Global Issues, Graduate Certificate

Overview

Through gaining a better understanding of theory and history as well as world politics and culture, the certificate program better prepares you to apply your current graduate studies and related real-world experiences to careers in an ever-changing global environment.

Coursework

To be a candidate for the Graduate Certificate in Global Issues, you are required to complete 15 credit hours of SGS graduate degree course work. However, up to six hours of certificate credit hours may, at the departmental adviser's discretion, be counted toward another graduate degree at OSU. Candidates requirements for the certificate program are as follows: 

Core courses

Admission Requirements & Deadlines

What you will need to complete your online application:

• Transcripts - Must show a GPA average for undergraduate major of 3.0 or above
• Applicants must be fully admissible to the OSU Graduate College
• Two letters of recommendation
• Statement of qualifications, goals and objectives
• Professional Resume
• Proof of English Proficiency for international students : TOEFL of 79/550 or IELTS of 6.5 
• Payment of online application fee (mailed checks or money orders are not accepted)
• The School of Global Studies does not require a GRE, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT score.
• The School of Global Studies has rolling deadlines, so you can submit your application at any time and begin the certificate in the Fall, Spring or Summer term.

Retention Standards

Students in the proposed certificate program must retain an overall average GPA of 3.0 or above. Students who fail to meet that requirement will be placed on probation. A failure to meet the requirements at the end of the probationary period may lead to expulsion from the program.

Certificate Completion

The proposed certificate will be awarded once the requirements for the program are met. No courses with a grade of C or lower may be counted towards the plan of study for this certificate. In addition, the GPA of the courses included in the plan of study must be 3.0 or above.