Certificates are not a major or a minor. Certificate programs focus on developing students and demonstrating their commitment to high academic standards within a specific area of interest. The School of Architecture, the Rinker School of Building Construction, and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning offer certificate programs. The interdisciplinary concentration and certificate in historic preservation is offered to all units in the College of DCP and to museum studies in the College of Fine Arts.
Certificate Program in Sustainable Architecture
Course Requirements. Students enrolled in the certificate program in Sustainable Architecture must have a minimum of 12 credits of approved electives. They must also do a research project, or thesis for the master's program on a subject, preapproved by the governing board, related to sustainable architecture.
Goal. The goal of the program is to establish a standard set of courses and activities that provide architectural graduate students, in the MArch and the MSAS program, with knowledge and experience, in preparation for careers related to sustainable design.
Students meeting the curriculum requirements will receive official recognition of having completed the certificate. This achievement will be signified through a certificate issued by the School of Architecture, for the Concentration in Sustainable Architecture, signed by the director of the School of Architecture.
International Construction Management Program (Graduate)
The Rinker School of Building Construction offers graduate and undergraduate certificate programs in International Construction Management and Fire and Emergency Services, respectively. To be eligible for the graduate certificates you must have earned a bachelor's degree. The graduate certificates are:
Fire and Emergency Services (Undergraduate)
To be eligible for the undergraduate certificates you must have a high school diploma. The undergraduate certificates offered are:
By achieving these certificates, you will have a credential that indicates you have accomplished specialized, high quality study in the field of Fire Officer and International Construction Management. NOTE: These certificates can be completed by registering as a non-degree seeking student.
Interdisciplinary Concentration in Geographic Information Systems
To integrate existing geographic information systems (GIS) resources on campus, and in response to changing regulatory environments in institutions at all levels, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Department of Landcsape Architecture developed a graduate level (Master and Ph.D.) interdisciplinary concentration in Geographic Information Systems (ICGIS).
The objective of this concentration is to establish a standard set of courses and activities that will allow graduate students to become experts in the creation, study, and use of geographic information. Such graduates will be in a strong position to meet future regulatory requirements for certification as professionals. To achieve this objective, the GIS community of the university has established a five-category curriculum that would add several courses to the standard Master or Ph.D. requirements, and would result in official recognition of having completed the concentration by statements on participating students' transcripts and signified by a certificate issued by the Concentration's board of directors.
Planning Information and Analysis Systems Certificate
The Urban and Regional Planning department offers a graduate certificate program, allowing students to follow a special concentration. The Planning Information and Analysis Systems Certificate Program (PIAS) is designed to provide students with a strong core of geographic information systems (GIS) skills. Once completed, the student will be prepared to manage a GIS organization or project, including the development of budget and personnel requirements for a government agency or private organization wishing to employ geographic information systems and analysis.
To complete a specialization the student must:
Interdisciplinary Concentration and Certificate in Historic Preservation
The Historic Preservation Studies program offers the Interdisciplinary Concentration and Certificate in Historic Preservation. The ICCHP integrates resources from throughout the campus to address the diverse topics relevant to the field. Thus, the ICCHP establishes a set of courses that allow graduate students to gain expertise in research and application of historic preservation in the United States and abroad. Depending upon the student’s career goals and background, this can include recognizing, documenting, and protecting historic structures and sites; rehabilitation and restoration technologies; and/or exploring emerging and related specializations such as community development and sustainable development.
The interdisciplinary curriculum structure draws upon course work providing 12 graduate credit hours for the master’s and 15 graduate credit hours for the Ph.D. of specialized study in historic preservation. Completion of these credits would result in official recognition of having completed the concentration by statements on participating students’ transcripts and by a certificate.
Master's and doctoral students may participate in the ICCHP.
