Certificate in Communications & Rhetoric

Course Planning

Communications and Rhetoric provides additional ways of knowing, learning, and producing collaborative research through different pathways of experiencing  communication concepts through literary and cultural studies, the creative arts, world literature and languages, as well as management, the sciences and social sciences. Courses in CORH help students develop academic, professional and cross-cultural communication skills.

Minor in Communications & Rhetoric

In order to complete a minor in CORH, students need to complete 30 required credits. The suite of 10 courses will combine communication skills with discipline-specific content, and broader interdisciplinary and professional applicability in real-world contexts. These requirements can include 6 credits from approved courses that double count with students’ major program within the BA degree.

Year 1

Students must have completed the first-year communications requirement for their degree program before registering for the minor.

Year 2

Students must complete a minimum 6 credits of 200- level CORH courses.

Year 3 & Year 4

Students must complete a minimum 15 credits of 300- and 400-level CORH courses, as well as the 3 credit CORH 499, Communication Capstone.

View the Academic Calendar for information on the minor.

Communications & Rhetoric Certificate

The Certificate in Communications and Rhetoric is distinct in addressing an identified need for a more diverse, inclusive and laddered approach to developing students’ skills in communication and rhetoric, including oral, written, performative, digital, and creative communications.

Students will engage in the design and creation of diverse multimodal artefacts, digital, textual, audio, and/or other visual forms of communication, the creation of online blogs and e-portfolios, and participation in digital platforms such as UBC Blogs. Community service learning and collaborations with community and industry partners in the profession, and project-based collaborations, will grant opportunities to apply conceptual knowledge through professional practice.

To receive a CORH certificate, students must complete 15 credits through courses from four thematic interdisciplinary and relational clusters, and a final capstone project.

Students pursuing any undergraduate degree at UBC Okanagan can register to complete the CORH Certificate, and must have completed all the pre-requisites for the required courses. Students must register via the link below.

REGISTRATION

Students are expected to contact an academic advisor before enrolling in the Certificate program to assess their eligibility and academic progression. These 15 credits are included in the 120 credits a student is required to complete as part of their program. A student may be required to go above the 120 credits if they have not completed all of the pre-requisites prior to registering for this program.

Up to two courses (6 credits) used to satisfy a program requirement may also be used to satisfy the certificate requirements. They may also complete the Communications and Rhetoric courses to fulfill degree requirements or as electives, with permission from their home faculty/department.

View the Academic Calendar for information on specific courses for the certificate.