Social Media Graduate Certificate
The Social Media Graduate Certificate offers an exceptional opportunity for working professionals to sharpen their skills and deepen their knowledge in social media and digital communication, giving them a competitive edge in their careers. This program consists of four in-depth courses, all of which can be completed within two semesters. This allows students to quickly apply their new expertise to their current roles or pivot to new opportunities in the digital landscape.
Participants in the certificate program receive a comprehensive introduction to a variety of social media platforms and tools, along with insights into the latest trends and technologies in mass communication. Through hands-on learning and practical assignments, students develop a solid understanding of effective social media strategies, audience engagement techniques, and the power of digital media in today’s market. This dynamic program equips graduates with the skills to create impactful, data-driven social media campaigns that resonate with audiences and drive results.
Courses
Introduction to Multimedia Communication – MMC 5006
As the media landscape continues to shift, it is imperative that those working with media messages thoroughly understand the digital world in terms of creating digital content that resonates with audiences through different media. Intro to Multimedia takes the traditional craft and attributes of telling stories and merges them with new techniques to create diverse digital media.
This course is designed to provide students a new skillset in digital storytelling ideas, production, and analysis. Students will produce creative online stories that reverberate with the widest audience possible. Creating impactful stories will require a new understanding and thought process of how digital stories differ from those in traditional media. To do this, we will look at the changing roles of storytellers in news and marketing while discussing and analyzing media consumption habits that encourage a seamless transition from active audience member to creator.
Intro to Multimedia will include aspects of advertising, journalism, and public relations to better understand online trends. It will further help students learn how to tailor their messages to reach audiences in new ways that will stick in the minds of the targeted audience. This course focuses on three core concepts simultaneously: creativity, production, and distribution. Through these concepts, base knowledge of the technological media landscape will be enhanced, culminating in the ability to see an idea, nurture it in an original way, and create unique, effective content in the desired online medium.
Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Introduction to Social Media – MMC 5636
This course focuses on social media best practices for content, frequency, visuals, and the mechanics behind each practice. Students will learn how social media influences public relations, marketing, customer services, and other aspects of business communications. The course explores the differences between the major social media channels, their evolution, and the current and future status of social media for business.
Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Branding Using Social and Mobile Media – MMC 6728
In this course, students will develop a strategic social media plan focusing on branding and analyze the impact of social media on branding efforts. Using the fundamental principles learned in this course as a foundation, the students will map the landscape of social media, create brand strategies for social media marketing, audit the competitive scope of social media activities for a brand, assess the effectiveness of social media engagement strategies, and use the most influential tools in social media engagement and branding. Using current case studies and step-by-step processes, students will learn to maximize online efforts while maintaining brand continuity and consistency.
Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Social Media Management – MMC 6730
In this course, students will learn to establish social media key performance indicators based on an organization’s goals. Students will apply strategic collaboration, tactical execution, and measurement of social media efforts to reinforce online marketing goals. Students will create social media strategies and tactics, content planning and creation, paid social management and measurement tools, and crisis management for an organization.
Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Masters vs. Graduate Certificate
Many types of students apply for the social media graduate certificate. Some seek new skills to apply to their career while others seek an introduction to graduate school. The graduate certificate program gives students the opportunity to decide if a full master’s degree is right for them. Students take classes and learn exciting new skills while also deciding if graduate school fits into their lives.
Frequently, students start the graduate certificate program and later choose to apply to the full master’s degree to gain more skills and embrace the opportunity to change their lives. The courses in the graduate certificate program apply to the master’s degree, creating a seamless transition into the full master’s program. Click here for a more detailed comparison of the master’s degree and the graduate certificate.
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