Community Engagement & Leading School Change

Degree: Master of Science
https://www.towson.edu/cofac/departments/mass-communication/communication-management/index.html

Program Director: Dr. Lingling Zhang
Phone: 410-704-3458
Email: [email protected]

The Master of Science in Communication Management offers both professional and research-oriented course work with an emphasis on public relations and strategic communication. It is a hybrid program in which students can complete at least 50% (a total of 18 units) of the 36-unit degree requirement online. Our applied courses help provide the knowledge and skills to research, plan, implement, and evaluate activities designed to achieve communication goals in a variety of professional settings. Our theory and method courses provide students with the academic tools needed to complete the final components of the program–comprehensive exams, a graduate professional project or a thesis project. In addition to Mass Communication courses, students will be able to choose from a variety of elective courses offered across the university graduate programs.

The master's program is appropriate for both career-oriented individuals who want to advance in their chosen fields and for students who intend to pursue further graduate studies.

Accelerated Bachelor's-Master's Program

Students may earn the M.S. in Communication Management through the Department of Mass Communication accelerated bachelor's to master's program. The accelerated program allows students to earn both their bachelor's and master's degrees in less time through an individualized plan. Prospective applicants should contact the program director for details.

Please see the Undergraduate Catalog for information on the accelerated bachelor's-master's program.

Program completers will be able to:

1. Build, maintain, and continuously improve a coherent system of equitable academic and social supports, discipline, services, extracurricular activities, and accommodations to meet each student's full range of needs.
2. Engage families, community, and school personnel in strengthening student learning in and out of the school.
3. Develop and use tools focusing on an asset-based understanding of the students and families with which they work.
4. Build and sustain productive partnerships with communities and the public and private sectors to promote school improvement and the success of each student.
5. Strengthen the ways in which schools incorporate student, family, and community voice and are accountable to their students, families, and communities.
6. Advocate for the needs and priorities of the school, district, students, families, and the community.