The Master of Science in Professional Communication requires seven foundation courses and six electives for the non-thesis option or seven foundation courses, four electives and two thesis courses for the thesis option. Students with less than three years' professional work experience must complete MSPC 3940, Internship, as one of their electives. In addition to the elective course offerings listed below, students may also choose as electives appropriate graduate or upper-level undergraduate courses offered by other departments at Clark University. The Director of Graduate Programs must approve all non-COPACE elective selections.

We offer many electives in the M.S.P.C. program. These courses complement the four major concentrations: Human Resource Development & Training, Marketing Communication, New Media Communication and Communication Management, and allow a high degree of customization within the curriculum. Careful selection of courses from other COPACE graduate degree programs allows an even greater degree of precise specialization.

• MSPC 3300 - Advanced Professional Communication
• MSPC 3250 - Communication Theory and Research
• MSPC 3403 - Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager
• MSPC 3620 - Intercultural Communication
• MSPC 3080 - Management Information Systems and Technology**
• MSPC 3070 - Organizational Communication
• MSPC 3330 - Consultancy Skills Capstone

**If proficiency can be demonstrated for this course either academically (transcript of successful course completion) or professionally (validated work experiene) and approved by the course instructor or academic advisor, this course can be waived and replaced with an MSPC elective of the student's choice.

Suggested foundation courses for concentration:
• MSPC 3290 - Human Resource Management & Development
• MSPC 3410 - Strategic Issues in Human Resource Management
In addition, Select three (3) from the following:
• MSPC 3670 - Approaches to Cross-Cultural Conflict Management
• MSPC 3820 - Arbitration, Collective Bargaining & Labor Relations
• MSPC 3170 - Change Management
• MSPC 3620 - Leadership
• MSPC 3140 - Managing Diversity
• MSPC 3600 - Negotiation, Mediation & Conflict Management
• MSPC 3690 - Organizational Conflict
• MSPC 3660 - Third Party Intervention: Mediation
• MSPC 3940 - Internship

Suggested foundation courses for concentration:
• MSPC 3100 - Marketing Communication
• MSPC 3090 - Public Relations
• MSPC 3750 - Advertising Communication Theory & Practice
In addition, Select two (2) from the following:
• MSPC 3960 - Audience Development, Event Planning, and Promotion.
• MSPC 3010 - Communication Design
• MSPC 3450 - Global Marketing & Advertising
• MSPC 3380 - Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations
• MSPC 3720 - Media Relations
• MSPC 3130 - Principles of Marketing
• MSPC 3310 - Theory & Practice of Persuasion
• MSPC 3940 - Internship

Suggested foundation courses for concentration:
• MSPC 3170 - Change Management
• MSPC 3840 - Project Management
In addition, Select three (3) from the following:
• MSPC 3320 - Ethics & Professional Life
• MSPC 3860 - Gender Communication
• MSPC 3290 - Human Resource Management & Development
• MSPC 3620 - Leadership
• MSPC 3770 - Political Communication
• MSPC 3740 - Strategic Management of Public and Non-Profit Organizations
• MSPC 3940 - Internship

Suggested foundation courses for concentration:
• MSPC 3010 Communication Design
• MSPC 3810 Photoshop for Internet Graphics Development
• MSPC 3440 Webmaster
In addition, Select two (2) from the following:
• MSPC 3920 Business Intelligence
• MSPC 3830 E-Commerce & E-Business
• MSPC 3840 Project Management
• MSPC 3100 Marketing Communication
• MSPC 3750 Advertising Communication THeory & Practice
• MSPC 3090 Public Relations
• MSPC 3940 Internship