Description
Public Affairs and Issues Management
The course explores how to predict and identify emerging issues, which can proliferate rapidly through digital and social media; accurately assess the potential threat posed by issues; and plan and implement effective response to prevent issues from growing into crises.

Restricted to Global Strategic Communication Students.

Outcomes: At the end of the course, students will understand the role of the public affairs function in organizations, know how to monitor for and identify emerging issues and to build a firewall to make organizations less vulnerable to attack.
Details
Grading Basis
Graded
Units
3
Component
Lecture - Required
Offering
Course
COMM 435
Academic Group
School of Communication
Academic Organization
Communication
Enrollment Requirements
Prerequisite: COMM 401; Restricted to Masters students in Global Strategic Communication.