Course Description
JIPAC offers operational level communication training in a demanding academic program designed for students to think about the Public Affairs and Communication Strategy and Operations profession apart from the daily rigors of supporting an operational mission. Student focus is on research, planning, and analysis; strategic thinking; and globally integrated operations. JIPAC will challenge students to expand their knowledge of issues and crisis management in global operations and enhance their strategic thinking and planning capabilities. Through a five-phased approach, this course reshapes how public affairs and communication strategy professionals think: Instructors direct students to move beyond a traditional view of tactics within operations, and instead conduct research, analysis and execution of a data-driven strategic plan incorporating multiple layers of communication capabilities. Students apply lessons to a scenario-based exercise (six-month deployment in support of stability operations) and a home station project.
Location: 6500 Mapes Road, Ft. Meade, Md.