Undergraduate Certificate: Podcasting

Student Learning Outcomes

Students graduating from this program will:

  • Analyze and articulate the steps involved in taking a podcast from concept to publication.
  • Create professional-quality podcasts that reflect thorough planning, content development, and production standards.
  • Evaluate and apply ethical principles in podcasting, aligning with the best traditions of American broadcast journalism.
  • Research, formulate, and conduct interviews that adhere to professional standards in journalistic practices.
  • Demonstrate and apply effective on-air and on-camera presentation techniques, utilizing tone, pacing, clarity, and body language to engage and inform audiences.

This is a 12-credit hour certificate would benefit students from across the University with interesting stories to tell.

To be granted a certificate students must achieve a grade-point average of at least 2.0 in the 12-hour program described below. No credit will be given for courses in which the grade is below C-. This certificate may only be awarded in conjunction with a UMKC undergraduate degree.

Writing Course3
Select one of the following:
Introduction to Journalism
Literary Nonfiction
Production Course3
Podcast and Audio Production
Elective Coursework3
Introduction to Broadcast and Digital TV
Broadcast and Digital Media Presenting
The Art of the Interview
Writing, Broadcasting & Podcasting for Student Media
Intermediate Broadcast and Digital TV
The Craft of Creative Writing
Rhetorics of New Media
Multimodal Writing and Rhetoric
Introduction to Video and Design for Web Content
Story Development
Editing with Adobe Premiere
Documentary Production
Podcasting Final Project Course *3
Choose one of the following:
Publication Practicum
Oral History
Public History and New Media
Total Credits12
*

Please see course instructor to complete a contract for the podcasting final project. The contract must be completed by the end of the second week of the semester.