Certificates

The College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) offers focused programs of study designed to develop your skills and knowledge in specific subject areas. Many LPS programs offer certificate options that allow you to declare a specialization within a graduate or post-baccalaureate program. And flexible, stand-alone certificate programs can be completed without committing to a full degree.

Stand-alone online certificate programs

These short, fully online programs of study are designed to enhance personal or professional skills and are ideal if you would like to earn an Ivy League credential without completing a degree program. Courses are offered on an 8-week schedule, allowing you to earn a certificate in about a year.

Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology

In this series of courses, students are introduced to the field of positive psychology and learn tools and practice strategies that support personal, organizational, and community well-being.

Certificate in Climate Change

Certificate in Climate Change

In this series of courses, students develop skills and effective policies to reduce risk and better adapt to a changing environment while gaining an understanding of the Earth’s climate system.

Certificate in Creative Writing

Certificate in Creative Writing

This certificate offers a collaborative course of study for those who want to unlock their creativity with workshops to explore ideas, tackle writing tools, and discover new powers of expression.

Certificate in Data Analytics

Certificate in Data Analytics

This certificate program is designed to provide a point of entry for students to gain expertise in data analytics and develop their data literacy. No prior training in math, statistics, or programming is required.

Certificate in Digital Strategies and Culture

Certificate in Digital Strategies

The Certificate in Digital Strategies helps you develop skills as a critical consumer, designer, and creator of information and multimedia content and offers flexible approaches for using technology to reach your goals.

Certificate in Global and Regional Studies

Certificate in Global and Regional Studies

The Certificate in Global and Regional Studies introduces you to a wide variety of analytical approaches and conceptual frames that help you understand the forces that shape culture, trade, and other social exchanges worldwide.

Certificate in Leadership and Communication

Certificate in Leadership and Communication

This certificate can help students take their career to the next level by providing professional and critical thinking skills and effective communication strategies.

Certificate in Neuroscience

Certificate in Neuroscience

This certificate allows students to explore biological, psychological, and clinical approaches to understand the nervous system, while covering topics in neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, and pharmacology.

Certificate in Organizational Anthropology

Certificate in Organizational Culture and Collaboration

This series of courses is designed to develop an understanding of how teams, corporations, and other organizations develop and reinforce culture, and how to apply research to create stronger functioning groups.

Certificate in Professional Writing

Certificate in Professional Writing

This certificate offers a series of concepts and practical applications that provide an accelerated understanding of the subtle arts of communication, enhanced by tips to make anyone a master of grammar, concision, and clarity.

Certificate in Science Foundations

Certificate in Science Foundations

The Certificate in Science Foundations enables you to increase your skills as both a consumer and communicator of scientific information while honing the foundational skills required for careers in the sciences.

Certificate in Social Difference, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Certificate in Social Difference, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Certificate in Social Difference, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion helps you understand the complex histories and realities of social inequality and tackle implicit biases to create more inclusive workplaces, communities, and organizations.

Upskill Certificate

Upskill Certificate

The Upskill Certificate’s focus on career readiness is backed with the timelessness of the liberal arts and designed to map coursework to in-demand professional skill sets to support your progress toward your next career goal.

Classical Studies Post-Baccalaureate Program certificates

Students enrolled in the Classical Studies Post-Baccalaureate Program may receive a certificate as part of completing certain requirements within this program. These certificates acknowledge the rigor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the academic excellence that our students achieve through the program.

Classical Studies Program Advanced Certificate in Post-Baccalaureate Classical Studies

Classical Studies Program Advanced Certificate in Post-Baccalaureate Classical Studies

This certificate recognizes students who have attained intermediate proficiency in Greek and Latin, and who have extended their studies to include graduate-level Greek and Latin courses.

Classical Studies Program Certificate in Classical Languages

Classical Studies Program Certificate in Classical Languages

This certificate recognizes students who have attained a high degree of proficiency in both Greek and Latin, and who have completed a minimum of four course units of Greek and Latin coursework during an academic year.

Certificate in Greek

Classical Studies Program Certificate in Greek

This certificate recognizes students who have attained a high degree of proficiency in Greek, and who have completed a minimum of four course units in Greek and Latin language courses during an academic year.

Classical Studies Program Certificate in Latin

Classical Studies Program Certificate in Latin

This certificate recognizes students who have attained a high degree of proficiency in Latin, and who have completed a minimum of four course units in Latin and Greek language courses during an academic year.

Stand-alone online graduate certificate programs

Professionals who have already completed a bachelor’s degree can earn a career-enhancing credential without committing to a master’s degree. Be sure to review the admissions requirements for these credit-bearing graduate certificate programs.

Applied Geosciences Graduate Certificates

The Applied Geosciences Program offers two online graduate certificates in engineering geology and environmental hydrogeology. The four-course certificates can be earned in as few as two semesters.

Graduate Certificate in Global Public Administration

In just one semester or over as many as four semesters, earn a graduate certificate by completing courses in the Concentration in Boundary-Spanning Leadership, Concentration in Leadership and Problem-Solving, or Concentration in Strategic Leadership and Innovation.

Graduate program certificates

Several of our master’s degrees offer certificate options that allow you to explore a specialized area of interest or expertise. You must be enrolled in a master’s program and complete the required courses to be eligible to earn these certificates.

Graduate Certificate in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN)

Students in the Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences program may take electives toward the SCAN certificate, which is designed to provide a strong foundation in neuroscience.

Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) Certificates

Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) Certificates

Students in the MLA program can participate in an interdisciplinary certificate program to focus their studies and demonstrate specialized knowledge on a resume or transcript.

Organizational Dynamics (MSOD) Certificates

Organizational Dynamics (MSOD) Certificates

MSOD students can specialize in a subject area with a degree concentration, and earn one or more certificates by taking courses in the concentration.