Enhance professional competency in the development and delivery of high-quality social work services to diverse student populations in both public and private elementary and secondary schools.
Home & School Visitor/School Social Worker Certificate
- In-Person
Honors Degree
- In-Person
Earn a jointly-conferred Honors degree by challenging yourself both in and outside the classroom with this rigorous but flexible program.
Human Factors Engineering Certificate
- In-Person
This 15-credit certificate addresses the need to learn how to design usable products and systems that meet genuine user needs, rather than treating the human user as an afterthought. This program consists of three components: a foundation course that includes a team project, as well as courses from the cognitive and physical domains of Human Factors Engineering (HFE).
Human Resources Law Certificate
- Online
Learn the relevant law, practical applications of law to human resource situations, and best practices, and explore current issues in human resources.
Human Rights & Social Justice Certificate
- In-Person
Focus on the interdisciplinary study and application of foundational concepts and global standards of human rights to diverse issues and movements, including poverty, race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and age, both past and present.
Human Services Management Certificate
- In-Person
Take advantage of leadership opportunities and enhance your personal and professional development for when your career is moving into supervisor, management, and even executive positions.
Infant Mental Health Certificate
- In-Person
The IMH Certificate will provide you with specialized knowledge and skills that will allow you to practice within your discipline with very young children and families from an evidence-based infant and early childhood focus.
Information & Network Security Certificate
- In-Person
This certificate program expands professional skills and qualifications in cybersecurity for professionals that hold a degree in Information Science or a related field.
Information Science Certificate
- In-Person
Explore a specific field, or update skills and competencies to reflect the latest in technology and research.
Information Systems Design Certificate
- In-Person
This flexible 18 credit certificate is offered in conjunction with Pitt’s School of Computing and Information and can be completed as a standalone professional development opportunity or in preparation for a bachelor’s or master’s degree in an information-related field.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate
- In-Person
In this certificate program, learn a vast array of business operations and frameworks, how small and private businesses differ from large corporations, and how to determine market potential for new products.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Micro-credential
- In-Person
Earn a mini-qualification designed to provide you with knowledge, skills, and abilities in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Innovation, Product Design & Entrepreneurship Certificate
- In-Person
The Innovation, Product Design, and Entrepreneurship Program features an interdisciplinary certificate that is open to all Swanson School undergraduates. This flexible program provides students with an opportunity to learn academic principles of design, creativity and entrepreneurship through hands on experiences.
Instructional Design and Technology Certificate
- Online
Explore, discuss, and apply applications of critical pedagogy to instructional design practices
Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Certificate
- In-Person
Obtain a focused introduction to these bodies of law and practice while simultaneously getting a broad grounding in modern law practice generally.
International & Comparative Law Certificate
- In-Person
Learn about the substantive and procedural law in the area of international and comparative law.
International Business Law
- Online
Enhance your understanding of cross-border transactions and disputes.
Jewish Studies Certificate
- In-Person
Supplement your academic major with an interdisciplinary course of study in Jewish studies.
Journalism Certificate
- In-Person
The Journalism Certificate is a wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary program designed to equip students with both the core ethical and reporting skills of great journalistic practices—like fact-checking and interviewing—and the modern expertise demanded by new media industries, such as data visualization and multi-modal composition. The curriculum ensures students are versatile across journalistic modes and platforms, gaining hands-on experience in everything from podcasting and longform narrative to understanding media law and the ethics of “fake news” and AI-generated content. The program is structured to provide both practical, skill-focused training and an analytical view of the field, with a requirement of experiential credits in order to secure essential real-world experience for career success.
Juris Doctor in Law
- In-Person
Develop a solid foundation in legal education and a multitude of specializations applied to contemporary issues, including international conflict resolution, environmental and energy law, health law, and intellectual property, technology and innovation law.
