The Transnational NGO Initiative is committed to preparing Masters and PhD students in the Maxwell School for careers in NGO management, service delivery, and advocacy, as well as academic careers focusing on better understanding the impacts, challenges, and functions of NGOs in global governance. Toward this end the Moynihan Institute is the home of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Civil Society Organizations. This certificate is based on 15 hours of coursework that includes a foundational course, discipline-specific coursework, an internship / fieldwork requirement, and a proseminar. The certificate facilitates graduate students becoming familiar with the various faculty members at Maxwell who are working on issues related to global civil society in disciplines ranging from public administration and political science to sociology, geography, social work, and law. It is one of the few programs in the country that seeks to integrate diverse theoretical and applied perspectives on NGOs and civil society actors and support multidisciplinary graduate training around this field.
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Civil Society Organizations
To consult the list of electives for the academic year 2007-2008, click here:
Elective Courses
Procedure:
To obtain the Certificate you will need to complete the following steps:
In
preparation for graduation and in order to receive the printed Certificate, you
will need to submit to the Moynihan Institute a printed copy of your online
Graduate Diploma Request Form. Note
that as of August, 2007, this request process is no longer paper-based but
online. Please be sure to print your request before you press the
‘send’ button, since you cannot access your form after you have sent it.
Eligible students will find a “File Diploma Request” link in the Student
Services section of MySlice.
Students will have to choose the term in which they will complete their diploma, provide the address to which the diploma will be mailed, and confirm or adjust the name to be printed on the diploma. Should circumstances change, students can use this link to adjust the term of completion, while changes to the diploma mailing address can be made through “View/Update Addresses”. This online process replaces the paper Diploma Request Card, which will no longer be produced or accepted. For more information, please consult the Graduate School website at http://gradsch.syr.edu/need2grad.htm .