We hear two things from students
reflecting back on the program.

The first is a really good grounding
in both the academics

and the practical knowledge
that they need for pursuing a career

in professional communications,
but also exposure to the real world

so that they understand what the markets
like, what employers are looking for,

and they understand
how to best present themselves

under those circumstances.

The program prepared me for my
my current role

by giving me a lot of really great
real world experience along the way.

A lot of the stuff that I studied,
I directly applied to my role,

gave me the ability to feel confident
in the decisions that I'm making.

It puts you into a position
to where you can use your classwork

and your coursework
to attain an internship, which eventually

will lead into a full-time job.

And I've had a bunch of different recruiters
reach out to me

just based off seeing USFCA MAPC
on my resume.

Well, the location
I think, is ideal for internships.

I mean, you can just walk
within a ten block radius of where

we're sitting right now
and hit a bunch of corporate headquarters

for some of the largest companies
in the world.

Salesforce is down the street, Google’s
down the street, same with Workday.

The position that I got
is just 20 minutes from here

or 5 minute scooter ride,
as I like to say.

I started and the office is right
on one Market Street.

So, you know, it was really great
to be able to start my job search just

around the corner.

I think MAPC has a very diverse cohort

As a queer person of color,

it was really important to me
to feel like I fit into a program

and coming to USF,
I found that a lot in the student body.

I got a lot of world perspectives

that I didn't expect that
I would get from cohorts from all over.

There are professionals way ahead
in their career, there are people

fresh out of college, and of really
so many different nationalities.

I think that's

what's really cool about this program
when thinking about professional

communications is thinking about them
in a more worldly context.

It starts from that

that central kind of motivating idea
of changing the world from here.

The place itself
provides people with opportunities

to bring those perspectives
and I think learn a lot from each other

in a way
that they might not somewhere else.

I mean, I arrived here and I

was surprised to see that we are
maximum 15 students in a class.

So you are really heard.

And the school schedule
was really flexible as well.

So that gave me plenty of time
to be able to study and work on papers

and meet up with classmates after as well.

You don't find a lot of programs
where you can balance a full time schedule

and a full time work schedule.

And it's probably the main reason
that I picked this program.