Advertising Creative Certificate

The Advertising Creative Certification is designed for students who are interested in working on the creative side of advertising. The program consists of 18 semester credit hours with courses that include both copywriting and art direction as well as the computer programs creative advertising professionals use in the industry. Students will work on developing their portfolios as part of their coursework.

The advertising creative certificate program is designed to provide additional advanced course options for students in advertising, interdisciplinary art and design, or communication design who are seeking careers as art directors or in creative agencies.

The certificate is not a separate major track, but rather an extension of the standard required coursework offered by the advertising concentration of the journalism major. To qualify, students must have journalism major status, IADS major status or communication design major status and meet specific departmental requirements.