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Communicating for Impact

COMM301

Description

This course teaches students how to communicate about complex environmental issues and wicked problems they will encounter as environmental professionals. Expertise surrounding these issues can take many forms. Learning how to engage with, uplift, and integrate the viewpoints of various community members often promotes more comprehensive, inclusive outcomes. Students will learn how strategic techniques such as audience research and intellectual empathy can improve communications and build generative relationships with various interested and affected parties. Students will learn how to tailor different contextualized communication methods/media to shift perspectives and alter behaviors regarding sustainability and conservation issues.

Dates

Apr 7, 2025 — May 11, 2025

May 19, 2025 — Jun 22, 2025

Jul 14, 2025 — Aug 17, 2025

Aug 25, 2025 — Sep 28, 2025

Oct 6, 2025 — Nov 9, 2025

Nov 17, 2025 — Dec 21, 2025

Jan 12, 2026 — Feb 15, 2026

Feb 23, 2026 — Mar 29, 2026

Apr 6, 2026 — May 10, 2026

May 18, 2026 — Jun 21, 2026

Location

Distance Education - Online

Registration Information

For credit cost: $940