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Graduate Certificate in Social Impact Design and Evaluation at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University, United States

Programme overview

Prepares students to design and assess social impact initiatives, drawing on community engagement, participatory design and evaluation, programme and policy creation and justice-centred analysis.

Faculty: Peabody College of Education and Human Development  |  Department: Human and Organizational Development  |  Duration: 12 credit hours, taken alongside the home degree  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: Fall  |  Location: Nashville, TN, United States

What you will study

12 credit hours: Program Evaluation (or Evaluation of Organizational Performance), Applied Data Analysis and Visualization for Social Impact, Social Impact Design and Evaluation Project Implementation, and one elective.

Career pathways

Program evaluator, social innovator, nonprofit leader, corporate ESG officer, policy analyst.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open to students holding a bachelor's degree who are currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program at Vanderbilt University. Program evaluation and applied data analysis courses are taken before the practicum course.

Intake: Fall

Duration: 12 credit hours, taken alongside the home degree

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