Program Overview

Advanced Communication for Professionals is a one-year graduate certificate program for international students only, focusing on improving communication skills within a wide array of sectors. Graduates of this program will feel confident in workplace communication, writing and reports, and project development.

Program Details

Program Code
ADC1
Credential:
Ontario College Graduate Certificate
Duration
30 Weeks
Start Dates
Locations
Availability

Full Time Offerings

2025 May
London
Open
2025 September
London
Open
2026 January
London
Open
2026 May
London
Open
2024 September
London
Closed
2025 January
London
Closed

Your Learning Experience

Advanced Communication for Professionals is offered to international students only.

In today's increasingly digitally-connected and knowledge-based economy, communication skills are crucial for professional success across a wide array of sectors.

Advanced Communication for Professionals is an Ontario College Graduate Certificate program that supports learners and professionals in further developing their written, verbal and interpersonal skills.

Canadian employers are increasingly emphasizing the importance of these skills for hiring and promotion; this program therefore cultivates excellence in workplace communication, interpersonal communication, writing and reports, and project development. Graduates will enjoy enhanced employability and advancement potential.

 

Career Information

Students in Fanshawe’s Advanced Communication for Professionals program learn widely transferable and in-demand skills applicable to a broad range of sectors, including business, finance, health care, information technology, management and technology. In addition to opening the door to an array of career opportunities, graduates can leverage acquired skills to enhance advancement potential in their chosen field.

Did you know Fanshawe consistently ranks high in graduation employment rates among large colleges in Ontario? 

Here are some examples of career opportunities for graduates of Fanshawe’s Advanced Communication for Professionals program:

Online English Teacher
Enthusiastic person who has strong compassionate teaching

Charity Ambassador

Create positive and meaningful differences in the world…passionate, outgoing, ethically minded World Changers

Communications and Legislative Services Coordinator

Implement communication strategies, press releases and external communication to the community

 

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to

1. Make effective rhetorical decisions to create focused, well-structured documents and presentations that implement professional stylistic conventions.
2. Analyze and successfully respond to the communication expectations of various professional audiences when creating professional documents and presentations.
3. Employ effective leadership skills in professional environments to promote increased communication efficiency and improved workplace collaboration.
4. Edit and adapt professional messages for multiple contexts and diverse media.
5. Synthesize sector-related research to produce relevant, persuasive reports.
6. Comply with intellectual property rights when synthesizing, citing, or repurposing others’ work in professional documents and presentations.
7. Produce visually effective documents and presentations.
8. Facilitate positive and productive interpersonal communication in the workplace to build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
9. Manage a collaborative project to ensure that it meets all required parameters (e.g. scope, timelines, etc.).

 

Admission Requirements

A Two- or Three-Year College Diploma, or a Degree
OR
Acceptable combination of related work experience and post-secondary education as judged by the College to be equivalent to the above*

Note:
    *Applicants may be required to submit a resume and cover letter that includes details of work experience.
International Admission Equivalencies
Admission equivalencies for Fanshawe depends on your country of study. Please enter your location to see the requirements for your country below.
English Language Requirements

English Language Requirements

Test Score
TOEFL iBT 88
IELTS Academic Overall score of 6.5 with no score less than 6.0 in any of the four bands
CAEL Overall score of 70 with no score less than 60 in any of the four bands
PTE Academic 59
Cambridge English Overall score of 176 with no language skill less than 169
ESL4/GAP5 Minimum grade of 80% in Level 9, 75% in Level 10
Duolingo Overall score of 120, with no score lower than 105

 

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Applicant Selection Criteria

Applicant Selection Criteria

Where the number of eligible applicants exceeds the available spaces in the program, the Applicant Selection Criteria will be:
  1. Preference for Permanent Residents of Ontario
  2. Receipt of Application by February 1st (After this date, Fanshawe College will consider applicants on a first-come, first-served basis until the program is full)
  3. Achievement in the Admission Requirements

Courses

Level 1
Take all of the following Mandatory courses:
COMM-6053Future-Ready Professional Communication3
Future-Ready Professional Communication equips students with the written and spoken communication skills they need in order to excel in today's highly connected world. Students will learn how to craft successful audience-focused documents and presentations, as well as how to effectively run and participate in virtual meetings. Additionally, they will develop confidence in evaluating and persuasively using research sources in research-based documents. Finally, they will study the contemporary norms of the Canadian workplace, and they will learn how to successfully adapt their own employment-focused communication to today's AI environment.
COMM-6029Communication Literacy & Ethics4
This course cultivates communication literacy and ethics. Through an in-depth analysis of messages used and abused in diverse domains (such as political propaganda, advertising, corporate language, social media, and televised news and entertainment), students will not only discover the private and public repercussions of communication misuse, but also learn to neutralize attempts at ideological, commercial and corporate manipulation. Students will also examine case studies of real-world business and professional communication that violates ethical norms.
COMM-6031Writing for the Web4
The hyper-connected 21st Century workplace has created new channels to produce digital media more rapidly, more often, and more widely than ever before. The ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and strategically in this environment is critical for reaching professional goals. In this course, students explore theoretical concepts, such as media richness and social presence, in various formats vital to the digital workplace. Students are also provided the opportunity to learn, develop, and apply web-based writing skills essential for career success and future growth. Subject areas include strategic web writing, designing for diversity and special audiences, the basics of SEO (search engine optimized) writing, social media management, and the principles of universal design. By the end of the course, students will have developed skills in constructing a range of representative web content.
COMM-6034Reading, Writing & Audience Analysis-Adv4
This course provides students with strong knowledge of the principles of clear, concise and correct communication. Students will analyze examples of written, visual and oral communication for their structure, style, tone, and rhetorical strategies, and will consider the relationship of the writer to his/her audience and purpose. Additionally, students will develop an appreciation of the stylistic and rhetorical conventions in specific professional fields (e.g. business, health sciences, technology, etc.). Finally, students will learn to apply these concepts to their own writing, and to construct well-structured and grammatically correct texts that fulfill audience needs and expectations.
PSYC-6005Comm Psychology for Professionals4
This course will focus on the application of psychological processes in the workplace with the goal of increasing communication and interpersonal competencies. We will examine the impacts of cognition, emotion, motivation, learning, and memory on key workplace issues, such as interviewing, teamwork, intercultural communication, and ethics. With an emphasis on organizational principles, students will develop strategies for fostering positive human interactions and productive communication.
MGMT-6204Agility in Project Management3
Students will learn the fundamentals of Agile project management, an approach best suited to complex projects with high uncertainty. Students will apply the Scrum Framework as one method that follows the Agile philosophy. Students will create product backlog user stories and estimate the effort to complete them. They will plan a Scrum sprint and contribute to a sprint review and sprint retrospective. Students will apply Agile principles to career planning. They will understand the current use of both Agile and hybrid project management in business.
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Tuition Summary

London

International Costs
$16,755.12
Total Cost of Program

*Total program costs are approximate, subject to change and do not include the health and dental plan fee, bus pass fee or program general expenses.

 

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