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Studying Public Relations at the University of Maryland has special advantages:
Our faculty is the premier research faculty in public relations in the United States. All our faculty members are engaged in public relations research. James and Larissa Grunig (Professors Emeriti) are co-authors of the recent Excellence in Public Relations omnibus study funded by the International Association of Business Communicators. Larissa Grunig and Elizabeth Toth’s Women in Public Relations is a notable investigation of the state of the public relations field. Linda Aldoory and Elizabeth Toth are the coeditors of The Gender Challenge to Media. The public relations program in Maryland’s Department of Communication has been identified as part of the “PR Ivy League” by PR Week magazine.
The unique course curriculum. In particular, courses on public relations management, global public relations, public relations publics, and the ethics and philosophy of public relations offer unique perspectives for the study of public relations. Our full range of offerings in public relations is among the richest of any graduate program in the United States.
A global network of professional contacts. Our faculty has lectured at major universities throughout the world, and our graduates teach and practice public relations in many countries. For example, we have doctoral graduates teaching at Honk Kong Baptist University, the University of Macao, Soongsil University (Korea), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Korea), and Chung-Ang University (Korea). Among the places that our faculty members have lectured at are Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, and South Africa.
The union of theory and practice in our teaching. Excellent practice of public relations is based on sound, research-based theory. Theory provides the principles of public relations that can be applied across many practical situations. The faculty works to develop theory that addresses the problems faced by public relations professionals.
The international diversity of our graduate students. Complementing the international experience of our faculty are our graduate students from throughout the world, including Austria, China, Croatia, Korea, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, and Taiwan. This global perspective is also aided by the program in Intercultural Communication, which is an important emphasis in our graduate program.
Related courses in our department. Our graduate curriculum includes intercultural communication, persuasion and social influence, and rhetoric and political culture. The curriculum has courses in negotiation and conflict management, intercultural negotiation, mediated communication, persuasive message strategies, communication and social change, and communication management.
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