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Graduate Certificate in Rhetoric and Public Culture at Northwestern University

Northwestern University, United States

Programme overview

Certificate studying how texts, images and other media act as political action, especially in democratic politics, and how public culture is created, sustained and challenged.

Faculty: The Graduate School  |  Department: Communication Studies  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Evanston, IL, United States

What you will study

Five graduate seminars approved by the Cluster Director, including core course COMM_ST 414-0 Classical Rhetoric and Its Afterlives; three must be from Communication Studies faculty and no more than two from the student's own degree programme.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Enrolled PhD students in The Graduate School with permission from their programme.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications for 2026-27 open September 15, 2026; deadlines vary by programme. The Graduate School application fee is $95 and nonrefundable, paid by credit or debit card.

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