Certificate Requirements

First Semester

Course #Course TitleCreditsPrerequisites/Comments

699-127Digital Media Communications3Fall only, 2nd 8 weeks | 801-136 or 801-195 or 801-219This course will introduce how to write blogs, posts, tweets, and other updates so they resonate and are relevant to social media audiences, and encourage action, engagement, and interaction. This course focuses primarily on content writing and editing.

699-133Digital Content Writing3Fall only, 1st 8 weeks | 801-136 or 801-195 or 801-219This course focuses on technical writing strategies and methods of designing and writing for websites that support the workplace, including Search Engine Optimization tactics.

801-141Intro to Mass Comm3Explores communication in media and media literacy by providing insight into the important issues that confront students as consumers and purveyors of mass media within the workforce and in society. The mass media revolution, including media technologies, the evolution of media content and platforms, including new media, the impact of media communications on business and society as a whole, media bias, and media law and ethics form the basis of the course.

TOTAL CREDITS:9