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Undergraduate Professional Communications Certificate

Develop your professional communication skills in a variety of professional and academic settings.

  • Format

    Online with On-Campus Options

  • Courses

    3

  • Tuition

    $6,300

  • Upcoming Terms:

    Summer 2025 & Fall 2025

What You'll Learn

  • Gain confidence in communicating your ideas in professional and academic settings by mastering grammar essentials
  • Compose effective written communications—including cover letters, memoranda, proposals, presentations, and reports.
  • Apply key communication methods and strategies—such as informational briefings, persuasive messaging, and interviewing—to meet specific objectives.
  • Master the techniques of public speaking, including message development, content, projection, inflection, and delivery.

Certificate Courses

The undergraduate certificate in professional communications requires three courses. You may choose any three courses from the professional communications certificate course group.

You can find courses by course group and term — fall, spring, or summer — in the certificate course search within DCE Course Search & Registration platform.

Courses taken before the Fall 2020 semester do not apply toward this certificate.

Earning Your Certificate

To meet the requirements for the certificate, you must:

  • Complete three certificate courses for undergraduate credit.
  • Earn at least a B grade in each course.
  • Complete the courses within three years.

Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.

Upcoming Terms: Summer & Fall 2025

Enroll in a certificate course this summer or fall — no application required.

  • Harvard Summer School course registration opens March 3.
  • Fall 2025 course offerings will be posted by June. Fall registration opens mid-July.

Cost

Affordability is core to our mission. When compared to our continuing education peers, it’s a fraction of the cost.

Our Tuition (2024–25 rate) $2,100 per course
Average Tuition of Peer Institutions $2,738 per course
Average Total Cost $6,300