For students who are looking for professional development, certificate programs offer a course concentration in a specific area of study. Undergraduate certificates typically involve taking 6 to 10 courses of three credits each. The credits can often be applied to a degree.
To apply for an undergraduate certificate, follow the College of General Studies application procedures
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Click on a title below for program requirements.
Accounting
(post-baccalaureate, 25 credits)
Acquire both a practical and theoretical foundation in the field of accounting. Develop a career in accounting or another business field in which substantial knowledge in accounting is an asset. A bachelor's degree (in any field) is required to pursue this certificate.
Communication
(undergraduate, 24 credits)
Refine and polish your communication skills in a variety of areas, including nonverbal communication, public speaking, organizational communication, and persuasion in political settings.
Community Health Assessment
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Learn to communicate and interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, identify behaviors that promote or compromise health, and learn how to apply administrative and data skills to non-profits. This multi-disciplinary curriculum is for people currently in or desiring to enter the health services field.
Corporate/Community Relations
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Learn how organizations large and small educate, inform, and/or persuade various internal and external publics. Explore the dynamic nature of mass media, how they affect audience response, and how to develop the strategies and messages that will effectively achieve an organization's goals.
Digital Media
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Produce engaging interactive programs as you explore the importance and power of visual images in corporate communications. Understand the history, evolution and techniques of using images to communicate with mass audiences. Learn how to incorporate exciting new technologies to inform, persuade, and entertain.
Information System Design
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Expand your opportunities for educational growth, career advancement, or career change in the information systems field. Pursue as a stand-alone continuing education program or as preparation for a bachelor, master or doctorate degree.
Managing Health Services Programs and Projects
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Improve your administrative and business skills in the healthcare field with an emphasis on grant and research project management. The multi-disciplinary curriculum is for people currently in or desiring to enter the health services field, and includes courses in such subject areas as statistics, health services, communications, and public administration/public service.
Nonprofit Management
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Make a difference in society. Get a start or gain advanced standing in the nonprofit arena with coursework that gives you insight into the field. Couple your marketing, advertising, program development, fundraising, or public relations foundation with a certificate in Nonprofit Management. Upon completion of this certificate, participants will be able to organize, manage, or supervise a nonprofit; effectively raise revenue through fundraising; and understand the structural and financial issues unique to nonprofits.
Women's Studies
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Both women and men can fulfill a personal and practical understanding of women's roles in society. Explore a feminist philosophy of the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.
Writing
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Polish and refine your writing skills. Electives may be taken in any combination of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing.
Writing for the Professions
(undergraduate, 18 credits)
Prepare yourself to communicate with fellow specialists as well as nonexperts in your chosen discipline. Develop professional writing skills that are critical to success in many positions, including those that are primarily technical in nature. Learn how to determine a specific goal and/or purpose of a document, then organize and develop clearly written prose in support of that purpose.
A&S Certificate Programs
Certificates offered through the School of Arts and Sciences are earned in addition to a major and may be used to satisfy the related area requirement, depending upon the major department chosen.
UCIS Certificate Programs
The University Center for International Studies (UCIS) offers undergraduate certificate programs through its four area studies centers (Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Russian and East European Studies, West European Studies), as well as undergraduate certificates in African Studies and Global Studies.