Graduate Certificate Programs in Anthropology

Organizational leaders who can effectively manage interpersonal relationships within complex and varied team structures are in high demand across all professional environments. The Certificate in Organizational Anthropology at Penn LPS Online, a 4-course, 4 c.u. credit online program of study, is designed to develop your understanding of how teams, corporations, and other organizations develop and reinforce culture, and this research to create stronger functioning groups.

Penn LPS Online courses in the Certificate in Organizational Anthropology are offered on an accelerated (8-week) schedule.

You have the option to enroll in individual courses without committing to the entire online certificate, enjoying the flexibility and expertise offered by Penn LPS Online to suit your schedule and interests.

Academic credit is defined by the University of Pennsylvania as a course unit (c.u.). A course unit (c.u.) is a general measure of academic work over a period of time, typically a term (semester or summer). A c.u. (or a fraction of a c.u.) represents different types of academic work across different types of academic programs and is the basic unit of progress toward a degree. One c.u. is usually converted to a four-semester-hour course.

The Certificate in Organizational Anthropology prepares you to:.

The Certificate in Organizational Anthropology is designed to build upon your education and enhance your professional expertise in a wide variety of career environments including:.

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CLAS offers graduate students from anthropology the possibility to enroll in a Certificate in Latin American Studies program and administers a number of summer research grants for students conducting research in Latin America. Education Foreign Language and Area Studies summer fellowships are available for the study of Brazilian Portuguese and indigenous languages of Latin America.

Applying Anthropology to Real World Problems (Plimpton Lecture Series).

The certificate is part of a university-wide program offering certificates in global health to students in diverse disciplines across the university. All students in the certificate program, regardless of discipline, take Fundamentals of Global Health (INTH 301 401) together. By combining disciplinary-based work in Anthropology with the interdisciplinary perspective gained in INTH 301 401, the Certificate in Global Health prepares students for a career in the field of global health.

ANTH 511: Seminar in Anthropology and Global Health.

This three course Business Anthropology Human Behavior Certificate Program expands the opportunities available to students by offering cross-disciplinary training in business and social science research methods. The program combines cross-cultural anthropological knowledge and qualitative methods with foundational business concepts to produce globally informed business leaders and cultural researchers.

Anthropologists use a broad set of tools to study human societies including participant observation, ethnography and in-depth interviewing. Anthropologists approach problems using a holistic mindset and often employ interdisciplinary tools. There are four main subfields of anthropology including cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.

Anthropology uses project-based learning to give participants valuable experiences that are easily transferable to real world positions. The skills you will learn in this program are relevant for many different career paths. This program brings together the best of both domains (business and anthropology) in a manner that facilitates success in the real world of global business.

Anthropology is offered in person and is open to all Clemson students looking to expand their knowledge. All participants must pass all three courses to receive the certificate.

This seminar provides an of business anthropology and a cross-cultural perspective on three main areas: consumer research, organizational culture, and design anthropology.

This course teaches qualitative research methods and analysis in the social sciences and their application in both business and academic settings.

Electives: Choose one (1) of the following courses.

The purpose of this course is to inquire into the meaning and being of leader and leadership in order to empower each of us to be leaders in our lives, communities, and societies. It is not a traditional academic inquiry into theories, models, and case studies leadership, but it does draw on interdisciplinary scholarship.

This course is an examination of selected individual and group behavioral science concepts and their application to the understanding of consumer decision making. Pre MKT 3010.

This course studies marketing from the international point of view. Emphasis is placed on the necessary modification of marketing thinking and practice for foreign markets due to individual environmental differences. Pre MKT 3010.

Applications accepted on a rolling basis, but must be approved before the beginning of the semester in which you plan to graduate.

Business Anthropology This seminar provides an of business anthropology and a cross-cultural perspective on three main areas: consumer research, organizational culture, and design, through the lens of project-based learning. Qualitative Methods This course teaches social science approaches to qualitative research methods and analysis, as applied in business through project-based learning.

Qualitative Methods This course teaches social science approaches to qualitative research methods and analysis, as applied in business through project-based learning.

I noticed that some of the courses on the approved electives list have pre-requisites.

