Graduate Specializations & Certificate Programs
African Studies
http://africa.msu.edu/gradprog.htm
The Graduate Certificate in African Studies is awarded to students
enrolled in or completing graduate programs at Michigan State University
to certify their advanced training in African area studies. It is
usually sought by the Ph.D. candidate.
Animal Studies: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives
http://animalstudies.msu.edu/specialization.html
The Graduate Specialization in Animal Studies: Social Science and Humanities Perspectives, which is administered by the Department of Sociology, provides graduate students with basic knowledge of relationships between humans and other animals and how they are linked together in a fragile biosphere. The graduate specialization is available as an elective for students who are enrolled in master's or doctoral degree programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department and college that administers the student's degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the specialization may also be used to satisfy the requirements for a master's or doctoral degree.
Ecological Food and Farming Systems (EFFS)
http://www.effs.msu.edu
The Ecological Food and Farming Systems (EFFS) specialization is a graduate program available as an elective for masters and doctoral students enrolled at Michigan State University. The specialization is sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. First offered in Fall 2009, EFFS provides an active academic exploration of sustainable agriculture and food systems, encompassing biological, ecological, sociological, economic and political aspects of food, fiber and fuel production. The program is designed to enhance biological or sociological disciplines, including core courses that provide essential agroecological and food system knowledge and a menu of elective courses to complement students’ interests.
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior
http://www.msu.edu/~eebb/
The Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior is
a multidisciplinary program of study and research leading to a Master's
specialization or dual-major Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
and Behavior and one of the traditional disciplines offered by thirteen
participating departments.
Environmental and Resource Economics
http://socialscience.msu.edu/graduate/Environmental_Resource_Econ.html
MSU offers a degree certification in Environmental
and Resource Economics through the interdepartmental Graduate Specialization.
The certification requirements are fulfilled while enrolled in the
M.Sc. or Ph.D. program of one of the six participating departments.
A graduate student who completes the requirements may request a
formal degree certification in Environmental and Resource Economics.
Environmental Science and Policy
http://www.environment.msu.edu/specialization/index.html
Environmental professionals need both disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary breadth, in order to understand the context of their research and be able to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams. Doctoral students in the Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) Specialization pursue a Ph.D. in one of MSU's many existing doctoral programs that have an environmental focus. In addition, they complete four ESP courses, each designed to provide an understanding of how various disciplines conceptualize environmental issues and how scientific information can be brought to bear on environmental decision-making and environmental policy.
Food and Agricultural Standards
http://www.ifas.msu.edu/education
Food and agricultural standards (FAS) are generally considered as convenient, neutral, and benign means for handling issues of technical compatibility and achieving common goods such as food safety, environmental protection, and worker health and safety. However, standards are also shaped by political and strategic considerations and have significant ethical import. They define the criteria by which products, processes, and producers are judged on technical, economic, social, environmental, legal, and moral dimensions. And without standards, our contemporary world could not exist. The Certificate and Specialization programs in FAS introduce students to these dimensions of standards and their applicability to contemporary agrifood systems broadly conceived.
Gender, Justice and Environmental Change
http://www.gjec.msu.edu/home.htm
Gender, Justice and Environmental Change is a graduate specialization available as an elective
for students who are enrolled in master's and doctoral degree programs
at Michigan State University. The specialization is sponsored jointly
by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College
of Social Science. This program, first offered in Fall 2000, is
the first of its kind in the nation explicitly focusing on the intersection
of gender, environmental change, and social and environmental justice.
The program is designed in particular to examine these issues and
processes from both local and global perspectives, challenging traditional
dichotomies between the First and Third World, the North and the
South.
Graduate Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
http://www.isp.msu.edu/clacs/graduate.htm
The Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies awards a Graduate Certificate in Latin American
and Caribbean Studies. The Center Graduate Certificate demonstrates
a knowledge of, competency in, and understanding of Latin America
and the Caribbean. Masters candidates may earn certificates but
generally, the majority of students who pursue a Graduate Certificate
in Latin American and Caribbean Studies will be doctoral candidates.
Students interested in gaining a certificate should fill out the
requisite form, available at the Center and arrange for an interview
with the CLACS Director.
International Food Laws and Regulations Certificate Program
http://www.vu.msu.edu/preview/anr-ifl/2002/
This is an Internet distance
education program that consists of a series of region-specific food
law courses taught completely over the Internet by an international
network of food science academic and legal professionals who understand
the legal complexities of the food laws and how they impact the
flow of food and agricultural products across national boundaries.
