This certificate program is designed to provide practical skills and experiences appropriate for employment in a wide range of careers involving the development, administration, and delivery of educational programs and services provided by both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Recognizing that interpersonal skills and business savvy are often as important as solid technical and conceptual foundations in a discipline, the program is intended to supplement a variety of discipline-based major programs.
The program explores communication skills; management skills; experience and skill in the development of proposals and reports; the ability to design, implement, and assess educational programs, activities, and related budgets; and the ability to contribute to a program as both an individual and member of a team. An experience-based education component is an integral requisite for the certificate.
For more information, contact Isaav Vellangany, Cook Office Building, Room 118, 848-932-9132, or isaacv@sebs.rutgers.edu.
Program Webpage:
http://dafre.rutgers.edu/FSEcert.html
Managing Department Webpage:
http://dafre.rutgers.edu
The program requires at least 3 credits selected from each of the following areas:
I. Food Systems/Policy (3 credits)
11:373:218 Sustainable Food Policy for Developing Countries (3)
11:373:323 Public Policy toward the Food Industry (3)
11:373:331 Economics of Food Marketing Systems (3)
11:373:371 Food, Nutrition, and Health (3)
II. Communication (3 credits)
01:335:202 Technical Writing Essentials (3)
01:335:203 Business Writing Essentials (3)
01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing (3)
01:355:303 Writing for Business and the Professions (3)
01:355:402 Advanced Writing Workshop (3)
04:192:220 Fundamentals of Speaking and Listening (3)
04:192:380 Public Speaking (3) (for admitted communication majors only)
III. Management (3 credits)
11:373:241 Introduction to Management (3)
11:373:341 Management: Human Systems Development (3)
IV. Interpersonal/Intercultural Relations (3 credits)
01:512:___ An American history course emphasizing minority/gender issues (3)
01:830:___ A psychology course emphasizing minority/gender issues (3)
01:910:352 Groups at Risk in Contemporary Society (3)
01:920:306 Race Relations (3)
04:192:345 Intercultural Communication (3)
11:300:327 Applications of Psychology in Education (3)
11:374:101 Introduction to Human Ecology (3)
V. Computer Applications (3-4 credits)
01:198:110 Introduction to Computers and Their Application (3)
01:198:170 Computer Applications for Business (3)
11:373:210 Business Decision Computer Tools (4)
VI. Accounting (3 credits)
33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
11:373:200 Agricultural Accounting
VII. On-the-Job Experience (3 credits)
An internship or cooperative education experience for at least one semester, enabling the students to learn about organizational structure, teamwork, the work ethic, and leadership. It also should provide experience in program planning and budgeting and expose the students to the technical areas in which they desire to work.
