Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights Graduate Certificate

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Graduate Certificate Type

Add-On

Admissions Standards/Procedures

• Graduate students in other departments and Colleges are eligible for the certificate by application to, and approval by, the Anthropology faculty.
  • Departmental prerequisites may be waived for accepted graduate students in other departments and Colleges.

Academic Standards

• A minimum 3.00 graduate GPA must be earned in all certificate courses.
• The certificate reflects specialized academic training only and does not authorize holders as practitioners in any field.
• The certificate will be issued upon university graduation following approval of the Graduate School.

Credit Hours Required

18 graduate credit hours

Required Courses

9 graduate credit hours

• ANTH 419 - Anthropology of Human Rights
• ANTH 420 - Disasters
• ANTH 453 - Public Heritage and Community Archaeology
• ANTH 489 - Forensic Science and Human Rights  - (or the 500- and 600-level equivalents)

Additional Course Requirements

Choose three courses, total of 9 graduate credit hours

• ANTH 413 - Dynamics of Health and Illness
• ANTH 414 - Political Anthropology
• ANTH 415 - Environmental Anthropology
• ANTH 416 - Engaged Anthropology
• ANTH 421 - Refugees and Displaced People
• ANTH 423 - Feminist Anthropology
• ANTH 425 - Humanitarianism
• ANTH 432 - Anthropology of Warfare, Violence, and Peace
• ANTH 454 - Archaeology of The African Diaspora
• ANTH 581 - Forensic Anthropology II
• ANTH 613 - Anthropology of Policy and Law

• Special topics courses (ANTH 441, ANTH 511, ANTH 611, and ANTH 690), independent study, and courses taken outside of Anthropology, where appropriate, may be petitioned for DDHR credit and are subject to approval by the program coordinator.

Non-Course Requirements

To receive the certificate, students must:

1. complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form and
2. through MyUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.