Graduate Certificate in Strategic Global Communication

The Graduate Certificate in Strategic Global Communication responds to that need.

You'll study strategies for reputation, crisis and change management and examine how workplace culture influences business outcomes.

You'll learn cultural and governance principles and think about the role communications plays in promoting — or impeding — social change.

Throughout the program, you'll apply an intercultural lens.

You'll be empowered to lead communication initiatives that support community and organizational development.

Who’s it for

This certificate is designed for people who specialize in organizational development and communication. It's a good fit for professionals working in the following fields: advocacy, diplomacy, development and social change.

Program outcomes

Once you've completed this program, you'll:

• have skills in organizational communication applicable to crisis management, corporate image, identity and reputation, organizational culture and culture change, leadership theories, social relationships and networks, communication audits, power and control in organizational life, conflict in organizations, ethics and values and corporate social responsibility
• be able to analyze organizational structures and management styles with a focus on culture
• have insight into the historical and contemporary nature of issues and theories that have influenced the field of development communication
• be skilled at exploring the complex relationships between communication and socioeconomic development and the role that communication plays in promoting (or impeding) social change and development
• have tools for professional and personal development in a diverse society and workplace
• be skilled at developing a rationale and framework for interdisciplinary research projects, which can be combined with communication, sociology, psychology, business, mass media and developmental studies