Graduate Certificate in Instructional Communication for Educators
What is the Instructional Communication for Educators Certificate?
- This certificate provides the discipline-relevant coursework necessary to meet the requirements to teach dual-credit speech and communication courses in high school.
- The certificate's 18-credit requirement also serves as a precursor toward earning a M.A. degree in our program.
Who can enroll for this certificate?
- This certificate is intended for high school teachers seeking to teach dual-credit speech and communication courses under the College Credit Plus program.
Program details:
Students will take a combination of core courses and electives, learning to apply communication theory in their classrooms.
The program will be available online as well as face-to-face, providing a flexible option for full-time high school instructors.
To learn more about the program or how to enroll:
- Contact Dr. Amber Ferris, associate professor and graduate coordinator in the School of Communication.
- Courses are delivered 100% online.
- Graduate School Admissions: https://www.uakron.edu/graduate/admissions/apply
COURSES
To earn your Instructional Communication for Educators certificate, you must complete 18 credit hours out of the following courses:
| COURSE | CREDITS | |
| Required Core | Min. Credits: 6 | |
| COMM:608 | Communication Pedagogy | 3 |
| COMM:600 | Intro to Graduate Study in Communication | 3 |
| Theory Set | Min. Credits: 3 | |
| COMM:624 | Survey of Communication Theory | 3 |
| COMM:625 | Theories of Mass Communication | 3 |
| COMM:623 | Applied Communication Theory | 3 |
| Electives | Min. Credits: 9 | |
| COMM:538 | Health Communication | 3 |
| COMM:571 | Theories of Rhetoric | 3 |
| COMM:602 | Qualitative Methods in Communication | 3 |
| COMM:603 | Quantitative Methods in Communication | 3 |
| COMM:606 | Communication Problems in the Basic Speech Course | 1 |
| COMM:630 | Communication in Organizations | 3 |
| COMM:645 | Intercultural Communication Theory | 3 |
| COMM:691 | Advanced Communication Studies | 3 |
| COMM:510 | Crisis Communication | 3 |
| COMM:531 | Risk Communication | 3 |
| COMM:540 | Strategic Social Media | 3 |
| COMM:542 | Social Media Metrics & Analytics | 3 |
| COMM:550 | Sport Communication | 3 |
| COMM:560 | Science Communication | 3 |
| COMM:541 | Media Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| COMM:601 | Mixed Methods of Communication Research | 3 |
| COMM:637 | Training Methods in Communication | 3 |
| COMM:670 | Communication Criticism | 3 |