Find Your Perfect Match
Start. Stack. Succeed.
Enhance your marketability with one of our 14 undergraduate certificates, available as standalone programs or in combination with another degree. Many certificates offer flexible pathways, allowing you to apply earned credits toward a future degree as you explore your interests or advance your career.
Why Add a Certificate?
A certificate can help you build specialized knowledge, strengthen your skills, and explore an area that supports your academic or professional goals.
Build Specialized Skills
Develop focused knowledge and skills in an area that supports your academic or professional goals.
Strengthen Your Degree
Add a complementary area of study that enhances your major and broadens your skill set.
Explore a New Field
Gain experience in an area you're interested in without pursuing another major.
Support Your Career Goals
Build targeted knowledge and skills that can help prepare you for professional opportunities or future study.
Explore CGS Certificates
CGS offers certificates in areas ranging from communication and writing to healthcare, leadership, technology, and public service. Certificates can help you build specialized knowledge and skills while complementing your degree or supporting your professional goals.
Accounting
Post-Baccalaureate • 24 credits
Develop accounting knowledge and skills through a program designed for students who already hold a bachelor's degree.
Communication
24 credits
Develop professional written and oral communication skills for academic and professional settings.
Community Health Assessment
18 credits
Explore the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence community health and well-being.
Corporate and Community Relations
18 credits
Develop skills for communicating strategically and effectively with internal and external audiences.
Digital Media
18 credits
Develop multimedia production skills in areas including video, audio, and graphic design.
Disability Studies
18 credits
Explore disability through a flexible, interdisciplinary framework.
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
18 credits
Examine the role of gender, sexuality, and women in society through an interdisciplinary perspective.
Information System Design
18 credits
Build knowledge in database management, user-centered design, security, and information technology.
Leadership
18 credits
Develop leadership knowledge and skills for use across academic, professional, and community settings.
Available to degree-seeking students who meet the prerequisite.
Managing Health Services and Programs
18 credits
Develop management skills and knowledge relevant to careers in healthcare and health services.
National Preparedness and Homeland Security
18 credits
Explore preparedness and response to emergencies, severe weather, terrorism, and other threats.
Nonprofit Management
18 credits
Develop practical knowledge and skills in nonprofit management, fundraising, and organizational leadership.
Writing
21 credits
Strengthen writing skills across academic, creative, and professional contexts.
Writing for the Professions
18 credits
Develop writing proficiency for professional and workplace communication.
Who Can Add a CGS Certificate?
CGS certificates aren't just for CGS students. Eligible Pitt students and non-degree students may be able to pursue a CGS certificate, depending on the certificate and its requirements.
CGS Students
Already a CGS Student?
Talk with your CGS academic advisor about adding a certificate and how it fits into your academic plan.
Contact CGS Advising →Other Pitt Students
Major Outside of CGS?
Current Pitt students whose major is outside of CGS may be able to add an eligible CGS certificate by completing the CGS Minor or Certificate Declaration Form.
Explore Certificate Admissions →Plan Your Certificate
Planning ahead can help you make sure your certificate fits smoothly into your academic or professional goals.
Complete at Least Half at Pitt
At least half of your certificate coursework must be completed at the University of Pittsburgh.
Meet the GPA Requirement
You must earn a minimum 2.0 GPA in your certificate coursework.
Check for Additional Requirements
Some certificates have specific eligibility, prerequisite, or admission requirements.
Plan Early
Plan your certificate early so you have enough time to complete the required coursework before graduation.
Good to know: Some CGS certificates have additional requirements. The Leadership Certificate is available only to degree-seeking students who meet the prerequisite, and the Accounting Certificate is a post-baccalaureate program with specific admission requirements.
Ready to Build on Your Goals?
A CGS certificate gives you a focused way to develop knowledge and skills that complement your education, support your career plans, or open the door to a new area of interest.
CGS Students: Talk with your academic advisor about your options.
Students from Other Pitt Schools: Complete the CGS Minor or Certificate Declaration Form.
Explore More Pitt Certificates
CGS students can also enhance their degree by adding an undergraduate certificate offered by another Pitt school or center.
Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
University Center for International Studies
Good to know: Certificate offerings and requirements may change. Check the individual school or center website for the most up-to-date information.