Community-Engaged Practices in Design and the Arts (Graduate Certificate)
Are you passionate about partnering with the community to leverage your skills, creativity and knowledge to make the world a better place? Add value to your degree by gaining advanced hands-on skills in collaboration, project design, facilitation and project management.
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Accreditation
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Certificate description
The certificate program in community-engaged practices in design and the arts places you, as a designer, artist, scholar and educator, in public life and prepares you to use your creative capacities to advance culture, strengthen democracy and imaginatively address today's most pressing challenges.
This certificate is an integrated, community-engaged design and arts program that serves all Herberger Institute students as well as the larger ASU community. You engage in direct and ethical partnership and collaboration with communities and civic and industry partners to learn and practice programming that activates partner goals and facilitates experiential learning and creation.
Curriculum
This graduate degree includes courses focused on a specialized topic, so you can advance your skills for further professional opportunities. Explore all courses below:
15 credit hours including the required applied project course (ART 593 or AME 593 or DCE 593, or DCE 693, or DSC 593 or DSC 693, or MUP 593 or MUP 693, or THP 593 or THP 693)
Required Core (6 credit hours) Electives (6 credit hours) Culminating Experience (3 credit hours) Additional Curriculum Information Students should see the academic unit for appropriate elective coursework.
ART 542 Art and Community (3) or THP 514 Projects in Community-Based Theatre (3)
HDA 510 Design and the Arts Corps Seminar (3)
Applied Project (3)
The applied project is a 593 course in AME, DCE, DSC or THP, or a 693 course in THP.
Admission requirements
Here are the admission and application details
All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
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Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Applicants must have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in any field from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program. All applicants must submit: Additional Application Information International students who need an F-1 or J-1 visa must apply to and be accepted to a graduate degree program before they are considered for this certificate program. International students residing in the United States on other types of visas must adhere to all Graduate College policies and procedures regarding admission to be considered for admission to this certificate program. Students must maintain a 3.50 GPA in this program. Admission examinations are not required.
An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency.
Explore expanded study opportunities
Students can complete two graduate certificate programs and combine them into a Master of Advanced Study degree, giving ultimate flexibility to build their own master's degree. Interested students can learn more about MAS requirements and the admission process.
Paying for college
Use our calculator to estimate your full-time or part-time tuition fees for this program prior to any financial aid. Keep in mind that most of our students receive financial aid, which can reduce out-of-pocket costs.
Get an estimateCareer opportunities
This certificate program enables students to develop distinct pathways that also earn microcredentials across a wide variety of competencies, including:
- asset-based community cultural development
- ethical communication
- ethics
- group facilitation
- project management
- project structuring and evaluation
Contact information
Use the contact information below to get in touch if you're a current student or have general questions.
Prospective students should fill out the Request for Information form.
Dean, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
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GHALL 132
HerbergerAdmissions@asu.edu
480-965-5337
Frequently asked questions about degree programs
Accelerated programs allow students the opportunity to expedite the completion of their degree.
Accelerated master's
These programs allow students to accelerate their studies to earn a bachelor's plus a master's degree in as few as five years (for some programs).
Each program has requirements students must meet to be eligible for consideration. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master's during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
Concurrent degrees allow students to pursue their own personal or professional interests, earn two distinct degrees and receive two diplomas. To add a concurrent degree to your existing degree, work with your academic advisor.
Joint programs, or jointly conferred degrees, are offered by more than one college and provide opportunities for students to take advantage of the academic strengths of two academic units. Upon graduation, students are awarded one degree and one diploma conferred by two colleges.
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ASU Online offers programs in an entirely online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year. See https://asuonline.asu.edu/ for more information.
The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) provides a reduced tuition rate to non-resident graduate students who qualify. Visit the WRGP/WICHE webpage for more information: https://graduate.asu.edu/wiche.