Please be aware that all Marketing courses listed have a pre-req of MKT 3010 and all Psychology courses have a pre-req of PSYC 2010. Upon completion, participants will receive an electronic badge as well as a paper copy of the certificate (upon request).

Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices (IDMP).

The College of Media, Communication and Information is offering a Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices (IDMP) in conjunction with the MFA in Interdisciplinary Documentary Media Practices, which addresses the changing landscape of electronic media making by developing both analytical and production skills across a wide range of platforms, practices and technologies while simultaneously placing them within the broader perspective of culture and history.

The IDMP Certificate is open to any student pursuing a graduate degree in any department at CU Boulder. The MFA program is approached from a variety of philosophical and cross-disciplinary perspectives across both established and emerging digital platforms.

The Graduate Certificate Program in Environment, Policy and Society provides an interdisciplinary specialization for students in MA, PhD, and JD programs at CU-Boulder.

Transcend ordinary academic boundaries. Policy analyses to deal with these problems must integrate insights and information from many different disciplines. The Graduate Certificate program draws on courses in Anthropology, Biology, Economics, Geography, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, the College of Architecture and Planning, the College of Business, the College of Engineering, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the School of Law.

Designed for working museum professionals and graduate students in other departments, the Professional Certificate program is comparable to the Master of Science degree program, without cognate (disciplinary specialty) coursework and the thesis or project.

Certificate students may also take a hands-on practicum as appropriate and available.

The Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies (WGST) is designed as a complement to a graduate disciplinary degree program. The WGST Graduate Certificate provides graduate students with opportunities to think in an interdisciplinary fashion women and gender, and to learn from a variety of scholarly and methodological approaches.

Students who are currently enrolled in a graduate disciplinary degree or professional degree program are encouraged to apply for the Women and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate early in their course of graduate studies.

Graduate Certificate in Native American and Indigenous Studies.

The Graduate Certificate in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) offers graduate students the opportunity to strengthen their interdisciplinary knowledge and experience in this increasingly important area.

This interdisciplinary certificate requires a total of four courses (12 credits). One introductory course (ETHN 6103) is required of all students please note that it is being offered this fall.

Certificate in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP).

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. 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.

The Geography Department offers an interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Development Studies. Development Studies is a well-established, interdisciplinary field of research with institutional centers at a number of major universities and several scholarly journals dedicated to its study. Because development issues such as agrarian change, labor migration, new social movements, industrial growth, urban planning, and natural resource use cut across disciplinary divides, the study of development demands interdisciplinary approaches.

The Certificate in Remote Sensing is from the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department. Probing of other planets is accomplished largely by satellite remote sensing.

To recognize and reward graduate teachers who devote time to improving their teaching, the Graduate School offers a Certificate in College Teaching through the Graduate Teacher Program. Although such certificates are not officially recognized at the state or national level, graduate students report that they are an asset when pursuing employment in postsecondary institutions.

Institute of Behavioral Science Graduate and Postdoctoral Training.

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The Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science at LSU is a 12 credit hour standalone certificate with courses offered in the Geography and Anthropology, College of Art and Design, Economics the Coast and Environment, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Computer Science.

LSU awards the certificate at a regular graduation ceremony with an official LSU diploma and is recorded in the graduate transcript. Certificates can be earned by regularly enrolled, degree-seeking students, as well as non-traditional, certificate-only students. Graduate certificates provide a shortened, condensed, and focused course of study that often draws expertise from multiple academic units. Current Graduate students expecting to complete the requirements for the certificate must file an application for graduation with the Graduate School by the normal Application for Degree deadline of each semester or summer term.

Graduate certificates must be completed within five years from entrance into a certificate program.

Students must complete at least one method, theory, and applied topics course, for a combined total of 12 credit hours (though some courses may be listed under than one category, they may only be used to fill one requirement). Elective courses allow students to choose a focus within the certificate. For example, a returning professional with an interest in sustainability studies could take Environmental Economics and Policy and Design of Environmental Management Systems as electives. Each department will offer at least one elective course per semester.

At least one course must be from the field of Geography.

The course breakdown is as follows (3 credit hours for each):.

Graduate students who already have or are pursuing a graduate degree in another discipline, but have a need to develop specific geospatial skills to ir primary discipline.

People considering a graduate degree in this area, but do not have the time to complete a full degree program.

