Global Studies Graduate Certificate

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Graduate Certificate Type

Add-On

Admissions Standards/Procedures

• Application to the Global Studies (GLBS) graduate certificate must be made through the Office of Graduate Admissions and by submitting a letter of application and copies of relevant transcripts to the GLBS program chair. The GLBS certificate is intended as additional study for graduate students who are concurrently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in another discipline at the University of Tennessee.
• Students are generally admitted to the program prior to completing six graduate credit hours toward the certificate and are required to be admitted by the beginning of the semester in which they will complete the required coursework for the certificate. Students will select their graduate coursework in conjunction with the Director of Global Studies, who must approve each student’s curriculum.

Academic Standards

• Students must maintain a minimum 3.00 graduate grade point average throughout the program.

Credit Hours Required

12 graduate credit hours

The Global Studies Graduate Certificate consists of a minimum of 12 graduate credit hours in interdisciplinary coursework. As Global Studies is organized into two broad sub-fields: “politics & economy” (usually courses in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries; Political Science; and Sociology, as well as some Geography) and “society & culture” (usually courses in Anthropology, Geography, History, MFLL, and Religious Studies). While students can choose any interdisciplinary approach, they are encouraged to integrate these two broad sub-fields. Final selections should be made in consultation with the Director of Global Studies and other Global Studies faculty,

1. A maximum of six graduate credit hours can overlap between the GLBS certificate and the student’s home discipline, as approved by the GLBS program chair.
2. At least nine credit hours toward the GLBS Graduate Certificate must be taken at the 500-level or above.
3. As part of the non-course requirement, students will write a research paper for evaluation to a faculty review committee consisting of two GLBS faculty members from different departments and present this work at a colloquium, either in a department of one of the faculty committee members or organized by Global Studies. The paper will integrate scholarly research and/or methods in the classes taken toward the GLBS Certificate.

Required Courses

Twelve (12) graduate credit hours from the following list, of which six (6) graduate credit hours must be from department(s) outside a student’s degree program and preferably outside the student’s broad area of the field of Global Studies (i.e., politics & economy or society & culture).

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.