Professional Skills Undergraduate Certificate
Introduction
This certificate is designed for undergraduate students seeking to acquire and enhance diverse workplace skills that are highly valued by today’s employers. Students will learn to communicate effectively, write persuasively, and develop proficiency in digital and media literacy or data literacy. Providing a strong foundation in communication skills, teamwork, critical thinking, and analytical writing, this certificate will help students cultivate success in the workplace.
On completion of this certificate, students will be able to:
- Communicate their ideas in a clear and organized manner.
- Use their compositional and analytical skills in a chosen professional writing field.
- Demonstrate proficiency in digital and media literacy or data literacy.
- Devise problem-solving strategies with the skills developed through the certificate.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Certificate
- All prospective students must contact Marjorie Levine-Clark, Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach, and Initiatives to declare their interest and intent to complete the program.
These program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their Professional Skills advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
General Requirements
Students must satisfy all requirements as outlined below and by the department offering the certificate.
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Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours, from approved coursework
- Students must complete a minimum of six upper division (3000-level and above) credit hours, from approved coursework.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in all courses that apply to the certificate and must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the GPA. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to certificate requirements.
- Students must complete all credit hours applying to the certificate with CU Denver faculty.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- Students must choose elective courses from at least two different disciplines.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete the following program requirements: | ||
| Complete one of the following Communication courses: | 3 | |
| Workplace Communication | ||
| Professional Presentations | ||
| Organizational Communication | ||
| Negotiations and Bargaining | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Complete one of the following Writing courses: | 3 | |
| Media Writing Skills | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Business Writing | ||
| Magazine Writing | ||
| Proposal and Grant Writing | ||
| Complete two elective courses from one of the following groups: 1 | 6 | |
| Group 1: Digital and Media Literacy | ||
| New Media Production and Management | ||
| Social Media for Social Change | ||
| Global Media | ||
| Introduction to Digital Studies | ||
| #Learning: Digital Spaces and Far Out Places | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| Group 2: Data Literacy | ||
| Statistics with Computer Applications | ||
| Data Analysis with SAS (prereq ECON 3811 or Math 2830) | ||
| Data Science for Innovators | ||
| Business Problem Solving Tools | ||
| Introductory Statistics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |
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Elective courses must be from different disciplines and may carry prerequisites that must be completed before enrolling.
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