Continuing education

The IAM provides a number of scientifically based continuing education courses for professionals working in the fields of organisational communication and journalism. These courses provide insights into the interplay between these two fields, primarily from the organisational communication perspective.

 

The IAM’s continuing education courses help participants to develop the skills they need for effective strategic communication, using a range of individual courses which dovetail with each other to meet the needs of today’s organisations. Seasoned practitioners ensure that the course material is relevant to professionals’ current needs, while experienced faculty from the academic and research domains provide a structured theoretical framework.

 

The Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Communication Management and Leadership prepares graduate communications professionals for their next step up the career ladder.

• MAS in Communication Management and Leadership

 

The IAM’s Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) courses equip participants with the expertise and knowledge they will need to deal confidently with the challenges arising in the main areas of professional communications practice.

• CAS in Communication Management *
• CAS Leadership *
• CAS in Business Communication and Contexts *
• CAS in Political Communication *
• CAS in International Communication

 * This information is not available in English. Please refer to the German webpages.

 

The IAM offers a number of compact courses lasting 2 or more days on a selected range of topics relevant to the professional practitioner. These courses provide participants with media and communication-specific insights from the IAM’s ongoing research work.

 

• Friction-free writing *
• Writing for leaders *
• Quality management for radio and TV *
• Elaborating speeches *
• Corporate publishing *
• Communicating in a crisis *
• PR concepts *
• Religious communication *
• Examination following postgraduate course on communication in crisis situations *

 

* in German only