Graduate Certificates
The Global One Health Academy offers graduate certificates to students interested in gaining new skills in global One Health to further their academic and professional careers.
Graduate Certificate In Participatory Sciences
NC State is a recognized leader in the field of citizen science and other participatory sciences – the range of approaches in which science and society co-produce new knowledge. Many disciplines have their own forms of participatory research, and these research methods can be an effective way to gather data for complex and widespread challenges, such as those central to global One Health.
The Participatory Sciences Certificate was developed in partnership between the Citizen Science Campus and the Global One Health Academy. This interdisciplinary certificate trains graduate students to address pressing global issues through collaboration with the public on scientific research. With instruction in competencies related to public science, science communication, data management and visualization, and informal science education, this certificate emphasizes interdisciplinary thinking, problem-solving, and research; global awareness and cultural competency; and viewing scientific solutions through a holistic lens that considers environmental justice, equity and sustainability, and long-term benefits and impacts.
Students completing the certificate will be prepared to:
- Engage various segments of the public in scientific inquiry and collaboration
- Understand data ethics, management, and visualization
- Be competent in equity of science access
Any student with a Bachelor’s Degree and interest in Participatory Science may be admitted into the certificate.
Certificate Requirements
Core courses cover fundamentals of participatory sciences and provide the opportunity to apply skills through experiential learning. The elective course list is broad to allow for targeted in-depth learning relevant to different fields of study and research interests.
| PSC/GOH 550 | Fundamentals of Citizen Science & Other Participatory Research Methods | 3 |
| PSC/GOH 551 | Citizen Science Engagement Practicum | 1 |
| Electives | 8 | |
| Total | 12 |
Electives List
| AEHS 550 | Leadership Theory |
| AEHS 560 | Organizational Behavior and Administrative Leadership in Agricultural & Human Science |
| CHE 596 | Special Topics in Chemical Engineering |
| COM 579 | Climate Change Communication |
| CSC 555 | Social Computing and Decentralized Artificial Intelligence |
| DSC 405 | Data Wrangling and Web Scraping |
| DSC 406 | Exploratory Data Analysis for Big Data |
| DSC 412 | Exploring Machine Learning |
| ECE 542 | Neural Networks |
| ECE 518 | Wearable Biosensors and Microsystems |
| ECE 592 | Special Topics In Electrical Engineering |
| EMS 551 | Learning in Informal Contexts: Theory to Practice |
| EMS 552 | Learning in Informal Contexts: Evaluation |
| FW 730 | Ethics in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences |
| MBA 590 | Special Topics In Business Management |
| MBA 582 | B Corp Clinic Sustainability Practicum |
| MLS 501 | Seminar In Liberal Studies |
| NR 595 | Special Topics in Natural Resources |
| PRT 550 | Human Behavior and the Environment |
| PRT 560 | Theory and Practice of Partnerships for Conservation and Community Sustainability |
| PRT 575 | Children and Nature |
| PRT 595 | Special Topics In Recreation Resources |
Microgrant Opportunity
Students enrolled in the Participatory Sciences Certificate are eligible to apply for microgrants offered by the Global One Health Academy to pilot independent participatory science projects. A call for proposals will be sent to enrolled students annually in the spring, with the number and amounts of awarded grants to be determined based on funding availability.
