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.

Admission to the Program

New first-year 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 credit hours with grades of C or better
Minimum 3.20 cumulative GPA
Compliance with all regulations for a certificate (Undergraduate Academic Regulation 10.3 )

Course Requirements

Master Class (4 credit hours)

Note: Students must complete a minimum of eight semesters of CAS-124 Master Class in Social Responsibility (.5) , for a total of four credit hours.

CAS-124 Master Class in Social Responsibility (.5)

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)

CAS-294 Community Service-Learning Project (1)