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:
-
COM 8001 - Qualitative Research Methods
or
COM 8002 - Quantitative Research in COM
, and
-
COM 8100 - Strategic Communication Theory
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
COM 8101 - Persuasive Performance
COM 8200 - Teambuilding & Leadership
COM 8201 - Health Communication
COM 8202 - Administrative Communication
COM 8203 - Org Research & Consulting
COM 8204 - Com, Conflict & Negotiation
COM 8205 - Intercultural Communication
COM 8206 - Leadership & Diversity
COM 8207 - Organizational Communication
COM 8300 - Public Relations Writing
COM 8301 - Strategic Public Relations
COM 8302 - Advertising
COM 8303 - Mas Media Industries
COM 8304 - Journalism
COM 8005 - Spec Topics in Strategic Com
PSY 8425 - Organizational Psychology
PSY 8475 - Organizational Training
PSY 8875 - Psych of Organiz Change
PSC 8209 - Public Policy
PSC 8350 - Political Communications
Advertising/Media Production
COM 8300 - Public Relations Writing
COM 8302 - Advertising
COM 8303 - Mas Media Industries
COM 8305 - Media Literacy
COM 8306 - Media Production
COM 8307 - Visual Communication & Culture
COM 8308 - Theories/Effects of Mass Comm
COM 8310 - New Media
COM 8003 - Internship in Communication
COM 8004 - Ind Study: Strategic Com
COM 8005 - Spec Topics in Strategic Com
Leadership and Communication
COM 8101 - Persuasive Performance
COM 8200 - Teambuilding & Leadership
COM 8206 - Leadership & Diversity
COM 8207 - Organizational Communication
COM 8003 - Internship in Communication
COM 8004 - Ind Study: Strategic Com
COM 8005 - Spec Topics in Strategic Com
MPA 8300 - Leadership Ethics
Organizational/Corporate Communication
COM 8203 - Org Research & Consulting
COM 8204 - Com, Conflict & Negotiation
COM 8205 - Intercultural Communication
COM 8206 - Leadership & Diversity
COM 8207 - Organizational Communication
COM 8003 - Internship in Communication
COM 8004 - Ind Study: Strategic Com
COM 8005 - Spec Topics in Strategic Com
PSY 8475 - Organizational Training
PSY 8875 - Psych of Organiz Change
Public Relations/Journalism
COM 8101 - Persuasive Performance
COM 8301 - Strategic Public Relations
COM 8300 - Public Relations Writing
COM 8304 - Journalism
COM 8309 - Public Opinion/Attitude Change
COM 8003 - Internship in Communication
COM 8004 - Ind Study: Strategic Com
COM 8005 - Spec Topics in Strategic Com
General Advising Information
- Students must take a total of 6 courses (16 credits total) including:
-
COM 8008 - Orientation:Grad Study Comm
,
-
COM 8100 - Strategic Communication Theory
, and
-
COM 8001 - Qualitative Research Methods
or
COM 8002 - Quantitative Research in COM
- 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:
-
COM 8008 - Orientation:Grad Study Comm
as their first course (offered in late August).
-
COM 8100 - Strategic Communication Theory
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 (
COM 8001 - Qualitative Research Methods
or
COM 8002 - Quantitative Research in COM
) 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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