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Program Requirements

Family Communication, Certificate


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Family Communication
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Program Requirements

The certificate in family communication consists of 19 credit hours (a minimum of 12 credit hours must be upper division). Six upper-division credit hours must be completed through courses offered by the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Six credit hours may be shared with major requirements. Four courses must be selected from at least two content areas listed. The courses listed are suggested and actual courses should be selected in conjunction with an academic advisor. A one credit hour exit portfolio is required and may be taken after a minimum of 12 hours toward the certificate has been completed. All courses used to satisfy requirements for the certificate must be passed with a "C" or better.
Required Courses -- 6 credit hours
Content Area Courses -- 12 credit hours
Content Area course (6)
Upper Division Content Area course (6)
Select four courses from at least two content areas. At least six hours must be upper-division. A minimum six credit hours must be in non-COM courses. Listed courses are suggestions; courses for the certificate should be selected in conjunction with the certificate advisor.
Social and Cultural Elements of the Family
Health and Family Development
Technology, Media and the Family
Community Application
Family Communication Portfolio -- 1 credit hours
Notes: The communication portfolio is a synthesis of the student's family communication academic experience. The portfolio itself integrates each student's experience with theory and concepts from coursework. The portfolio may take a variety of forms, to be negotiated by each student and the instructor. This course is to be taken after a minimum of 12 credit hours toward the certificate have been completed.
Listed courses are suggestions; courses for the certificate should be selected in conjunction with the certificate advisor.
Depending on a student's undergraduate program of study, prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.

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