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Graduate Certificate in Community Development at University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati, United States

Programme overview

Community Development is a multidisciplinary field that draws practitioners from many academic backgrounds. The proposed certificate aims to give students from a variety of undergraduate backgrounds the opportunity to gain pertinent graduate level skills in community development, including community organizing, affordable housing development, and public policy advocacy. The certificate incorporates core course work across planning and real estate, with electives from across multiple colleges.

Faculty: College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

What you will study

The certificate is12 credits. Nine of these credits are core courses in housing, community development, and real estate. RE7042 has a 1-credit finance prerequisite of FIN7000 that may be waived if students have taken an equivalent course covering the time value of money in their undergraduate education, such as FIN3080C or the equivalent at another institution.

Career pathways

The certificate can be completed as a stand-alone certificate or in addition to a graduate degree program.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students must have completed an undergraduate degree. In addition, students must have completed the 1-credit course FIN7000: Foundations in Finance (often offered online). Students who have completed an undergraduate course that covers the time value of money may apply for a waiver of this prerequisite.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html

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