The Advanced Certificate in International Affairs provides a foundation of courses for students who want to understand and analyze the complex questions, risks and opportunities associated with living and working in a rapidly changing global environment. Our heightened economic and political interdependence generates challenges in areas such as social justice, diversity, international security, sustainable development, resource distribution, technology and human rights. Moreover, rising nationalism and complex ethnic and religious tensions pose ongoing challenges while at the same time inviting strategies for compromise and cooperation. The certificate is available as a fully online or in-classroom certificate.
This program is offered either mostly or fully online. Students entering the U.S. on an F-1 or J-1 Visa must enroll in a program full time. F-1 students are only permitted to enroll in one online course per semester and J-1 students may only enroll in non-credit online courses that do not count toward their degree program. The School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) cannot guarantee face-to-face enrollment options each semester of full time enrollment, therefore cannot issue an I-20 or DS 2019 to F-1 and J-1 students for this program. If you are an F-1 or J-1 student and wish to enroll in a CAPS program while here on a Visa, please contact our recruitment team to discuss your options for face-to-face program enrollment. F-1 and J-1 students should not enroll in online courses or programs without first consulting the university’s Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS).
Program Course Work
15
Units of Required Courses
Required Courses – 15 units
Students must choose courses from the International Affairs curriculum. All courses must be on the 400 (graduate) level or above. With approval, up to 6 units of electives from a related area may apply.
Application Requirements
Enrolling at CAPS
Non-Degree Study Option
Qualified students with WashU – School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) authorization may take up to six units of Clinical Research Management graduate-level course work on a non-degree basis. To do so, please email CAPS@wustl.edu.
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