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Instructional Communication Certificate (graduate) Overview

Earning your Graduate Certificate in Instructional Communication online gives you tools to function more effectively in a variety of capacities, including the classroom, corporate training situations, patient education, and other instructional settings.

Enrolling in our Instructional Communication Certificate program opens up options for your career or further graduate education. USI’s online Instructional Communication Certificate is an attractive addition to your resume and builds your confidence in your abilities to lead educational efforts in any format.

The Instructional Communication Certificate is a 12-credit hour graduate program for teachers, academics, human resource managers, or medical professionals looking to improve their communication in an instructional or workplace setting. The program will be beneficial to educators from any discipline to design messages to advance the teaching of any subject in a classroom, enhance employee training and development in the workplace, or improve communication to patients about their medical treatment.


Courses are offered by blending desktop video conferencing and an online learning management system.


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Interested in a Master's Degree?

When you enroll in USI’s graduate certificate in communication online, you can use it as a stepping stone to further your education. You can start with the 12-credit instructional communication certification and then upgrade to the 18-credit advanced online instructional communication certificate. Or, if you feel it’s time to get a master’s degree, you can apply either of our communication certificate programs to your degree program.

The courses you’ll take for our online communication certificate also provide skills that can support you in graduate study in many other fields, such as business, education, administration, or health care.


100% Online
12 Credit Hours
6 Starts a Year

Credits Breakdowns

Certificate Hours

12
Credits

Total Credits

12
Credits
  1. Submit an online application and $40 application fee.
  2. Submit transcripts to Graduate Studies. 
    • Official transcripts are required only from the institution at which your highest degree was earned. Electronic transcripts are preferred and can be emailed from the previous institution to Graduate.Studies@usi.edu 
    • Unofficial transcripts from other institutions attended can be submitted via email by the applicant to Graduate.Studies@usi.edu 
    • Applicants who wish to seek transfer credit for graduate coursework must submit an official transcript from the institution where that work was completed. 
    • Mailed transcripts can be sent to this address:
      Graduate Studies
      University of Southern Indiana 
      8600 University Blvd. 
      Evansville, IN 47712
  3. Read the full transcript policy by clicking here.
  4. International applicants may be required to submit additional information.

Incoming Students

  • Start Date:
    August 18, 2025
    Application Deadline:
    August 01, 2025
    Document Deadline:
    August 08, 2025
    Registration Deadline:
    August 15, 2025
  • Start Date:
    October 25, 2025
    Application Deadline:
    October 03, 2025
    Document Deadline:
    October 10, 2025
    Registration Deadline:
    October 17, 2025
  • Start Date:
    January 12, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    December 26, 2025
    Document Deadline:
    January 02, 2026
    Registration Deadline:
    January 09, 2026
  • Start Date:
    March 16, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    February 27, 2026
    Document Deadline:
    March 06, 2026
    Registration Deadline:
    March 13, 2026
  • Start Date:
    May 11, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    April 24, 2026
    Document Deadline:
    May 01, 2026
    Registration Deadline:
    May 08, 2026
  • Start Date:
    June 29, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    June 12, 2026
    Document Deadline:
    June 19, 2026
    Registration Deadline:
    June 26, 2026
  • Start Date:
    August 17, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    July 31, 2026
    Document Deadline:
    August 07, 2026
    Registration Deadline:
    August 14, 2026
  • Start Date:
    October 19, 2026
    Application Deadline:
    October 02, 2026
    Document Deadline:
    October 09, 2026
    Registration Deadline:
    October 16, 2026
  • Start Date:
    January 11, 2027
    Application Deadline:
    December 25, 2026
    Document Deadline:
    January 01, 2027
    Registration Deadline:
    January 08, 2027
  • Start Date:
    March 15, 2027
    Application Deadline:
    February 26, 2027
    Document Deadline:
    March 05, 2027
    Registration Deadline:
    March 12, 2027
  • Start Date:
    May 10, 2027
    Application Deadline:
    April 23, 2027
    Document Deadline:
    April 30, 2027
    Registration Deadline:
    May 07, 2027
  • Start Date:
    June 28, 2027
    Application Deadline:
    June 11, 2027
    Document Deadline:
    June 18, 2027
    Registration Deadline:
    June 25, 2027

College & Department Contacts

Dr. Erin E. Dennis
Associate Professor of Advertising
Director of Master of Arts in Communication Program
Affiliated Faculty of Gender Studies

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The Instructional Communication Certificate is a 12-credit hour graduate program for teachers, human resource managers, or medical professionals looking to improve their communication in an instructional or workplace setting. The program will be beneficial to educators from any discipline to design messages to advance the teaching of any subject in a classroom, enhance employee training and development in the workplace, or improve communication to patients about their medical treatment.

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