Graduate Certificate in Advanced Communication for Professionals Fanshawe College

In today’s increasingly digitally-connected and knowledge-based economy, communication skills are crucial for professional success across a wide array of sectors. Advanced Communication for Professionals is an Ontario College Graduate Certificate program that supports learners and professionals in further developing their written, verbal and interpersonal skills. Canadian employers are increasingly emphasizing the importance of these skills for hiring and promotion; this program therefore cultivates excellence in workplace communication, interpersonal communication, writing and reports, and project development. Graduates will enjoy enhanced employability and advancement potential.

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to

1. Make effective rhetorical decisions to create focused, well-structured documents and presentations that implement professional stylistic conventions.

2. Analyze and successfully respond to the communication expectations of various professional audiences when creating professional documents and presentations.

3. Employ effective leadership skills in professional environments to promote increased communication efficiency and improved workplace collaboration.

4. Edit and adapt professional messages for multiple contexts and diverse media.

5. Synthesize sector-related research to produce relevant, persuasive reports.

6. Comply with intellectual property rights when synthesizing, citing, or repurposing others' work in professional documents and presentations.

7. Produce visually effective documents and presentations.

8. Facilitate positive and productive interpersonal communication in the workplace to build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

9. Manage a collaborative project to ensure that it meets all required parameters (e.g. scope, timelines, etc.).

Program Pathways

Due to shared courses, graduates from this program will possess advanced standing in the following Ontario College Graduate Certificate programs also offered at Fanshawe College:

Donald J. Smith School of Building Technology:

o BIM and Integrated Practice (BIM2)

School of Information Technology:

o Software and Information Systems Testing (SST2, SST3)

Lawrence Kinlin School of Business:

o Human Resources Management (HMG1)

o International Business Management (ITB1)

o Insurance and Risk Management (IRM1)

o Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM1)

o Marketing Management (MKM1)

o Operations Management (OPM2)

o Project Management (PRJ1)

School of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts:

o Hospitality and Tourism Management (THM1)