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Graduate Certificate in Technical and Professional Communication at University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico, United States

Programme overview

The certificate prepares students to apply enhanced workplace and technical communication skills. It can be added to an MA or PhD program or taken as a standalone credential for working professionals in science, technology, nonprofit administration, engineering and the military, face-to-face or fully online.

Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences: Humanities & Interdisciplinary  |  Department: English  |  Duration: 15 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States

What you will study

Students complete 15 credits: Technical and Professional Communication, Ethics in Technical and Professional Communication, a Graduate Internship, and either a Standard Track (two of User-Centered Design and Usability, Scientific/Environmental/Medical Writing, Editing, Proposal and Grant Writing, Visual Rhetoric, Topics in Professional Writing) or a Grant and Proposal Writing Track, ending in a final portfolio with a reflective memorandum.

Career pathways

Technical and professional communication in science, technology, nonprofit, engineering and military settings.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must already hold a bachelor's degree. No foreign language requirement.

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.

Duration: 15 credit hours

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