Social Justice and Activism Certificate

This certificate provides the coursework to broaden the student’s experience of advocacy in the context of social movements. The courses provide the student with the background to develop and refine persuasive strategies to identify and adapt to audiences and thus enable social movement success at the undergraduate level.

Program requirements

COM 260 - Communicating with Cultural Competence
COM 315 - Advanced Speaking in Professional Settings
COM 466 - Social Movement Communication

Three hours from the following in consultation with certificate advisor:

COM 322 - Introduction to Argumentation
COM 328 - Persuasion
COM 397 - Topics in Communication
COM 450 - Political Communication
COM 496 - Independent Study in Communication
COM 509 - Communication Campaigns
SOC 384 - Social Movements

All candidates must satisfy the General University Certificate Requirements.

Total Credit Hours: 12

Completion requirement

Attain a GPA of 3.00 or higher in all courses used to fulfill the certificate requirements.