Are you a professional or student interested in the field of public relations? Would you like to update your skills or gain formal training in this profession?
The Online Graduate Certificate in Public Relations at Clarion University may be your key to new credentials and career advancement. Enrollment is now open for Spring 2010, and all interested students are encouraged to apply. Working through Clarion University's Virtual Campus, students can complete this 15-credit program in approximately one year without ever coming to campus.
The Online Graduate Certificate in Public Relations is designed primarily for public relations professionals, business owners, nonprofit managers and others who have earned bachelor's degrees. Graduates are qualified to work as public relations assistants, managers, and executives.
Market shows strong demand for PR professionals
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, public relations is a multibillion-dollar business practiced by more than 158,000 professionals in the United States alone.
The bureau predicts that "employment of public relations specialists is expected to increase faster than the average for all occupations through 2012. The need for good public relations in an increasingly competitive business environment should spur demand for public relations specialists in organizations of all types and sizes."
The Online Graduate Certificate in Public Relations program is taught and managed by graduate faculty in the Department of Communication. Program graduates can apply all 15 certificate credits toward the M.S. degree in Mass Media Arts and Journalism at Clarion University.
"Clarion University delivers online educational programs that are convenient and flexible, and which are held to the same quality standards as traditional on campus instruction," said Dr. Art Acton, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs. "These programs all meet or exceed the rigorous requirements for regional and national accreditation."
About Clarion University
Located 70 miles north of Pittsburgh in northwestern Pennsylvania, Clarion University is a public, state university with an annual enrollment of 7,100 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university sits on an historic 100-acre campus with 43 buildings including the Carlson Library, two dozen computer laboratories, and a $35 million science and technology center.
Clarion University is recognized by 25 separate accrediting agencies, which is the most of any university in the State System of Higher Education. The Clarion University Virtual Campus has been providing online learning opportunities to students for over eight years, and enrolls more than 1,300 students in various distance education programs.
For more information
Financial aid is available. Clarion University is approved for the G.I. Bill, and offers competitive tuition rates to active-duty military personnel. For more information, call 1-866-272-5612, send e-mail to virtualcampus@clarion.edu or go online at www.clarion.edu/virtualcampus/
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