How to Apply | Graduate Certificates
Center for Creative Change
- Business Leadership and Change Management
- Ecological Planning and Design
- Effective Communication Strategies
- Environmental Education
- Integrated Skills for Sustainable Change
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- Systems Thinking and Design
This graduate center offers an integrated model of professional studies. The
center’s certificate programs, consisting of six courses each, can enhance
your ability to lead and manage change in your business, organization and community.
Degrees in management, whole
systems design, organizational
psychology and strategic
communication, environment
and community also
are available.
Application Deadlines
The application process for degree programs and certificates is the same.
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admission in… |
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| Fall 2008 |
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Center-specific Admission Requirements
- Ability to work collaboratively with other students and faculty in
a learning environment
- Ability for reflection, self-awareness, critical thinking and sustained
inquiry
- Ability to initiate independent academic work with a high degree
of responsibility and self-direction
- Demonstrated evidence of organizational, conceptual and expressive
skills, including writing and oral communication
- Competency in using computerized communication tools and access to
a computer with Internet connection
- At least two years practical work experience relevant to your program
of interest
- Two letters of recommendation from individuals who can discuss your
strengths and weaknesses as a graduate student. One letter should be
from a person who has observed you in a learning setting, and the other
from a person who has supervised you in work related to your proposed
area of study. (Use forms in this publication.)
Admission Essay Instructions
Submit a five-page, typed, double-spaced essay. Your essay should be thorough and detailed. It will serve as a writing sample and will help determine a fit between your goals and capabilities and the program.
In your essay, please include the following:
- Describe your personal, professional and educational history, and specifically address how these elements relate to your educational and career goals.
- Describe your ideas and expectations for your graduate program and how you believe Antioch's program will help you attain your goals.
- Explain how your experience, skills and general competencies prepare you for graduate work, giving special attention to the admission requirements.
Enrollment Deposit
If you are accepted into the program, you must submit a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $150 within three weeks. Once paid, the fee will reserve a space for you and will apply to your first quarter’s tuition.
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