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Nov 24, 2024
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American University Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Social Responsibility (Undergraduate Certificate)
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Offered by the College of Arts and Sciences , Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholars are required to complete this 14-credit, cohort-based, four-year certificate within four years. By pursuing multidisciplinary approaches to moral leadership, the certificate is designed to create socially-responsible leaders who are critical thinkers and engaged activists in the tradition of the American abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass.
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Admission to the Program
New freshmen students are admitted through the university’s Admissions Office. Due to the intensive cohort-based nature of the program, it is not possible to transfer into the certificate program.
Certificate Requirements
- 14 credits of approved coursework with grades of C or better. Grades of C- or D are not accepted toward the fulfillment of certificate requirements, although these grades will be included in the calculation of the GPA. Students must maintain a minimum 3.20 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students in certificate programs must take a minimum of 6 credit hours during each 12-month period and complete the certificate in four years. International students must enroll in 9 credit hours each semester (except for summer). A maximum of 3 credit hours earned at an accredited college or university may be applied toward the certificate as transfer credit
Master Class (4 credit hours)
Note: Students must complete a minimum of eight semesters of CAS-124 , for a total of four credit hours.
Moral Leadership (3 credit hours)
Complete 3 credit hours from the following, or other approved courses: Engaged Activists (3 credit hours)
Complete 3 credit hours from the following, or other approved courses: Institutional Structures and Responsibility (3 credit hours)
Complete 3 credit hours from the following, or other approved courses: Research Module (1 credit hour)
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