Certificates

Academic Program Certificates

Academic program certificates allow you to develop an area of expertise that will complement and enhance your PhD program. Certificate requirements vary by program but typically include required courses that will indicate secondary competency in another area of study, participation in a colloquium, and sometimes research and teaching expectations. If you are interested in obtaining an academic certificate, you should contact the program director or DGS of the relevant program (see below). You must apply separately to enroll in a certificate program.

Current certificates:

• Archaia (Graduate Certificate in the Study of Ancient and Premodern Cultures and Societies)
• Environmental Humanities 
• Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
• Film and Media Studies
• Leadership and Research Management for Physician-Scientists
• MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies (Graduate Certificates of Concentration in Area Studies)
  • African Studies
  • European Studies
  • Latin American and Iberian Studies
  • Modern Middle East Studies
• Material Histories of the Human Record
• Medical Research Scholars Program
• Physical and Engineering Biology (PEB)
• Public Humanities
• Quantum Materials Science and Engineering
• Translation Studies
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
   

Certificates in Training

Certificates in training provide you with professional skills that will dovetail with your research interests. The Center for Language Study and the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning offer certificates in training:

• Public Communication Certificate
• Certificate of College Teaching Preparation (CCTP)
• Certificate in Second Language Acquisition (SLA)