Graduate Certificate in Great Plains Studies

Wichita State University

Wichita State's graduate certificate in Great Plains studies allows you to experience and study the Great Plains Region by exploring its cultural and natural aspects. The certificate is ideal for graduate students studying the physical sciences or in liberal arts areas such has English, history or anthropology. To complete the 15-credit-hour graduate certificate, you'll choose at least two courses in the physical sciences (biology and/or geology) and cultural studies (anthropology and/or history). By your final semester, you should submit at least three works that demonstrate the application of the concepts, issues and topics of Great Plains Studies such as a thesis, conference paper, novel, play, work of nonfiction, historic tour or performance, museum exhibit, policy paper, fieldwork notes or collaborative event with a community or scholarly organization.