Appalachian Studies Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Appalachian Studies may be earned concurrently with graduate degrees across Colleges at the University of Kentucky or independently, with enrollment through the Graduate School and acceptance by the Director of the Appalachian Studies Program. This is a transdisciplinary certificate, providing training in multiple colleges and disciplinary perspectives to complement students’ disciplinary research, engagement and career goals with a focus on the Appalachian region. This is a 10-hour certificate, with a required 1-hour seminar (APP 700), a 3-hour guided elective (with the choice to take one of 3 regularly offered graduate courses: Global Appalachia, History of Appalachia, or Sociology of Appalachia), and 6 hours of electives approved by the program’s director and enabling the student to design a personally relevant course of study. The curricular strengths of the Graduate Certificate in Appalachian Studies are in social, economic, environmental, and health justice and in considering the diverse histories, experiences, voices, environments and possible futures of the 13-state Appalachian region of the US in national and global context.

Students are required to take courses from at least two colleges in completing the Graduate Certificate in Appalachian Studies, which can easily be done through - for example - courses already cross-listed (e.g., SOC/CLD 534).