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Welcome to our Graduate Certificate Programs!

The Communication Department offers five-course graduate certificates in strategic communication, advertising and media production, leadership and communication, organizational and corporate communication, and public relations and journalism.

Certificate Program Requirements

In addition to completing:

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students may choose three electives from any of the following areas for a certificate in that designated area. Two of the electives must be Communication courses.

Strategic Communication

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Advertising/Media Production

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Leadership and Communication

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Organizational/Corporate Communication

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Public Relations/Journalism

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General Advising Information

  • Students must take a total of 6 courses (16 credits total) including:
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  • Requirements for each certificate are specified on completion form.
  • Only one three-credit elective (or 3 one-credit electives) can be outside of Communication.
  • Certificate Students starting in Fall 2007 must take:
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    • 302system_errorIO Exceptionjava.io.IOException: Got HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR. Returning NULL as their second course.
    • If they will be taking more than one course per semester, they should also take either of the Research Methods courses ( 302system_errorIO Exceptionjava.io.IOException: Got HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR. Returning NULL or 302system_errorIO Exceptionjava.io.IOException: Got HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR. Returning NULL ) as the second course.

As part of the certificate program, students may choose to do only one of the following:

  • Three one-credit courses in Communication or an approved related field:
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