Social media was once the plaything of teenagers, a means of entertainment, and employed solely for leisure activities. As commercial, non-profit, political, religious, and social entities began to use social medial for profit and influence, these same digital natives were employed to manage it. Social media, however, is now ubiquitous. People from all walks of life use social media. These commercial and social entities employ well-qualified social media users to take on the massive field of social media production, curation, management, influence, response and analytics. Social media entrepreneurship is at the forefront of many forms of commerce. The Department of Communication and Journalism certificate in Social Media aims to prepare Communication majors, Telecommunication Media Studies majors, and University Studies-Journalism Studies majors to take up these roles in the social media-literate workforce.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
COMM 275/JOUR 275	Introduction to Social Media	3
COMM 476	Advanced Social Media	3
Select three of the following:		9
COMM 230/JOUR 230	Communication Technology Skills
COMM 250/JOUR 250	New Media and the Independent Voice
COMM 260	Introduction to Communication and Sports
COMM 307/JOUR 301	Communication Law and Policy
COMM 323	Strategic Communication
COMM 330	Technology and Human Communication
COMM 375	Media Audiences
COMM 403	Media, Children and Adolescents
COMM 407/WGST 407	Gender, Race and Media
COMM 438	Propaganda
Total Semester Credit Hours		15

Students must earn a B or better in courses applied to this certificate.