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Admission

• Admission
• Degree Requirements
• Program Benefits
• Transferring Credits to the M.S.

An applicant to the post-baccalaureate certificate in Technical Communication must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School as follows:

• a bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university
• an undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.00

Students entering these programs come from a wide variety of educational and work experiences.  While coursework/experience in the following areas is desirable, it is not required for successful completion of the certificate:

• advanced communication (e.g., writing/editing, oral communication, visual communication, organizational communication, or communication theory)
• science, technology, mathematics, and/or engineering
• computer science or management information systems

Although the certificate is designed as a stand-alone program, we recognize that students who begin the certificate program may decide that they wish to stay on and complete the M.S. To facilitate transfer from one program to the other, application materials are different but admission standards are the same as those for the M.S. in scientific and technical communication.

Certificate Application

Download the Graduate School Certificate Application (PDF)

Application Deadlines

Application deadlines for the Technical Communication Certificate program are as follows:

• April 15: For fall semester admission
• October 15: For spring semester admission