FIU’s Master of Science in Mass Communication in Global Strategic Communications (GSC)
FIU’s Master of Science in Mass Communication in Global Strategic Communications (GSC) is offered both on-campus and fully online.
With a focus on communication management, the GSC curriculum reflects the evolving global marketplace, highlighting topics such as reputation management, branding, social media, crisis communication, professional ethics, location-based entertainment, among others. Students are exposed to an audience-focused, data-driven approach to communicating with publics.
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The School of Communication has a rich history of award-winning faculty, including top-notch media professionals and Fulbright scholars.
This program gives students a global perspective in strategic communications to help them prepare for advancement in advertising, public relations, and integrated communications careers. The management track provides knowledge and understanding for addressing global, national, and local audiences and communication issues.
The program can be completed on-campus or fully online.
Take classes in a traditional, face-to-face format with world-class faculty. Students learn to analyze organizations’ business problems and recommend communications solutions using an array of communications strategies.
Students are required to complete 30 credit hours (10 classes), and the program can be completed in 16 months. New students are accepted for Fall or Spring start only. Courses are 3 credits each and offered primarily on the Biscayne Bay Campus.
The program culminates in a Professional Project. For more information about the Professional Project and its requirements, please visit the “Courses” page.
4+1 Degree Program
Master of Science in Communication- Global Strategic Communications
Designed for current FIU students, in all majors, who want to get a head start on their graduate degree while completing their bachelor’s degree. Students interested in learning if the 4+1 program is right for them should reach out to their current advisor.
Advance your communications career in the international marketplace with the fully online GSC track. The program prepares graduates to be globally minded and socially responsible communication leaders and innovators at the highest levels of corporate, government and non-profit organizations.
Our online program can be completed in one year from anywhere in the world. You will be prepared for expanded opportunities in advertising, public relations and integrated communications. Students in the fully online program may specialize in communication management, location-based entertainment or digital media management.
Students are required to complete 30 hours, and the program can be completed in 12 months. New students are accepted for Fall or Spring start only. The program culminates in a Professional Project during the final semester. For more information about the Professional Project and its requirements, please visit the “Courses” page.
Under the revised Florida Board of Governors’ (BOG) Regulation 8.002, all institutions of the State University System (SUS) of Florida are required to provide students with a side-by-side Tuition and Fees comparison for continuing education programs. The tuition comparisons are made between a traditional program vs. its counterpart Market Rate/Self-Supporting program. This approach provides students an opportunity to become aware of options that are available upon selecting a degree program of study.
Please click on the following link which will take you to a searchable database that provides the side-by-side tuition and fees comparisons between the sub-tracks for the MS in Mass Communication, Global Strategic Communications https://continue.fiu.edu/programs/side-by-side-tuition-comparison/embed.html