| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-19 | - |
| 2024-09-21 | - |
| 2024-09-20 | - |
| 2025-09-19 | - |
| 2025-09-21 | - |
| 2025-09-20 | - |
Program Overview
The Advertising Creative Certificate, designed for students aspiring for creative roles in advertising, equips them with advanced skills in copywriting, art direction, and industry software. The program fosters portfolio development and prepares students for careers in art direction, creative agencies, and advertising agencies. Through internships, practical experiences, and access to industry professionals, students gain hands-on experience and enhance their marketability.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Advertising Creative Certificate is a program designed for students interested in working on the creative side of advertising. It consists of 18 semester credit hours and includes courses in both copywriting and art direction, as well as the computer programs used by creative advertising professionals. Students will develop their portfolios as part of their coursework.
Objectives:
The program aims to provide students with:
- Advanced course options in advertising, interdisciplinary art and design, or communication design.
- Skills and knowledge to pursue careers as art directors or in creative agencies.
- A strong foundation in copywriting, art direction, and the use of industry-standard software.
- A portfolio of work that showcases their creative abilities.
Careers:
The program prepares students for careers in:
- Art direction
- Creative agencies
- Advertising agencies
Other:
- The program is not a separate major track but an extension of the standard coursework offered by the advertising concentration of the journalism major.
- Students must have journalism major status, IADS major status, or communication design major status and meet specific departmental requirements to qualify.
- UNT is located in the fifth-largest media market in the country, offering access to numerous internship opportunities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- The program teaches advanced art direction, creative portfolio development, visual strategy, and developing ads for television, print, and the web.
- Students can participate in supervised, intensive practical experience working with SWOOP or GRAVITAS, the national advertising campaigns competition.
- Professional internships and practicum opportunities are also available.
- The certificate is open to students in the College of Visual Arts and Design.
