Explore CU Denver Programs

Equips preschool and primary grade teachers and para-educators with advanced skills in the development, assessment, and instruction of literacy for young learners. The certificate includes methods that help all learners-including those who are linguistically or culturally diverse-gain important literacy skills.

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1 year

This certificate provides you with an understanding of how K-12 education is governed, financed and regulated in the United States. You will become familiar with the interaction between federal, state and local policies and with the context in which education policy is formulated and implemented.

12

1 Year

This certificate is designed for students who wish to work, or currently work, in the field of emergency management and homeland security. The program applies an interdisciplinary approach to education, emphasizing high-level skills of critical thinking, learning, adaptation and policy analysis.

12

1 Year

This certificate provides you with an understanding of how our natural environment is governed and affected by relationships between various entities, including legislatures, administrative agencies, courts, governments, nonprofits, the private sector and the public.

12

1 Year

Offers the opportunity to synthesize environmental science content with relevant educational practices. Students will recognize, understand, and apply environmental science in either formal or informal educational settings and use research methods to support disciplinary learning. The integration of courses from various disciplines broadens opportunities for research and teaching careers.

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The Graduate Certificate in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) provides an interdisciplinary perspective on crime, the formulation of laws and codes, and the criminal legal system and its intersection with gender and violence.

12

2 Years

Designed to supplement the knowledge needed in the professional work environment or as a way to see if a graduate degree in GIS is a good fit. Students may earn this certificate without formal admission to a master's program in engineering if they take the classes as a nondegree student.

12

1 Year

Provides students and the wider community with foundational knowledge and skills in historic preservation. The interdisciplinary collaboration between the College of Architecture and Planning and the History Department is open to any qualified graduate student or nondegree-seeking student with a bachelor's.

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Designed as an interdisciplinary program for working or aspiring professionals and upper-level students interested in expanding their knowledge base in engineering, architecture, business, and intersecting fields.

12

1 Year

Students learn how the labor movement in the U.S. has evolved and progressed over time as well as how broader labor movements in the U.S. are built in connection with other social movements.

15

1 year

CU Denver’s Leadership for Learning Design and Technology certificate focuses on transformative change, culture, and initiative for modern learning organizations; with distinct themes of vision building, culture shifting, innovation nurturing, business modeling, and knowledge management.

12

1 year

CU Denver’s Learner-centered Instructional Design certificate focuses on human centered design, learning engagement and motivation, and learning frameworks. You’ll explore distinct themes of design-thinking, learning aesthetics, universal design, and system usability.

12

1 year