The course is conducted via the Internet, with lessons completed according to your schedule, and email assignments due on a weekly basis. On completion you will be able to conduct basic CI activities for your business or organization. Material about the topic, pointers to important sites, and short assignments are provided at the website. Students work with the lessons and then submit their assignments to a WebBoard for discussion with the instructors and other students. There are also optional, scheduled live-chat sessions.
Students receive individual attention from the instructors.
Please allow between 5 - 8 hours each week to comfortably cover the material. Business researchers, communication specialists, public relations practitioners, journalists, librarians, strategy analysts, policy makers and CI practitioners. A certificate is available for this course. To be eligible, students must complete the weekly assignments and write a one-hour, online exam at the end of the course.