Undergraduate Certificate in Animals and Society at University of Colorado Boulder

Programme overview

The animals and society certificate builds on a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to the critical examination and evaluation of the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals, whether historical or contemporary, factual, fictional or symbolic, beneficial or detrimental. The program requirements emphasize scholarship from the social sciences and humanities, but include elective options in the natural sciences.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: Sociology | Duration: 18 credit hours | Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

Students must complete 9 of the 18 credit hours at the upper-division level; a minimum of 12 credit hours must be taken on campus. Sample listed courses: ANTH 3010 The Human Animal; PHIL 4120 Philosophy and Animals; FREN 4700 Encountering Animals: Contemporary Discourse and the Dialog of Species; ENVS 4100 Special Topics in Environmental Studies (Dogs, Wolves and Human Evolution) 2.

Career pathways

This certificate has an especially practical use for students in the social sciences and humanities who would like to pursue careers or interests related to wild or domesticated animals, but do not wish to become biologists, zoologists or veterinarians.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Undergraduate admission is to CU Boulder and the College of Arts and Sciences, not directly to the major; university and college admission requirements apply.

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.

Duration: 18 credit hours

Apply through the official page: https://www.colorado.edu/admissions

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