Business Communication Post-graduate Certificate

This program will be of interest to recent graduates who wish to develop or enhance their ability to effectively communicate ideas and messages across organizations and through multiple channels. Practical and industry-driven, this program will give students the opportunity to consider business communication in multiple areas. This includes internal communications within a business, communications with external stakeholders such as consumers or clients, as well as effective means of communicating in times of challenge or crisis.

Through the undergraduate courses, you will learn how to tailor your writing to your target audience, create strategies to effectively share ideas, and master the latest communications tools by specializing in this essential business skill. Skills developed will include event planning, crisis communication, marketing and branding, the writing of effective business documents across multiple formats, and the ability to deliver persuasive professional presentations, pitches, and talks.

Admission Requirements

The Postgraduate Certificate in Business Communication is available to students who hold an undergraduate degree from any accredited university. The program is only offered at Trent’s Durham campus and may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis.

Apply online or learn more here. In order to be accepted into the postgraduate certificate, students must have completed an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.

Entry Term: September 2023, January 2024, May 2024, September 2024,Trent Durham campus only

Duration: Available for full or part-time studies.

Program Completion Requirements: Completion of 5.0 credits as specified.

Graduating From Trent This Year?

As a 2023 Trent grad*, you qualify for direct admission to our Postgraduate Certificate in Business Communication. No need to pay to apply. Registering is easy – just send a confirmation email to admissions@trentu.ca from your Trent University account. We will also waive the application fee. For more information about this special offer, visit call 1-888-739-8885. For more information visit our Admissions webpage

To apply to this post-graduate certificate, please complete this application form.

Courses

The Certificate program consists of the following 5.0 credits:

2.5 COMM credits consisting of COMM 1000H, 2003H, 3001H, 3094H, and 4001H
1.5 ADMN credits consisting of ADMN 2080H, 2100H, and 3150H
0.5 COIS credit consisting of COIS 3750H
0.5 credit from ADMN 2410H
a minimum cumulative average of 65% is required to complete the certificate

For individual course descriptions, see University Calendar. Please consult the academic timetable, for information on when courses will be scheduled.

It is important to register in your courses without delay and prior to your arrival!

Course Registration

For help with course registration, use the how to guides at

Course Selection and Registration website. 

Trent International also provides the following helpful information:

Documents to Arrive in Canada:
You will present your Letter of Acceptance, your IRCC Letter of Introduction, and the
following documents to the border services agent.

New Student Course Registration:
For support with new student course registration,
visit our website for next steps.

New International Student Webpage:
Visit our New International Student Website to determine your next steps after you have completed course registration.

Breakdown of courses by terms

Students are to follow the schedule of courses by term as outlined below for full-time studies. We cannot guarantee course availability if students do not follow the recommended course sequencing. Students who fail to adhere to the recommended schedule may not be able to complete their certificate program within the scheduled number of terms and students may have to return to complete an additional term. Additionally, if you are studying in the summer term, that means you must be registered in courses in both summer terms (S61 and S62).

Link to detailed course registration instructions

Term 1 Course Requirements

COMM 1000H Introduction to Communication
ADMN 2100H Introduction to Marketing
ADMN 2080H Managerial and Market Research
COMM 2003H Becoming Digital
ADMN 2410H Communications in Organizations

Term 2 Course Requirements

COIS 3750H Online Marketing
COMM 3001H Events Management
COMM 4001H Crisis Communication
COMM 3094H Public Leadership in Action
ADMN 3150H Advertising

Part time students should begin with COMM 1000H, ADMN 2100H, and ADMN 2080H before taking other required credits.

For students who have accepted their offer of admission and have questions about registering in their courses or life at Trent, please email businesscertificates@trentu.ca.

Application to Graduate

At the beginning of your last term, when you believe you are ready to graduate, you can submit the Application to Graduate form found in myTrent under Academics → Forms. You should apply as soon as your course registration for your final term is finalized (early in Summer term if you are graduating in September; early in the Fall term if you are graduating in January; early in the Winter term if you are graduating in Spring). The deadline to apply to graduate can be found in the Academic Calendar site under Important Dates, as well as at Important Dates & Deadlines.

Convocation ceremonies for students who graduated during the last year (September, January and Spring) are held the first week of June. Please visit Convocation site for the most up-to-date information.