Students may enroll in up to nine units before applying to a certificate program. The certificate program's course content requires a good grasp of writing skills. Certificate students are asked to demonstrate their writing ability soon after admission to the certificate program to satisfy the university literacy requirement. The certificate program requires completion of 24 semester units. Fifteen units must be taken from a core of courses shown below, and the remaining nine may be chosen from the following list of elective courses.
Courses earn three units of credit unless otherwise noted.
For complete course descriptions, contact the program director. Additional elective courses are announced to students as they are offered.