖端的技术平台，为不同的受众创建多种格式的专业信息。
- Technical communicators, working to ensure the usability of products and services in all phases of the design process. They act as the voice of the user, advocating design features to ensure that the user's needs are met as well as working to ensure that the product or service has a strategic, competitive advantage in the market.
- 组织内的道德传播者，为工作场所带来对道德问题和决策的透彻理解，包括将组织与员工、客户和消费者联系起来的组织沟通和行业沟通。
- Health or other industry advocates within their communities, connecting vital, personal stories with the media and creating stronger partnerships and campaigns to drive action. Graduates serve as spokespersons and leaders to help create healthier communities, acknowledging health equity and other challenges and opportunities facing America and the world.
- Continued graduate work, given the MAPC program’s theoretical training and applied concepts. With critical thinking and in-depth knowledge, students will be prepared for doctoral work in communications.