This certificate is for students with an interest in the practice of their discipline in an international context.
- The certificate will be awarded at graduation and appears your transcript
- The certificate is designed to fit within many CALS existing degree requirements
- Student must be currently enrolled as a CALS undergraduate and be in good standing (not on probation or suspension)
Certificate Requirements
To complete the certificate, students must complete at least one course or its equivalent in each of the three competency areas, for a total of 16 credits.
1 credit
All students are required to take Introduction to International Issues in CALS, which serves as the foundation for the certificate.
3-6 credits
Area studies (defined as courses with H or S designation that have been approved for inclusion in any of the Area Studies certificates available on campus).
9-12 credits
Global disciplinary courses. Students may request permission to count a senior thesis or honors thesis in place of 3 credits of global disciplinary coursework.
Global Disciplinary Courses
Agricultural & Applied Economics
- 344 The Environment and the Global Economy
- 350 World Hunger and Malnutrition
- 374 The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy
- 462 Latin American Economic Development
- 473 Economic Growth and Development in Southeast Asia
- 474 Economic Problems of Developing Areas
- 477 Agricultural and Economic Development in Africa
- 567 Public Finance in Less Developed Countries
Agronomy
- 377 Cropping Systems of the Tropics
Animal Sciences
- 370 Livestock Production and Health in Agricultural Development
Biological Systems Engineering
- 407 Topics in Appropriate Technology
Dairy Science
- 370 Livestock Production and Health in Agricultural Development
Entomology
- 201 Insects and Human Culture-a Survey Course in Entomology
- 371 Medical Entomology
Forest & Wildlife Ecology
- 248 Environment, Natural Resources, and Society
- 314 Wood, Industrial Use, and Society
- 360 Extinction of Species
- 430 Agroforestry
- 450 Communities and Forests
- 452 World Forest History
- 651 Conservation Biology
Horticulture
- 122 Introductory Horticulture (changing to 121 for 1 credit
- 370 World Vegetable Crops
- 374 Tropical Horticulture
Life Sciences Communication
- 340 Contemporary Communication Technologies and Their Social Effects
Nutritional Sciences
- 350 World Hunger and Malnutrition
Plant Pathology
- 123 Plants, Parasites, and People
Community & Environmental Sociology
- 140 Introduction to Rural Sociology and Development
- 222 Food, Culture, and Society
- 230 Agriculture and Social Change in Western History
- 248 Environment, Natural Resources, and Society
- 260 Latin America: An Introduction
- 311 Biotechnology and Society: The Socio-Cultural Study of Biotechnology
- 380 Contemporary Population Problems for Honors
- 434 People, Wildlife and Landscapes
- 612 Agriculture, Technology, and Society
- 618 Comparative Rural Societies
- 630 Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
Soil Science
- 132 Earth’s Water: Natural Science and Human Use
- 431 Soils of the World
Contact Masarah Van Eyck with questions or to declare the certificate.
Download the application materials here.