Climate change, emerging diseases, dramatic discoveries in medicine, rapidly evolving technologies, and other science and public policy challenges underscore the growing importance of science communication. In this program, you'll learn to evaluate sources and apply strategies, technologies, and ethical considerations for communicating scientific information. These skills will give you the foundation to effectively conceptualize, research, write, and edit professional-quality products for various audiences. Climate change, emerging diseases, dramatic discoveries in medicine, rapidly evolving technologies, and many other challenges that touch on both science and public policy underscore the great and growing importance of effective communication about science. It is incumbent on those who will be working in the realm of publicly relevant science to themselves have a good grasp of the strategies, technologies, and ethical considerations of effective communication. This 15-credit certificate, which can be completed either in person or through a combination of an intensive summer program and distance learning, will provide students with a broad overview of communication needs and strategies, extensive hands-on experience with communication tools such as writing tactics and photography, audio, and video technologies, and the opportunity to produce an in-depth individualized communication project under the guidance of a faculty mentor.