Strategic Communication - Online Graduate Certificate
Earning certificates can earn you more.
Strategy, influence, research and messaging become your domain in contexts such as advertising, public relations, and crisis communication as you elevate your career to become a global communication practitioner. Students will select one elective from the following and will take the two required courses to earn a total of nine credits and one Graduate Certificate.
Designed to put you in control of your educational path, online graduate certificates in communication from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater get you into the virtual classroom quickly and on your schedule. Begin courses winter, summer or fall. Complete your certificate in as little as one semester.
Take one certificate to feel an immediate boost to your profession. Take two to customize your expertise. Or combine three and add a capstone course to earn a complete Master of Science Degree in Communication.
Why UW-Whitewater Online?
- Asynchronous program lets you learn day or night
- Build connections through online assignments and discussion boards
- Online MBA ranked #25 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
Fully Online
No requirements to come to campus.
Flexible
Attend full-time or part-time.
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Enhance your knowledge base and expand your career.
Strategic Communication - Online Graduate Certificate
Certificate Requirements
The Strategic Communication - Online Graduate Certificate requires completion of nine credits and contains two required courses. Electives allow you to customize your experience to suit your passion and desired pathway.
All courses will be offered online as either 6-week summer courses or 8-week spring or fall courses.
Each fall and spring semester, there would be one or two courses offered in the first 8-week term and one or two courses offered in the second 8-week term, allowing for 3-4 graduate courses per fall or spring term.
Each summer, there would be one course offered during the first 6-week term and one course offered in the second 6-week term.
Thus, depending on offerings, a student could complete the full master’s degree in as little as 12-18 months, and a certificate could be completed in 4-6 months.
Admission Requirements
To qualify for admission to a degree program in good standing, you must meet the criteria below.
- a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- at least 3.00 overall grade point average in all graduate coursework completed at UW-Whitewater, with no grades of I or P pending; and
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- an overall undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.00 scale, or
- at least a 2.90-grade point average in the last half of the undergraduate degree program, or
- at least 12 credits of graduate work completed on a regular grade basis at UW-Whitewater, or
- a master's or higher degree at a regionally accredited institution at the corresponding graduate level.
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