Graduate Certificate Programs

Most of the certificate programs are open to all students pursuing a graduate program at the university, regardless of college or field. These interdisciplinary programs can complement your primary area of interest, broaden your career possibilities, or allow you to study an area of interest from a variety of perspectives. You will be awarded the certificate and receive official recognition on your transcript when you graduate.

Conservation Biology

The Program of Conservation Biology offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in conservation biology. The program applies a multifaceted understanding of the factors affecting the conservation of biological diversity. It is centered in the Department of Biological Sciences but includes faculty members from the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Economics, Geography and Political Science.

Contemporary History

The Contemporary History Institute offers a certificate in contemporary history that serves as an adjunct to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history, M.A. degrees in economics and political science, the M.S. in journalism, and the Ph.D. in mass communication (journalism sequence). The institute is centered in the Department of History, but it also draws faculty and students from the Departments of Economics and Political Science, the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, and the undergraduate Honors Tutorial College.

Gerontology

Co-sponsored by the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Health and Human Services, this program provides the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills for a career in working with the elderly.

Geographic Information Science (GIS)

Geographic Information Science (GIS) is an important synthesis of
traditional mapping with more advanced tools of data modeling and analysis
to provide new and enhanced information on geospatial topics. The power of
GIS is the use of spatial analysis techniques to analyze geographic
information. This graduate certificate program offers a balance of theory
and technical training in Geographic Information Science (GIS). The
certificate program is designed to be sufficiently flexible to accommodate
students working toward their degree in the university as well as those
students who already have a degree and seek additional expertise in the
application of these technologies in their work environment.

Women's Studies

In addition to taking introductory and advanced coursework in women's studies, students may select special courses from a variety of disciplines within the university.