Evaluation and Research in Community and Environmental Contexts Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Evaluation and Research in Community and Environmental Contexts equips students from any discipline with practical, evidence-informed research and evaluation skills. Students receive advanced methodological training and mentorship to independently design, propose and conduct original studies, applying their research to address challenges in organizational and professional contexts in their areas of interest.

The USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work offers university certificates that provide students advanced practice or research training through a social change and intercultural competence lens that emphasizes community advocacy. Certificates are designed to complement and deepen training provided through our degree programs by focusing on experiential application of concepts in relation to particular client populations, settings, and systems. Each certificate consists of at least 12 units, which may in part be satisfied by courses completed for a degree program. Certificates are also available to graduate students from other disciplines and to employed professionals.

A minimum of 16 units is required.