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To help provide more focused undergraduate training in Anthropology with real-world applications, the Department of Anthropology offers five certificate programs to undergraduate Anthropology majors, and one certificate program (Ethnomusicology) to all undergraduates. Each is designed to complement a student's other coursework for the major, while providing expertise in a specific area of anthropological inquiry.

Please consult the application forms for each certificate program for more information (available outside of Norma Mendoza's office, SSPB 4229), or, download a packet of application forms here.

To pursue one or several certificate programs, you must also attend three (3) Anthropology Colloquia (three in total, not three for each certificate). The Ethnomusicology Certificate is exempt from this requirement; see the application form for details.

Colloquia are announced on the Anthropology website at www.anthro.uci.edu. It is your responsibility to plan ahead and attend colloquia throughout your undergraduate career, BEFORE you submit your Certificate application. A one-page write-up/summary of the colloquia you attend is required. All of your summaries are due with your completed application. Summaries will be reviewed and evaluated by the Undergraduate Program Director.

Submit a copy of your transcript and your three colloquia summaries together with this form to Norma Mendoza in the Anthropology Department, SSPB 4229 or 4223 by May 12, 2006. Colloquia summaries CANNOT be turned in after the May 12, 2006 deadline. This is a firm deadline. Certificates will be awarded in the Spring at a special reception.

The Certificate in Law and Policy is designed for students seeking expertise in the legal, political, and cultural dimensions of citizenship, democracy, immigration and identity in the modern world. Courses offer training in legal, political and cultural dimensions of civil society and political participation in the democratic process.

The Certificate in Global Studies is designed for students wishing to develop their expertise in cultural, political, and economic phenomena that cross or transcend national boundaries. Courses offer intensive training in the anthropological analysis of international issues, such as migrations and diasporas, environment and development, flows of money and commodities, social movements, transnational religious movements, and ethnic, national, and other forms of political conflict.

The Certificate in Economy and Culture is designed for students wishing to develop their expertise in the cultural and ethnographic analysis of economic processes and systems. Courses offer intensive training in non-western and non-capitalist economic practices, as well as anthropological approaches to contemporary capitalisms. The Certificate program is also intended for students interested in cross-cultural approaches to economic management and planning.

The Certificate in Ethnomusicology is open to all undergraduates, not just anthropology majors. It is designed for students wishing to specialize in the anthropological study of music and musical expression. Courses offer intensive training in the anthropological and ethnographic analysis of instrumental music, dance, the spoken word, and song.

The Certificate in Gender Studies is designed for students seeking expertise in the cross-cultural understanding of gender and sexuality. Courses offer training in gender inequality, representations and practices of gendered bodies, gender and sexual identity, sexualities and culture, the relationships among gender, race, and class, and feminist theory in anthropology.

The Certificate in Medical Anthropology is designed for students seeking expertise in the cross-cultural understanding of health and illness, as well as anthropological perspectives on science and medicine. Courses offer training in medical anthropology, science studies, representations and practices of health and illness, health and identity, and the relationships among gender, race, class, medicine and science.