Certificate: Grant Writing and Program Evaluation
9 Credit Hours
Grants from government and private sources provide important supplemental funding to schools, hospitals, law enforcement agencies and many other social service agencies. The Sociology Program offers one of the few undergraduate grant proposal writing and program evaluation programs in the nation.
The skills you gain will make you better prepared to seek out and apply for grants of all kinds. Additionally, specialized training in grant writing can increase your employment potential greatly, as employers recognize the value and financial benefit of well-trained grant proposal writers. This 9-credit hour certificate program is only available online.
If you are not interested in receiving college credit for grant writing training or you need to ramp up your skills more quickly, you may be interested in the self-paced Eight-Week Grant Writing Program, which offers CEU credit.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| SOC 470/870 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| SOC 671/671G | Program Development and Evaluation | 3 |
| SOC 677/677G | Internship in Sociology 1 | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 | |
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Graduate students must take SOC 870, SOC 671G, and SOC 677G
This is an FHSU advisory certificate. Advisory certificates are typically 9-15 hours of coursework. The certificates are designed by FHSU faculty to provide students a guide to choosing courses that introduce and develop a subject knowledge and/or skills. These certificates may be used to select a focus within a major, to develop additional knowledge and skills to complement a major, or to pursuing a topic of interest with open elective hours.
Courses taken as part of an advisory certificate are listed on the student's transcript, however the advisory certificate is not listed on the transcript. Many FHSU departments provide a completion certificate that students may use to show they completed the advised coursework, and talk about what it added to their degree. Non-degree students may complete the classes outlined in an advisory certificate and receive a completion certificate if offered by the department, however they are not enrolled in a degree plan or eligible for student aid.