Graduate Certificate in International Development
The International Development Graduate Certificate provides essential education and training for global program managers and policymakers in economic development and social improvement challenges.
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Overview
Graduate Certificate in International Development
The International Development Graduate Certificate equips professionals with essential skills to tackle economic and social challenges. Combining agricultural expertise, engineering insight and political science, it addresses food security, trade, sustainability and resilience.
This interdisciplinary program is designed to advance the careers of project managers, policymakers, engineers analysts and other professionals who work in international development areas.
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Program Specifics
More information on courses and faculty can be found at the program website.
Required (choose 9 credit hours)
Course Number and Name Credit Hours
- ASEC 551: International Engagement and Development Strategies 3
- POL 54101: Applied Foundations of Global Development 3
Required (choose one engineering course below):
- ENE 55400: Globalization and Engineering 3
- CE 597: Global Sustainable Engineering 3
Elective (choose 3 credit hours):
Course Number and Name Credit Hours
Agriculture Electives
- ASEC 54600 Communication and Issues Engagement for Agricultural Professionals
- ASEC 54800 Communicating Science to the Public
- AGEC 68100 Economics for Food and Agribusiness Managers
- AGEC 68200 The Macroeconomics and Trade Environment of the Food System
- AGEC 68400 Applied Quantitative Methods for Decision Making
- AGEC 68500 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Decision Making Under Uncertainty
- AGEC 68600 Strategic Food and Agribusiness Management
Political Science Electives
- POL 52101 Applied Public Policy: Institutions, Processes, and Practices
- POL 52901 Applied Policy and Program Evaluation
Engineering Electives
- CE 54300 Coastal Engineering
- CE 54900 Computational Watershed Hydrology
- CE 55000 Physico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering I
- ECE 51018 Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- ENE 55400 Globalization and Engineering
- CE 53600 Nondestructive Testing and Sensing for Civil Infrastructures
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Career Outcomes
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