Sociology and Anthropology Social Aspects of Aging.

Get in-depth knowledge of the aging process. The social aspects of aging graduate certificate focuses on topics and challenges that come later in life, such as:.

Our program is multidisciplinary. Curriculum touches a variety of academic areas including family and consumer sciences, psychology, social work, speech pathology, and health sciences. This gives you get a well-rounded and engaging education.

The certificate requires 12 credit hours for completion.

Students in this program get to complete an experience in gerontology, such as a professional practice internship or an independent study topic relevant to the social aspects of aging.

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A student applying to a graduate certificate program must:.

Have earned a four-year bachelor degree or its equivalent from a college or university that is accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting association, or do so within one academic year.

The unofficial transcript should be easily readable and clearly indicate degree(s) awarded, courses and course grades for each term.

To apply to this program, you must submit:.

A writing sample, preferably a paper from a sociology course or other college course.

A statement of purpose explaining your career goals and why you are applying to this program.

Apply your faith and expand your practice with a certificate in Catholic Anthropology from the University of Mary.

In our program, you will come away with a deep understanding of the human person. Once you graduate, you will be able to:.

Explore the classical, Christian vision of full human flourishing. This course proceeds from the perspective of natural law and thus sees human persons as a unity of body, soul, rational intellect, will, and passions who are created to find happiness in freedom through virtue and called by God to particular vocations. It also examines related dimensions of emotions and experience. Students will learn the dynamics of this integrative, holistic, and transformative vision in its biblical, theological, and philosophical grounding, as well as its embedding in biological, psychological, and socio-cultural contexts.

Examine the emotional, passional, rational, sensory-perceptual, and cognitive dimensions of the human person. This course involves deep exploration of the integration of the theological, philosophical, and psychological grounding of the Catholic vision of the human person into aspects of clinical practice such as psychological evaluations and assessments, case conceptualization, and ongoing counseling of clients.

Engage in the Christian vision of the human flourishing in terms of its conviction that the human person is an integrated unity designed to live in mutually enriching relationships with God and other persons in true freedom and happiness. Particular diagnoses, such as depression and anxiety, are considered from psychological, theological, and philosophical perspectives with a view towards the proper understanding of Catholic anthropology and its successful integration into clinical practice for the sake of client growth, healing, and flourishing.

Reflect upon the nature and discernment of particular vocational states in life, asking what it means to receive and thrive in a call to be single, married, ordained, or consecrated. This course makes note of the comprehensive union of male and female in marriage as a natural and sacramental institution divinely ordained for the good of children, adults, families, and societies from the perspective of Catholic teaching as shaped by classical, legal, philosophical, biblical, and theological sources. The course involves the analysis of issues pertinent to clinical practice such as disorders and difficulties related to singleness, romance, marriage, and family.

The Departments of Anthropology and Cinema Studies offer a specialized joint course of study leading to a New York State Certificate in Culture and Media for NYU graduate students who are also pursuing their PhD degrees in Anthropology, Cinema Studies, Comparative Literature, Italian Studies, or Spanish and Portuguese. It is also offered to students pursuing an MA in Cinema Studies or XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement.

This graduate program provides a focused course of studies integrating production with theory and research. Training in this program will enable students to pursue the following:.

A career in media requiring an understanding of anthropology, such as specialized programming and distribution of ethnographic film and video, community-based documentary production, management of ethnographic film video libraries and archives, or work in new media.

INTERNSHIPS The program also arranges supervised internships for course credit, tailored to individual research and professional interests. Students work in a variety of programming and production positions for institutions, such as: The National Museum of the American Indian, Film-Video Center The Museum of Modern Art, Film.

RESOURCES The Anthropology Department has a film and video screening theater that seats up to forty. Our excellent and expanding study collection of over 2000 ethnographic documentary film and video works - from direct cinema to experimental genres - includes most of the classics, important recent works, and a unique and comprehensive collection of works by indigenous media makers from all parts of the world. The Cinema Studies has a collection of over 38,000 videos and 3000 16mm prints at The George Amberg Memorial Film Study Center, and New York University Avery Fisher Music and Media Center has over 2000 documentaries as well as other films available to students in its video library facility. NYU Bobst Library has extensive streaming available through Kanopy and Alexander Street.