{"id":81905,"date":"2022-08-01T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?page_id=81905"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:46:10","slug":"persuasive-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/communication\/programs\/persuasive-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Persuasive Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-asvodpt-f27e48ad7e09cec10d20fb7d254ee8f5\">\n.avia-section.av-asvodpt-f27e48ad7e09cec10d20fb7d254ee8f5{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='Â鶹´«Ã½ Communications Program - Social Media Strategy Micro Credentials - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-asvodpt-f27e48ad7e09cec10d20fb7d254ee8f5 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first 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el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Persuasive Communication<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p><em>Offered as an Academic Micro-Credential<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-5hwey7l-5ffe51e8f1e2717c8e81104ec193644d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Learners who successfully complete the Badge in Persuasive Communication will be able to apply persuasive skills in private relationships, in the workplace, and in public citizenship. Those who earn the badge will not just gain skills to be personally persuasive; they will also grow in the ability to critically analyze persuasive messages sent to them in verbal, written, and nonverbal channels through all forms of media.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Completed your requirements and ready to collect your badge?<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/A5kAZGG1j4Zyf3Z5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply to receive your micro-credential badge here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Required Courses<\/h3>\n<p>COMM342 \u2013 Persuasion<br \/>\nCOMM343 \u2013 Argumentation &amp; Critical Thinking<br \/>\nCOMM412 \u2013 Assessing Media &amp; Culture<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Outcomes\/Competencies<\/h3>\n<p class=\"heavy-man dig-4\">Students who complete the Persuasive Communication Micro-Credential will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create original effective, ethical persuasive messages (COMM342, COMM343)<\/li>\n<li>Apply communication theories and skills to improve persuasive messages (COMM342, COMM343)<\/li>\n<li>Express persuasive messages targeted to multiple simultaneous audiences (COMM342)<\/li>\n<li>Tailor persuasion messages to different communication channels and media (COMM342)<\/li>\n<li>Receive and comprehend persuasive messages as an audience member (COMM343, COMM412)<\/li>\n<li>Critique the strengths, weaknesses, and ethics of persuasive messages as an audience member (COMM412)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4x0mwnl-65489523e4aa0c53e698f9b2878d0619\">\n.flex_column.av-4x0mwnl-65489523e4aa0c53e698f9b2878d0619{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0 0 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4x0mwnl-65489523e4aa0c53e698f9b2878d0619 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div 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