Certificate Programs
Most of the certificate programs listed on this page are open to all students pursuing a graduate program at the university, regardless of college or field, and the health policy certificate is open to nondegree students as well. These interdisciplinary programs can complement your primary area of interst, broaden your career possibilities, or allow you to study an area of interest from a variety of perspectives. You will be awarded the certificate and receive official recognition on your transcript when you graduate.
Conservation Biology
The Program in Conservation Biology offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in conservation biology. The program applies a multifaceted understanding of the factors affecting the conservation of biological diversity. It is centered in the Department of Biological Sciences but includes faculty members from the Departments of Environmental and Plant Biology, Economics, Geography, and Political Science.
Students enrolled in any master's or doctoral program at Ohio University are eligible to apply for the certificate. For additional information on admission and requirements, see the program description in the College of Arts and Sciences section.
Contemporary History
The Contemporary History Institute offers a certificate in contemporary history that serves as an adjunct to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history, M.A. degrees in economics and political science, the M.S. in journalism, and the Ph.D. in mass communication (journalism sequence). The institute is centered in the Department of History, but it also draws faculty and students from the Departments of Economics and Political Science, the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, and the undergraduate Honors Tutorial College.
Students receive the certificate after satisfactorily completing a sequence of interdisciplinary seminars and tutorials focusing on the methodology, themes, and issues in contemporary history and writing a thesis or dissertation on some aspect of that subject.
For additional information on admission and requirements, see the program description in the College of Arts and Sciences section.
Gerontology
The College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Health and Human Services, through its Institute for the College of Health and Human Services, jointly sponsor the graduate Gerontology Certificate Program for students who want to gain knowledge and skills for a career that involves working with the elderly.
Students enrolled in any master's or doctoral program at Ohio University are eligible to apply for the certificate. For additional information on admission and requirements, see the program description in the College of Health and Human Services section.
Health Policy
The multidisciplinary graduate certificate in health policy addresses the educational needs of graduate students and professionals in health care and related industries who have already earned a bachelor's or graduate degree. It is designed particularly for those who work or plan to work in business, government, health sciences, hearing and speech sciences, medicine, nursing, nutrition, political science, physical therapy, psychology, or social work.
Students enrolled in any master's or doctoral program at Ohio University, as well as nondegree students, are eligible to apply for the certificate. For additional information on admission and requirements, see the program description in the College of Health and Human Services section.
Women's Studies
The interdisciplinary graduate certificate in women's studies can enrich any degree program; it may be particularly helpful to those who plan to work in such areas as journalism, counseling, education, health, management, labor relations, social work, law, personnel, and wherever analysis of cultural definitions of sex roles and knowledge of the changing social, legal, and political status of women is useful.
Students enrolled in any master's or doctoral program at Ohio University are eligible to apply for the certificate. For additional information on admission and requirements, see the program description in the College of Arts and Sciences section.
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