Graduate Certificate in Organizational Communication (REF. # 175)

The Certificate in Organizational Communication is designed for managers and supervisors who wish to enhance their skills in the areas of organizational communication but do not see a current need for an advanced degree. Students will take graduate courses that focus on general organizational communication theory, the communication strategies useful in multinational businesses - either interpersonal or small group communication theoretical applications - and one other course chosen by participants as especially relevant to their own work and interests. Students' applied projects may be designed to address specific real-life communication problems in their own organizations.

 

The Graduate Certificate in Organizational Communication consists of the following (12 hours in total):

Core Courses (6 credit hours)

COMM 581: Applied Organizational Communication
COMM 561: Multinational Business Communication

Restricted Electives (3 credit hours)

COMM 586: Processes of Group communication
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COMM 578: Seminar in Interpersonal Communication

Free Elective (3 credit hours, selected from the courses below)

• COMM 563: Issues Management
• COMM 564: Crisis Communication
• COMM 565: Communication and Conflict
• COMM 566: Corporate & Organizational Advocacy
• COMM 571: Computer Mediated Communication in Organizations
• COMM 578: Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 586: Process of Group communication
• COMM 587: Communication in Intercultural Negotiation & Mediation