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College of Letters and Science

Business and Technical Communications, Undergraduate Certificate

  • Overview
  • Requirements

In today’s uncertain economy, it is more important than ever for workers to be multi-skilled and flexible in their professional areas. The Business and Technical Communications Undergraduate Certificate combines an innovative approach with practical skills in writing, research, communication, and technologies that will enable students to improve their skills for working in a broad range of contexts.

Students will develop competencies in communication that are critical to a wide range of contemporary jobs and organizations:

  • Business and technical communication
  • Strategic writing skills
  • Organizational leadership skills
  • Information design
  • Project management

The Certificate is available in a traditional face-to-face and online format, and is also available via the University of Wisconsin System’s Flexible Option. The UW Flexible Option offers a new way to earn a college degree or certificate, different from both face-to-face classroom instruction and traditional online instruction. In the UW Flexible Option program, you will:

  • Earn credit for what you know
  • Advance at your own pace
  • Receive personalized support
  • Start when you want, at the beginning of any month
  • Learn skills employers value

Eligibility

Students who wish to enroll in the Undergraduate Certificate must be admitted to UWM and will have to meet the basic prerequisites of the courses that are equivalent to each given competency set. For ENGLISH 206, that will mean having passed or tested out of ENGLISH 102. All other courses in the Certificate require ENGLISH 206 as a prerequisite. Students concurrently completing a bachelor’s degree receive the Certificate upon completion of their degree requirements; post-baccalaureate special students and non-degree students will be awarded the Certificate upon successful completion of all program requirements.

Program Requirements

To obtain the certificate, students first must complete ENGLISH 206, after which they may study the additional competency sets in any order. Completing the Undergraduate Certificate means having gained credit in all six courses, with a minimum grade point average of 2.500. Students also must meet College of Letters and Science residency requirements, which means that at least nine of their Certificate upper-level (numbered 300 and above) credits must be earned at UWM.

Course List
Code Title Credits
ENGLISH 206Technical Writing3
ENGLISH 428Strategic Writing for Organizations3
ENGLISH 429Technical Communications and Professional Leadership3
ENGLISH 435Rhetoric and Professional Writing3
ENGLISH 437Project Management for Professional Writers3
ENGLISH 439Information Design3
Total Credits18
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Letters and Science (College of)

  • African and African Diaspora Studies
  • American Indian Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • Asian Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Biological Sciences
  • Business and Technical Communications, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Celtic Studies
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Childhood and Adolescence Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Communication
  • Conservation and Environmental Science
  • Cultures and Communities, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Digital Arts and Culture
  • Economics
  • English
  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Food &​ Beverage Studies
  • Foreign Languages and Literature
  • French, Italian, and Comparative Literature
  • Geography
  • Geosciences
  • Global Health, Undergraduate Certificate (College of Letters and Science)
  • Global Studies
  • History
  • Human Resources and Labor Relations
  • International Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies
  • Language, Literature &​ Translation
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx Studies
  • Latino Studies
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies
  • Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Pre-​Professional Programs
  • Psychology
  • Public and Non-​Profit Administration
  • Quantitative Social Data Analysis, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Spanish and Portuguese
  • Translation and Interpreting Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Women's and Gender Studies
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Current Students contact Associate Professor Rachel Spilka, spilka@uwm.eduProspective Students contact a Letters & Science Admissions Counselor at(414) 229-7711 or let-sci@uwm.edu

https://uwm.edu/english/undergraduate/certificates/business-and-technical-communications/

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