Undergraduate Certificates
Your major is a starting point. Where will you take it?
An undergraduate certificate gives you a focused way to explore an interest and build skills alongside your major. Discover a new direction, strengthen a career interest, or bring together subjects you want to study.
Explore certificates in the WSU College of Arts and Sciences and find a combination that fits you.
Business of Art
Connect your creative interests with business and entrepreneurship.
Graphic Design
Explore visual communication through Art or Digital Technology and Culture.
Eco Arts & Public Engagement
Connect art, environmental questions, and community engagement.
Game Studies and Design
Explore games and develop your interests in interactive media.
Social Media
Study how digital platforms connect people, ideas, and audiences.
Make words work
Help a reader understand a discovery. Shape a publication. Communicate an idea clearly. Explore writing and language skills you can bring to many fields.
Creative Writing for Film and Media
Develop your storytelling voice and explore how characters, dialogue, and ideas come to life on screen.
Editing and Publishing
Explore how writing becomes a finished publication. Also available through WSU Global Campus.
Professional Writing
Develop writing skills for professional audiences and purposes.
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Explore how to help others learn English.
Find answers through data and science
Curious about patterns, living systems, or how to help others understand science? Explore tools and approaches that connect questions with evidence.
Foundations of Data Analytics
Start building your knowledge of data analytics.
Intermediate Data Analytics
Continue developing your analytical skills.
Advanced Data Analytics
Take your study of data analytics further.
Quantitative Biology
Connect biology with mathematics, statistics, and computing.
Earth and Space Science Teaching
Explore your interest in Earth and space science education.
Connect across languages and cultures
Language opens conversations. Cultural understanding adds perspective. Explore both as you prepare to work, learn, and participate in a connected world.
Build core competencies in:
- Chinese Language & Culture
- French Language & Culture
- German Language & Culture
- Japanese Language & Culture
- Spanish Language & Culture
Explore identity, communities, and workplaces through:
- Latinx Studies — Focus your studies on Latinx experiences and perspectives.
- Race and Ethnicity in the Corporate World — Examine how race and ethnicity intersect with organizational life.
Help organizations move toward a sustainable future
Interested in how businesses and organizations respond to environmental and social challenges?
Sustainable Organizational Leadership
Connect sustainability with management, organizational practices, and leadership.
Certificate or minor – which fits your goals?
Both give you a way to explore a subject beyond your major.
A minor generally builds knowledge in an academic discipline. A certificate focuses on a particular topic, skill, or application and may connect courses across disciplines.
Think about what you want to learn, then talk with an advisor about the option that fits your interests and degree plan. Requirements vary by program.
Found something that interests you?
You don’t need to have your whole future mapped out to start exploring.
Follow a program link to review its courses, prerequisites, and campus availability. Then connect with the program’s advisor to discuss how the certificate could fit alongside your major.
Ask about course overlap, when required courses are offered, and whether additional credits could affect your graduation timeline.
Graduate Level Certificates
CAS also offers graduate certificates for students ready to pursue specialized study beyond the undergraduate level.
- Bioinformatics
- Digital Humanities and Culture
Explore information through Digital Technology and Culture or English. - Teaching English as a Second Language
- Teaching College Mathematics
- Global Justice and Security Studies
- Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Review each program’s eligibility and admission requirements before applying.