You'll deepen your existing knowledge with theory. You'll apply that theory to hands-on projects in which you'll confront and resolve real-world business issues using the latest technology and media.
And you'll receive quality instruction and guidance from full-time SPSU faculty from the convenience of an online learning environment.
With the additional support of your fellow students, you'll learn to create meaning, inspire change, deliver value.
They are working adults. They are career builders. Career changers. Innovators. Most of all, like you, your fellow students care about guiding and shaping communication processes and professionals to meet the needs of an organization and the people it serves.
Your fellow students are the people with whom you will forge personal and professional bonds. The kinds of bonds that will become integral to the success of your career now and
in the future.
Like your previous graduate-level studies, the work is rigorous, challenging, and exciting. You'll work independently and collaboratively on projects that confront and resolve actual business issues faced by real project sponsors.
Your intensive coursework will be entirely online. But that doesn't make it "easy"; in fact, an online learning environment demands more from you. But it also gives more back to you. You will be challenged to set goals and be self directed. You'll increase both the
breadth and depth of your knowledge, while making critical connections to full-time faculty members who are experts in the field, as well as your fellow
students with whom you share similar goals and backgrounds.
You'll take 6 courses (18 hours). The 4 required courses focus on communication business analysis, processes, and management:
You'll select your other 2 courses from any of our offerings, which include courses in information design, instructional design, Website design,
applied graphics, content strategy, usability testing, and more.
Because of its rigor, and other life demands you must meet, the program is designed primarily for part-time study. Students with full-time jobs typically take 1 course per semester and plan a 2-year timeline to complete the advanced certificate. Full-time study (9 credit hours or 3 courses per semester) is limited to students receiving financial aid or those who are not employed.
Since graduate-level courses require more reading and study and the assignments are significantly more complex, you'll spend at least 15 to 20
hours per week, per course.
No matter where in the world you call home, you'll pay in-state tuition and fees. For the 2012–13 academic year, one 3-credit course will cost approximately $1,215.
Visit the Office of Financial Aid for information about funding your education.
You may already manage communication processes and professionals on a regular basis. But you want to improve your skills beyond the basics. The Advanced Certificate in Communications Management program will advance your competency by teaching you to serve the communication needs of organizations and the people
they serve.
to find out if graduate studies are right for you
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