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Intercultural Communications Undergraduate Certificate, adult online

The intercultural communications certificate prepares you with skills in effective communication that support diversity, inclusion, belonging, and international awareness across a wide range of job sectors, industries, and organizations.

Visit the program 网站 for more information.

Program Overview

Core intercultural communication courses ground you in cultural competency, written and spoken discourse, and experiential learning. You will demonstrate effective multimodal persuasion and messaging that you can 应用 within a range of workplace, digital, and societal settings. Skills development is enhanced through interdisciplinary electives that situate global communication skills within particular job sectors and/or contexts.

Getting Started

Contact Adult and Continuing Studies to speak with a faculty advisor who can help you plan the best and most direct course to complete the online intercultural communications certificate requirements.

Why Study Intercultural Communications at Grand Valley?

  • You will demonstrate effective intercultural communication skills that can be applied within a range of workplace, digital, and societal settings.
  • You can create stackable credentials that enhance your degree and bolster your resume.
  • Courses are offered fully online, in six-week accelerated formats, so you can complete it in one year or less.

Admissions

For new students, visit the Admissions 网站 for undergraduate requirements. Upon acceptance and for current students:

  • Declare your certificate via my横幅 (Login to 横幅 Self-Service, click on Student, Student Records, Add a Certificate or Badge to your Program, Select the appropriate certificate from the drop down list, and click 提交)
  • Speak with the appropriate certificate coordinator to ensure criteria are being met (you will be able to track your progress toward the certificate in myPath as well!)
  • Once you are done with the requirements, 应用 to receive the certificate via my横幅.
  • Once the completion of your certificate has been verified, the certificate will be posted to your student record and will be viewable on your transcript. 

To learn more about this certificate either as part of a degree or as a stand-alone certificate option, schedule an appointment with an advisor.

Location & 格式

This program is available fully online.

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Coursework

Core courses, eight credits:

  • ITC 100 - Introduction to Intercultural Competence
  • WRT 354 - Writing in the Global Context: Culture, Technology, and Language Practices
  • ITC 490 - Practicum: Intercultural Learning Experience

Electives, six credits. Students are required to select one course from each category.

Media, Modes, and Methods (Choose one):

  • COM 378 - Intercultural Communications
  • DS/ENG 314 - Digital Literacies
  • INT 331 - Person and Profession in a Global Environment
  • REL 335 - Sacred Texts, Global Contexts

Theory Into Practice (Choose one):

  • COM 438 - Communications Ethics
  • DS/CJ 335 - Digital Crime, Media, and Culture
  • DS 360 - Ethics of Digital Culture
  • WRT 350 - Business Communication
  • WRT 351 - Writing for the Web

For 更多的 Information

Adult and Continuing Studies

(616) 331-7180