Strategic Marketing Communications

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We commit to a 4-day schedule, including some late afternoon, evening, and Saturday classes at our Kitchener - Downtown (DTK) campus.
To effectively participate in this program, students must have reliable Internet access and will be issued a laptop, included in the program fees. Students will be provided with instruction on how to pick up their device.

Program description - January 2025

Strategic Marketing Communications is an experiential, career-focused program for graduate students who want to learn how to work in the multiple roles expected in the marketing and communications fields. Graduates will enter an evolving area of the communications sector. The move to integrate the ways an organization communicates to its internal and external stakeholders has grown, in part, due to the pervasive use of social media which both enhances and challenges communicators globally. All sectors of business and not-for-profit organizations must now manage both offline and online images and messages for consistency across the traditional silos of marketing, sales, advertising, and public relations. While graduates have the knowledge to work in these diverse fields, they do so by integrating the disciplines with a common strategic direction, to achieve the goals of the organizations that employ them. This strategic approach is emphasized through the planning phase and reinforced as students learn to produce professional collateral and digital content using industry-standard technology and emerging social platforms. Learning culminates in a client-based capstone project to develop an integrated marketing communications plan.

As part of Conestoga’s commitment to innovative learning strategies, a laptop is included in the program fees. The laptop initiative enables you to have current and relevant resources, and an interactive learning experience. You will be able to access course materials, participate in collaborative learning environments and build the technological skills needed in today's workforce. Students will receive instructions on how they will obtain their device.

Program details

Code: 1403
Start: January 2025
Campus: Kitchener – Downtown
Delivery: Hybrid
Length: 2 years
Credential: Ontario College Graduate Certificate

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Tuition & fees

Tuition and fee details for the 2024-2025 academic year (September to August) are listed below. Books and supplies may be additional.

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Canadian

International

Tuition
$15844.00
$15844.00
Ancillary Fees
$2880.39
$3985.49
Total Fees
$18724.39
$19829.49

Canadian fee details

Description Winter 2025 Spring 2025
Certificate Program Tuition Fee $7922.00 $7922.00
Administration Fee $25.00 $25.00
CSI Advocacy Fee $8.00 $8.00
CSI Association Fee $102.00 $102.00
CSI Extended Health & Dental Plan Fee $221.10 -
CSI Legal Care Fee $20.10 -
CSI UPass Fee $118.97 $118.97
Device Fee $1225.00 -
eText Fee $152.00 -
Graduation/Alumni Services Fee $20.00 $20.00
HST $159.25 -
ONE Card Fee $7.50 $7.50
Student Services $86.00 $86.00
Technology Enhancement Fee $110.00 $110.00
CSI - Student Welcome Kit Fee (optional) $70.00 -
CSI Student Club & Society Fee (optional) $4.00 $4.00
CSI Student Events Fee (optional) $30.00 $30.00
Sustainability Fee (optional) $5.00 $5.00
Term Total $10285.92 $8438.47
Year Total   $18724.39

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International fee details

Description Winter 2025 Spring 2025
Grad. Cert. Program Tuition $7922.00 $7922.00
Administration Fee $25.00 $25.00
CSI Advocacy Fee $8.00 $8.00
CSI Association Fee $102.00 $102.00
CSI College Int'l Health Insurance Plan (CIHIP) $355.10 -
CSI Extended Health & Dental Plan Fee $221.10 -
CSI Legal Care Fee $20.10 -
CSI UPass Fee $118.97 $118.97
Device Fee $1225.00 -
eText Fee $152.00 -
Graduation/Alumni Services Fee $20.00 $20.00
HST $159.25 -
ISR $375.00 $375.00
ONE Card Fee $7.50 $7.50
Student Services $86.00 $86.00
Technology Enhancement Fee $110.00 $110.00
CSI - Student Welcome Kit Fee (optional) $70.00 -
CSI Student Club & Society Fee (optional) $4.00 $4.00
CSI Student Events Fee (optional) $30.00 $30.00
Sustainability Fee (optional) $5.00 $5.00
Term Total $11016.02 $8813.47
Year Total   $19829.49

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Program device requirements

Program device & software requirements

This program requires you to have a device that meets certain specifications. For most students, this cost is in addition to the tuition & fees listed above.

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Financial assistance is not available for this program.

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Delivery sequence - January 2025 - Kitchener – Downtown

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