Like a minor, certificates offer a specific academic focus but are interdisciplinary, allowing students to combine courses from different departments to explore a common theme. Students who earn certificates demonstrate subject level competence and their intellectual commitment to a topic, which can prove valuable at the graduate level or in the workplace.
Certificate programs are available to all UWM undergraduates to earn while working on their degree. In most cases, students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any other accredited institution can also enroll to earn a certificate. Others may be able to enroll as non-degree students if they meet UWM admission requirements. Certificates are awarded at the time of graduation or upon completion of the program requirements.
These certificates are highly complementary to a political science major or minor and include courses from political science.
- Quantitative Social Data Analysis (co-managed with the Department of Sociology)
- Latin American Studies
- Russian and Eastern European Studies
- Middle Eastern and North African Studies
- Asian Studies