Certificate in Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements GLSPCPACRT

The Certificate in Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation creates a portfolio of knowledge and skills essential for careers in international development, government, the Foreign Service, NGOs, and the academic world. Additionally, the certificate prepares students to be competitive applicants to the Peace Corps.

Requirements

The certificate requires at least 25 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Global Competence. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 203 Global Development
- INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 205 Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 210 Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- INTL-I 220 Global Connections
- INTL-I 222 Global Health Connections
INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examination of pressing health and environmental challenges around the world, such as deforestation, climate change and the spread of infectious diseases. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 203 Global Development
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; introduces theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Course is interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 205 Culture and Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines culture and governance on an international scale, considering how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 210 Diplomacy, Security, Governance
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 220 Global Connections
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on globalization as manifested in the shaping of intercultural communication, artistic expressions, collective identities and human rights discourses from comparative and international perspectives.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
INTL-I 222 Global Health Connections
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on the non-medical determinants of health in communities and societies around the world, as well as on the most important health challenges the world faces. One of the main goals is to understand and evaluate the importance of local contexts and global processes in addressing health issues today, while also engaging in discussions about human rights, ethics, inequalities, and pragmatic and global solidarity.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
Regional Expertise. One (1) course:
- AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
- CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
- EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia
- EALC-E 111 War and Violence in East Asia
- EALC-E 190 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for East Asia
- INST-I 100 Introduction to India
- LTAM-L 210 Latin America & Caribbean: Cultures, Histories, and Politics
- LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
- SEAS-S 231 Growing Up in Southeast Asia
AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A historical introduction to Africa.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An introduction to current social, economic, and political issues in Africa.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet have a unique legacy in the world today: nomads, Silk Road, Islam, Buddhism, Russo-Chinese rivalry, Communism, and resistance. This course will provide a broad overview of trends and issues in this crossroads of cultures and civilizations through a combination of lectures, discussions, and guest presentations.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the Turkic and Iranian peoples of Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Introduces languages, literatures, and cultures; covers history, society, and economy with a focus on Islam and socio-political movements today. Includes guest lectures, films, museum visits, and musical and dance performances.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys East Asian popular culture by examining the evolution and contemporary forms of mass culture in the region. Students will study the structure and political, social, and cultural implications of transnational cultural flows between East Asia and the West.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
EALC-E 111 War and Violence in East Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the history of physical violence in China, Japan, and Korea, with a special emphasis on state-sanctioned conflict. Examines the forms that war and violence took in the lives and minds of the residents of East Asia before the nineteenth century.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
EALC-E 190 The Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for East Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to issues relating to China's rise in the context of East Asia. Covers the regional implications of China's rise and the myriad drivers of China's domestic political, economic, and foreign policy trajectory in comparison to other East Asian nations.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INST-I 100 Introduction to India
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Basic cultural literacy in India Studies through critical reading/lectures from India Studies faculty/film/discussion to discover what makes India the world power it is today, and why we need to know more about it, from its bloody birth in Partition to her ancient history and back to contemporary India.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
LTAM-L 210 Latin America & Caribbean: Cultures, Histories, and Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the politics and histories of the peoples and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Indigenous, African, and European roots and heritages of the Americas. Topics include pre-Columbian civilizations, colonialism, nations and nationalism, multiculturalism, decolonization, slavery, race, empire, sexualities, new religions, emergent cultural communities and identities.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores social issues, cultural identities, political movements, and lived experience of the diverse communities of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean in historical perspective, including sexualities, multiculturalism, the rise of capitalism, US imperialism, tourism, heritage, religious beliefs and practices, legacies of slavery, struggles for democracy, and structures of domination.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
SEAS-S 231 Growing Up in Southeast Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Exploration of the multiple constructions of childhood across Southeast Asia, combining sociocultural and policy relevant perspectives.Â Themes will include family dynamics and cultural transmission; the rights of children; and the life experiences of 'children in especially difficult circumstances,' including refugees, children of migrant workers, and those compelled to work.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE SHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
Advanced Global Competence. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
- INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- INTL-I 340 Ethics and Decision-Making in International Politics
- INTL-I 341 Challenges of Modern Conflict
- INTL-I 343 Global Migration and Race
- INTL-L 351 Law and Authoritarianism
- INTL-L 352 Law and Global Development
- INTL-L 353 Laws and Institutions in International Investment
- INTL-L 354 Immigration Law, International Policy, and Migration
- INTL-L 355 Gender and International Human Rights
- INTL-L 356 Intervention and Sovereignty
- INTL-L 357 The International Criminal Court
- INTL-L 360 when taken Summer 2024 or later
- INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
- INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies
- INTL-I 421 Human Rights and the Arts
- INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
- INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses
- INTL-I 424 War and Peace
- INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
- INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 427 Issues in Global Development and Political Economy
- INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
- INTL-I 429 Global Health Politics
- INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
- INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
- INTL-I 433 Violence Against Civilians in War
- INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance
- INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- INTL-L 445 Human Rights Law and International Organizations
INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics focusing on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Topics are interdisciplinary in theory and method.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in Culture and Politics

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics in the study of culture and governance. The focus is on relationships of power and authority, including how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 306 Advanced Topics in Peace and Conflict

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics examining concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics focusing on the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 340 Ethics and Decision-Making in International Politics

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Addresses the role of ethics and morality in the international system as applied to states, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. Explores dilemmas policymakers face as they weigh alternatives, try to reconcile competing demands, and search for acceptable trade-offs. Focuses on problems such as mass atrocities, forms of slavery, poverty, and the challenges of dealing with illiberal governments.

