Advanced Professional Communication

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Course Code: GE03

Program: Graduate Employability Program

Course Overview: Advanced communication supports professional credibility, collaboration, leadership, relationships, decision-making, and career growth. Graduates need to communicate confidently and responsibly across verbal, written, interpersonal, digital, presentation, negotiation, and global workplace settings.

This course develops verbal and nonverbal communication, professional writing, communication styles, teamwork, meetings, presentations, difficult conversations, cross-cultural communication, executive presence, persuasion, negotiation, storytelling, crisis communication, virtual collaboration, personal branding, online reputation, documentation, and communication ethics.

Learning Outcomes

  • Communicate clearly through verbal, nonverbal, written, and interpersonal channels
  • Contribute effectively to teams, meetings, presentations, and difficult conversations
  • Apply executive communication, persuasion, negotiation, storytelling, and influence skills
  • Manage digital communication, virtual collaboration, professional visibility, and documentation
  • Develop an ethical, high-impact communication style that supports leadership and career growth

Target Audience: Final-year students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals strengthening communication for collaboration, credibility, leadership, and career growth.

Learning Experience: Students engage through video overviews, audio deep dives, study guides, practical examples, reflection prompts, workbook activities, applied tasks, knowledge checks, and end-of-module quizzes. Activities support professional writing and speaking, meetings, presentations, difficult conversations, cross-cultural communication, executive presence, negotiation, storytelling, digital visibility, and communication ethics.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Communicate with clarity. Influence responsibly. Build professional credibility.

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Course Introduction

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Foundations of Professional Communication
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in foundations of professional communication. Learners explore communication in modern professional environments, verbal & nonverbal communication skills, and written communication & professional messaging and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Communication in Modern Professional Environments Verbal & Nonverbal Communication Skills Written Communication & Professional Messaging Communication Styles & Workplace Relationships Lesson Sequence: Communication in Modern Professional Environments Verbal & Nonverbal Communication Skills Written Communication & Professional Messaging Communication Styles & Workplace Relationships

Workplace Communication & Collaboration
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in workplace communication & collaboration. Learners explore team communication & collaboration skills, professional meetings & presentation communication, and conflict resolution & difficult conversations and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Team Communication & Collaboration Skills Professional Meetings & Presentation Communication Conflict Resolution & Difficult Conversations Cross-Cultural & Global Workplace Communication Lesson Sequence: Team Communication & Collaboration Skills Professional Meetings & Presentation Communication Conflict Resolution & Difficult Conversations Cross-Cultural & Global Workplace Communication

Executive & Leadership Communication
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in executive & leadership communication. Learners explore leadership communication & executive presence, persuasion, negotiation & influence, and strategic storytelling & professional messaging and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Leadership Communication & Executive Presence Persuasion, Negotiation & Influence Strategic Storytelling & Professional Messaging Crisis Communication & Managing Difficult Situations Lesson Sequence: Leadership Communication & Executive Presence Persuasion, Negotiation & Influence Strategic Storytelling & Professional Messaging Crisis Communication & Managing Difficult Situations

Digital Communication & Professional Visibility
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in digital communication & professional visibility. Learners explore digital communication & virtual collaboration, social media, personal branding & online reputation, and professional writing, reports & documentation and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Digital Communication & Virtual Collaboration Social Media, Personal Branding & Online Reputation Professional Writing, Reports & Documentation Communication Ethics & Professional Responsibility Lesson Sequence: Digital Communication & Virtual Collaboration Social Media, Personal Branding & Online Reputation Professional Writing, Reports & Documentation Communication Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Communication Mastery & Career Impact
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in communication mastery & career impact. Learners explore high-impact professional communication, communication for leadership & career advancement, and personal communication style & continuous improvement and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: High-Impact Professional Communication Communication for Leadership & Career Advancement Personal Communication Style & Continuous Improvement Professional Communication Capstone Lesson Sequence: High-Impact Professional Communication Communication for Leadership & Career Advancement Personal Communication Style & Continuous Improvement Professional Communication Capstone

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