Graduate Certificate Programs
Certificate in Applied Behavioral Science
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The Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavioral Science is offered by faculty from the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) – one of the nation’s leading interdisciplinary social science research institutes – and the departments of anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology. The goal of the Certificate program is to train a new kind of social scientist who understands the social and economic changes that impact contemporary communities, can utilize a variety of research methodologies, is sensitive to ethical issues in applied behavioral research and teaching, and is comfortable in settings of ethnic, cultural, and racial diversity. The general requirements for the Certificate include four courses and participation in IBS research and scholarly activities. Students take a two-semester (6-credit) seminar in applied behavioral science which focuses on the logic, theories, and methods of interdisciplinary inquiry, problem solving in research settings, methods of inquiry, and ethical issues. They also take a two-course graduate research methods sequence in a department other than their home department. Certificate students are required to spend one year as a participating member of an IBS research team and attend IBS research colloquia.
NOTE: This certificate program is currently on hold. Students interested in the certificate should contact Professor Edward Greenberg, Director, Political and Economic Change, Institute of Behavioral Sciences Edward.Greenberg@Colorado.edu.
Certificate in Environment, Policy, and Society
http://www.colorado.edu/EnvironmentalPolicyCertificate/
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In order to develop sophisticated understandings of contemporary environmental issues, today's scholars must transcend historical academic disciplinary boundaries. Indeed, complex issues related to energy, climate change, species preservation, air and water quality, are best dealt with by valuing insights by multiple perspectives. The Graduate Certificate Program in Environment, Policy, and Society allows students the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary exploration of these contemporary environmental problems by drawing from courses across a wide range of social science disciplines. The Graduate Certificate in Environment, Policy, and Society will be supplemental to the degree being sought and will enhance students’ learning experience and knowledge base. The program draws on courses in Anthropology, Economics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, the College of Architecture and Design, the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the School of Law. The program requires 18 hours of approved courses, including a cornerstone and a capstone course. For further details, please contact:
Environmental Policy Certificate
Program
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 397
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0397
(303) 735-4993; Fax: (303) 492-5207
E-mail: Corlin.Ambler@Colorado.edu
Certificate in Museology
http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/mfs/requirements_certificate.html
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The Graduate Professional Certificate program requires 12 credit hours of graduate museum studies coursework and a 75-hour museum internship. This program provides professional training and certification for students at the University of Colorado, Boulder whose primary enrollment is in a graduate program in another museum-related discipline. The curriculum for each student is developed in consultation with the Curator of Museum and Field Studies and the student's principal advisor in Anthropology.
The application for the Professional Certificate is available by contacting the Museum and Field Studies office:
Kathy Freeman
Graduate Program Coordinator
Museum and Field Studies Program
University of Colorado, 265 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0265
Phone: 303-492-5437
FAX: 303-735-0128
Email: kathleen.freeman@colorado.edu
Certificate in Women and Gender Studies
http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/WomenStudies/graduatecertificate.html
The Graduate Certificate in Women
and Gender Studies is designed as a complement
to a graduate
disciplinary degree program. The
Certificate provides graduate students with opportunities
to think in
an interdisciplinary fashion about
women and gender, and to learn from a variety
of scholarly and
methodological approaches such as
critical feminist, race, and legal theory, cultural
studies, political
economy, queer theory, as well as
traditional disciplinary methodologies.
Students interested in the Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies can call 303-492-8923 or visit the office at the Hazel Gates-Woodruff Cottage on Broadway.
Graduate Certificate
in Science and Technology Policy
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/stcert
Society has a growing need for expertise
in science and technology policy. The Graduate
Certificate in
Science and Technology Policy at
the University of Colorado-Boulder is a rigorous educational program to
prepare students pursuing graduate degrees for careers
at the interface of science, technology, and
decision making. Past recipients of the certificate have gone on to positions in US Congress, academia, NOAA, and other policy relevant positions.
Students come from such graduate programs as Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geography, Journalism, and Mechanical Engineering. Students enrolled receive either a Masters or PhD in their department and a certificate in science and technology policy.
Upon completion of the Certificate
Program, students will have attained a measure
of understanding of
the broad societal context of science
and technology as well as an introduction to
methodologies of
policy analysis that are used in
decision settings related to science and technology.
For more information contact Ami Nacu-Schmidt, ami@cires.colorado.edu or visit the certificate program website: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/stcert/.
Certificate
in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP)
http://www.colorado.edu/ling/faculty/kira_hall/certificate.html
The Graduate Certificate Program
in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP)
is an
interdisciplinary course of study
designed to complement the MA or PhD curriculum
required by a
student’s home department. The Certificate
Program provides graduate students with the opportunity
to pursue the study of language and
society from an interdisciplinary perspective,
acquiring a variety
of theoretical and methodological
approaches to the sociocultural analysis of language.
The traditions
of socially oriented language research
addressed in CLASP-approved courses reflect the
diversity of
its 23 affiliated faculty members.
These traditions include the sociology of language,
linguistic
anthropology, narrative studies,
philosophy of language, symbolic interactionism,
rhetoric,
sociolinguistics, pragmatics, language
and cognition, conversation analysis, ethnography
of speaking,
intercultural communication, second
language acquisition, language and literacy,
bilingualism and
code-switching, and varied forms
of socially oriented discourse analysis.
Program director: Kira Hall, Department
of Linguistics, Campus Box 295.
Graduate Interdisciplinary Certificate in Development Studies
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/dart/resources/development_studies_certificate.htm
The proposed Graduate Certificate in Development Studies aims to achieve four central goals.
First, it is directed at providing inter-disciplinary training in the field of development studies. Thus, the certificate begins with a required three-semester, inter-disciplinary core-course taught by a team of development studies faculty drawn from the Departments of Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, and Sociology. The core-course sequence integrates the key concepts and main perspectives from these social science disciplines in order to examine the history, theory, and policy debates that inform approaches to development problems in the contemporary period.
Second, the certificate is intended to guide students in developing specialized knowledge in one of five focused streams within development studies: i) environment and development; ii) the economics of development; iii) governance and development; iv) population and development; or v) gender and development. For each of these specializations, students are required to take the three-seminar core course sequence. Students are also expected to take 3 additional courses from the lists that are explicitly linked to their specialization, for a total of 6 3-credit graduate seminars for Certificate completion.
Third, the Graduate Certificate in Development Studies is aimed at extending the success of the already existing course sequence in Sustainable Development. While the Sustainable Development seminar series is currently housed in Geography, the sequence now includes segments taught by faculty from Economics (Charles Becker at C.U. Denver), Anthropology (Terry McCabe), Sociology (Jane Menken), and Political Science (Sam Fitch and Kimberly Niles).
Finally, the Certificate in Development Studies will provide training that will assist students in meeting the expectations of future employers in the field of development studies.
Anthropology contact: Terry McCabe tmccabe@colorado.edu