INTL-I 341 Challenges of Modern Conflict

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Overview of the theoretical and policy debates regarding core issues of security and conflict in the modern era, with a particular focus on conflict involving state and nonstate actors. Explores historical contexts and future trajectories of key issues of security, conflict, human rights, law, and technology.

INTL-I 343 Global Migration and Race

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the causes and consequences of global migration through the lens of race and racism. Focuses on how people move across state borders while simultaneously crossing cultural, racial, and civilizational boundaries. Highlights theories of mobility and development, race and ethnicity, and migration across specific corridors.

INTL-L 351 Law and Authoritarianism

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores functions and behavior of legal systems in various authoritarian contexts. Examines conceptual distinction between, and defining characteristics of, rule of law and rule by law systems and general mechanisms of political control and interference in judicial decision-making.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

INTL-L 352 Law and Global Development

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the role of law and legal systems in economic and social development. Studies the causes of and ways to address critical development issues such as global poverty and inequality.

INTL-L 353 Laws and Institutions in International Investment

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of the economic, historical, cultural, and political forces that shape and influence international investments; and the roles that international laws and institutions play in cross-border business transactions.

INTL-L 354 Immigration Law, International Policy, and Migration

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of immigration law from multiple perspectives: legal, political, international, public policy, social, moral, and ethical. Addresses issues such as citizenship, migration, marriage, and asylum.

INTL-L 355 Gender and International Human Rights

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the historical, political and philosophical foundations of the international human rights legal system and examines how and why the current system addresses, or fails to address, gender-based rights violations and claims.

INTL-L 356 Intervention and Sovereignty

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Discussion of the origins and evolution of international laws on genocide, atrocity, and crimes against humanity; exploration of the philosophical and legal bases for international laws on conflict.

INTL-L 357 The International Criminal Court

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of the origins and evolution of the International Criminal Court and its efforts to investigate and prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and aggression.

INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines issues of international scope through service learning projects. Content varies with instructor.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 435 and INTL-X 370.

INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental issues around the world.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 421 Human Rights and the Arts

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of human rights through the arts. Exploration of artistic expressions in various sociopolitical contexts and the global trends from which they emerge.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of nationalism to explore how history, politics and culture conflict and converge in shaping multiple identities.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of emergence and use of postcolonial and postcommunist theories to analyze colonial and communist discourses as well as their political and cultural legacies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 424 War and Peace

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Exploration of war and peace with regard to their political, moral and legal consequences. Study of structures that adjudicate disputes and the role of international organizations in regulating war and initiating peace.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examination of gender issues from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
In-depth study and analysis of an international problem, culminating in a research project. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics up to four times.

INTL-I 427 Issues in Global Development and Political Economy

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary study of issues of global development and political economy. Includes both analytical and methodological approaches.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary study of comparative environmental justice issues around the world.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 429 Global Health Politics

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of global health policies and their relationships to social movements. Focuses on the effect of global governance institutions and NGOs on global health policy and action.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to statistics and quantitative measures in international studies. Provides practical experience with descriptive and inferential statistics as well as international indicators. No previous knowledge or coursework in statistics is required.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE NMcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE NMcourse
INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys quantitative frameworks for evaluating global and international phenomena, events, and processes to assess political and social obstacles to achieving collective goals. A basic knowledge of algebra is necessary to succeed in this course.

INTL-I 433 Violence Against Civilians in War

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the content and origins of normative, ethical, and legal prohibitions against harming noncombatants during conflict; reviews major social science theories explaining the occurrence and effectiveness of large-scale violence against civilians in wartime; and analyzes policy debates related to limiting wartime victimization of noncombatants.

INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of climate issues with a focus on the effect of global governance institutions and NGOs on climate policy and action. May include attendance at national and/or international climate conferences as part of official IU delegation.

INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of conflicts and conflict resolution around the world through selected case studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 3 credit hours.

INTL-L 445 Human Rights Law and International Organizations

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the development, structure, and potential of international human rights laws and the institutions designed to protect them, focusing on the theoretical and practical tools needed to effectively engage with the international human rights legal system.
Foreign Language. Two (2) foreign language courses at the 200-level or higher
Internship. One (1) course:
- SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
- ASCS-X 373 Internship: Theory into Practice
- BUS-X 498 BUSINESS INTERNSHIP FOR CREDIT
- SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Grading
S/F grading.

ASCS-X 373 Internship: Theory into Practice

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
Approval of the College of Arts and Sciences Walter Center for Career Achievement
Description
Provides opportunity to receive academic credit for a part-time or full-time internship experience that applies classroom concepts to the world of work. Requires a learning contract, employer evaluations, weekly journal, reflective paper, and evaluation of internship site. Offered spring, summer, and fall.
Repeatability
May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credit hours in ASCS-Q 398, ASCS-X 373, and ASCS-X 375. S/F grading.
Grading
S/F grading.

BUS-X 498 BUSINESS INTERNSHIP FOR CREDIT

Credits
2–2 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
None

SPEA-V 381 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Credits
1–6 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
None
Electives.
- Two (2) courses related to the certificate's goals and Peace Corps Work Sectors from any academic unit, selected from a suggested list of courses in consultation with the certificate coordinator.
- At least one (1) of the above elective courses must be at the 300–499 level.
Capstone. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 401 Global Service Capstone
INTL-I 401 Global Service Capstone

Credits
1
Prerequisites
Global Service and Peace Corps Prep student; and at least junior standing
Description
Project or two workshops that captures the student's accumulated knowledge of global service.
Experiential Learning.
- One (1) of the courses used to fulfill requirements 1–7 above must be officially designated a Service Learning course or be an approved experiential-learning course as determined by the certificate coordinator.
Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
2. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
5. Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.