PADM 545 - Political Communication

Credits: 4

Political communication is not only used by candidates and elected officials. For 21st century governance, public administrators must also be able to speak and write to a variety of different stakeholders including other administrators, elected officials, community leaders, clients, and the public. In this course students will learn 1) who those stakeholders are, 2)how to take complex ideas and translate them into clear messages and 3) choose the correct medium to communicate. Due to the nature of the subject matter, there is a strong oral communication dimension to this course.