International Children, Youth, and Families Graduate Certificate

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Graduate Certificate Type

Add-On

Stand-Alone (earned terminal degree required)

Admissions Standards/Procedures

Certificate candidates must currently be admitted to a graduate program at the university or hold a terminal degree and submit an application for the certificate and be officially admitted through the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Academic Standards

A minimum 3.50 graduate GPA must be earned in all certificate courses.

Credit Hours Required

12 graduate credit hours

Required Courses

• CFS 635 - International Perspectives on Children, Youth, and Family

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  Select one of the following

• CFS 555 - Cross-Cultural Research in Early Care and Education  OR
• CFS 560 - Culture and Early Development

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  Select two of the following:

• ANTH 421 - Refugees and Displaced People
• ANTH 531 - Ethnographic Research Methods
• CFS 552 - Diversity in Children and Families
• CSE 549 - Topics in International Education
• CSE 550 - Multicultural Education
• CSE 591 - Issues in Cultural Studies
• CSE 592 - Social Justice and Education
• SPST 504 - History and Sociology of International Sports

Non-Course Requirements

To receive the certificate, students must:
1) complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form (located on the Graduate School webpage under the Forms Central tab) and
2) through MyUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.