The Graduate Certificate in Communication Studies is ideal for those who want to teach dual-credit courses and who need to meet Higher Learning Commission dual-credit qualification standards. These standards require teachers wanting to teach dual-credit courses to hold either a master's degree in their area of instruction or a master's degree in another discipline (such as education), plus at least 18 credit hours of discipline-specific graduate coursework.

• If you hold a master's degree in another discipline, you can meet HLC standards by completing the 18 credit hour Graduate Certificate in Communication Studies. 
• If you plan to pursue the  IU Online Master of Liberal Studies, you may apply the 18 credit hours from the Graduate Certificate in Communication Studies toward the master's degree.

Your IU Online Graduate Certificate in Communication Studies prepares you for such careers as:

• Communication dual-credit teacher (high school) 
• Communication instructor (community college)
• Communication professional in an organization or institution

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Communication Studies, you must complete 18 credit hours.

Requirements are broken down as follows: 

• Communication pedagogy course (3 cr. hours)
• Communication in context courses (9 cr. hours)
• Communication in media course (3 cr. hours)
• Communication elective course (3 cr. hours)

To be accepted to this program, you must have:

ALL core courses are listed here. You will select from among these courses to fulfill degree requirements.

Core

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