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Institutional Relations Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Institutional Relations via distance learning
This program examines the inter-disciplinary and complex implications of Institutional Relations in order to map, synthesize and assess key perspectives on cooperation and rivalry between regional and global scale organizations. It shows how protocol, event management, and public relations, with a solid legal background, may promote and achieve effective results in public and business affairs. It considers its interaction and effects across major policy areas, such as security, diversity, policy, economy, development and global change.
Academic Supervisor : Fernando Fernández Sánchez
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Institutional Relations Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Institutional Relations.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Advertising & Media - Advertising Creativity - CSR Corporate Social Responsibility - Influencer Marketing - Marketing & Communication - Mass Communication Management - Online Marketing - Public Relations - Sales & Product Management - Social Community Management - Social Media Management - Special Events Management .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Institutional Relations Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Institutional Relations via distance learning = 36 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module.
Bachelor's Degree - Institutional Relations Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Institutional Relations via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Public Relations.
Master's Degree - Institutional Relations Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Institutional Relations via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Public Relations. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Institutional Relations Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Institutional Relations via distance learning = 36 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Public Relations. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Institutional Relations Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Organizational Communication
This course examines communication processes in organizations. It analyzes oral and written communication, intercultural communication, interviewing techniques, negotiating skills, conflict management, and technologically mediated communication. Other issues covered include organizational culture, diversity, power, leadership, ethics, and international communication.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Public Speaking
This course teaches public speaking abilities and speech strategies. It provides an understanding of rhetorical theory and its application in a variety of speech situations. It addresses speech preparation and delivery, audience analysis, listening skills, critiquing, and speaker anxiety.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Business Protocol & Etiquette
This course explains how to handle any situation with control and diplomacy; from introductions and greetings to office behavior. Handling every situation with confidence and control is the best competitive edge. It shows how to conduct successful meetings by establishing protocols that apply to virtually any situation. Well-run meetings provide valuable opportunities to share experiences, information, and knowledge.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Organizational Studies
This course of organizational studies deals with an inter-disciplinary field focused on the collective activity, and how it relates to organization, organizing, and management. This course aims to promote the understanding of organizations, organizing and the organized, and its social relevance.
Academic Supervisor: Jennifer Dustow
Cross Cultural Social Perspectives
This course studies the similarities and differences of cultures. It teaches students the skills of communication, negotiation, and managing cultural differences. It provides a cross cultural social perspective to deal effectively with individuals from varied cultures in different situations.
Academic Supervisor: Francis Wambua Mulwa
Catering & Banquet Operations
This course explores the complexities of controlling food, beverages, labor, and sales income in catering and banquet operations. It covers standards determination, the operating budget, income/cost control, as well as control systems. It shows the essence of a complete catering operation: the food, the atmosphere, the presentation, and the service.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Convention Management
This course shows how to increase convention and meeting business through improved marketing and better service. It explains how to address meeting planners' needs and concerns confidently, creatively, and effectively. It also offers ideas for servicing groups during their stay.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Special Events Planning
This course considers special events site selection, logistics, personnel, housing, food, and legalities. It includes various types of events' planning; social events such as theme parties, weddings, and/or or balls, fundraiser, recognition events, as well as entertainment and sports events. It overviews the conventions, expositions, and meetings industry.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Public Relations Campaigns
This course shows how to use the techniques of public relations to create comprehensive campaigns for actual clients based on the analysis of current and historical case studies. It investigates the trends of the most effective public relations practice, with an emphasis on key issues facing the profession. It describes public relations tools and activities utilized to gain public interest and support.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Audiovisual Communication
This course addresses ongoing changes in audiovisual communications and new developments in mass communications theory. It explores the key elements of audiovisual messages creation and production with current examples from broadcasting, television, film, Internet, and multimedia.
Academic Supervisor: Pedro Jose Riba Rueda
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
This course of Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, reviews the ethical responsibility of enterprises, and the impact of their activity and products on society. CSR has proven to become an efficient public and institutional relations tool. It demonstrates that corporation are not only engaged in making money through the sales of their products and services, but do also care to impact positively their communities. CSR deals with charitable projects, community development, public affairs, sustainability and business ethics.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
Institutional Relations
This course examines the inter-disciplinary and complex implications of Institutional Relations in order to map, synthesize and assess key perspectives on cooperation and rivalry between regional and global scale organizations. It shows how protocol, event management, and public relations, with a solid legal background, may promote and achieve effective results in public and business affairs. It considers its interaction and effects across major policy areas, such as security, diversity, policy, economy, development and global change.
Academic Supervisor: Fernando Fernández Sánchez
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Institutional Relations Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
ABRACOM - Associação Brasileira das Agências de Comunicação
ABRAPCORP - Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores de Comunicação Organizacional e de Relações Públicas
ABRIG - Associação Brasileira de Relações Institucionais e Governamentais
ALAIC - Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores de la Comunicación
ALICE - Asociación Latinoamericana de Investigadores en Campañas Electorales
AMEC - International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication
ANEIMO - Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Investigación de Mercados y Opinión Pública
APRI - Asociación de Profesionales de las Relaciones Institucionales
AWC - Association for Women in Communications
CLE - Communications Leadership Exchange
COMMINIT - Communication Initiative Network
CPR - International Institute For Conflict Prevention and Resolution
DIRCOM - Asociación de Directivos de Comunicación
IASB - International Association of Speakers Bureaus
ICA - International Communication Association
IMC - Issue Management Council
IRRM - Institutional Relations and Resource Mobilization Programme
ISPEP - International Society of Protocol & Etiquette Professionals
NAGC - National Association of Government Communicators
NHMC - National Hispanic Media Coalition
NIRI - National Investor Relations Institute
OEI - Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos
WGR - Women in Government Relations
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Admission requirements - Institutional Relations
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Institutional Relations Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
Recognition - Institutional Relations Online via distance learning
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities via distance learning
Institutional Relations Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
