How to Apply
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Transcripts and/or Entrance examinations
- Official BA or Master’s degree transcript. Request that all colleges and universities you have attended send transcripts electronically to: gradadm@umsl.edu.
- International applicants are required to document English proficiency by providing scores from an internationally accepted standardized examination before a decision is made on admission.
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Grade Point Average
Minimum of 2.75 on 4.0 scale in undergraduate categories and 3.00 in graduate work.
Application Fee: $50 for domestic applicants; $40 for international applicants
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New Social Justice Graduate Certificate
An 18-hour, online/campus-based program in which participants learn to turn advocacy into action
The College of Education Certificate in Social Justice is organized to support the understanding, knowledge and skills needed to create a just and equitable society. The curriculum focuses on both institutional and personal processes, values, attitudes and behaviors that sustain injustice while encouraging the development of positive educational, familial, community-centric, and social group advocacy and action. Coursework for the certificate responds to these issues across our college offerings, from educational psychology to educator and counselor preparation to educational leadership. Indeed, this social justice focus can, in many circumstances, become the core of your graduate degree program.
The Graduate Certificate in Social Justice is an 18 credit hour program. To earn a certificate, one must a)complete 6 credit hours in the Foundations Choice Sequence, b) complete 12 credit hours in the Elective Choice Sequences, and as a capstone c) submit during the final semester of the program, for review by a faculty panel, an artifact/assignment from a Certificate course together with a written reflection that articulates in what ways it represents learning to become more culturally competent and socially just.
Marty Woytus & Susan Johnson
p: (314) 516-5930
UMSL’s Crooked Room Conference provides platform for scholarship, art, activism, healingThe Graduate Certificate in Social Justice is an 18 credit hour program. To earn a certificate, one must a) complete 6 credit hours in the Foundations Choice Sequence, b) complete 12 credit hours in the Elective Choice Sequences, and as a capstone c) submit during the final semester of the program, for review by a faculty panel, an artifact/assignment from a Certificate course together with a written reflection that articulates in what ways it represents one's learning to become more culturally competent and socially just.
| Foundations Sequence | 6 | |
| Select 2 of 3 courses | ||
ED FND 6430 | Ecological Context of Urban Education | |
TCH ED 6010 | Examining History, Community and Social Justice in Education | |
TCH ED 6350 | Gender, Language and Identity | |
| Social Justice Electives | 12 | |
| Select four courses from the list of electives. The elective courses are organized into three categories: Social Justice and Action, Diversity, and Culture and Context. You may select your electives from any or all categories. | ||
| Social Justice and Action Elective Courses | ||
CNS ED 6830 | Counseling African American Clients | |
CNS ED 6840 | Counseling Sexual and Gender Minorities | |
CNS ED 6850 | Social Class and Poverty Issues In Counseling | |
TCH ED 6020 | Teacher Action, Advocacy and Leadership | |
Or other approved elective | ||
| Diversity Elective Courses | ||
CNS ED 6030 | Foundations for Multicultural Counseling | |
ED FND 6430 | Ecological Context of Urban Education 1 | |
GS 4100 | Introduction to Feminist and Gender Theory | |
TCH ED 6010 | Examining History, Community and Social Justice in Education 1 | |
TCH ED 6350 | Gender, Language and Identity 1 | |
Or other approved elective | ||
| Culture and Context Elective Courses | ||
CNS ED 6220 | Counseling Individuals with Disabilities | |
ED ADM 6200 | ||
ED ADM 6203 | ||
ED FND 6430 | Ecological Context of Urban Education | |
ED REM 7712 | Discourse Analysis in Education | |
ED TECH 6434 | Technology and Privilege | |
Or other approved elective | ||
| 1 | Course not taken for the Foundations Sequence requirement may be taken as an Elective course. |
Matthew D. Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Matthew D. Davis, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Foundations in the Department of Educational Services and Professional Programs at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Davis earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D., (curriculum & instruction, educational administration, history, and public affairs) at The University of Texas at Austin in 2000. His principal ...
