The following certificates are available to JD students at Mizzou Law as well as non-JD students across the university.
Dispute Resolution
Clients and society today need and expect much more than traditional advocacy from their lawyers. Modern lawyers need to be able to address legal problems in ways that accommodate a variety of needs, goals and values, in addition to vindicating legal rights. As a result, today’s lawyer must have the knowledge, skills and perspectives not only to advocate in the courtroom but to participate in such processes as client counseling, negotiation, mediation, arbitration and creative problem-solving.
Center for the Digital Globe
The Center for the Digital Globe (CDiG) is offers an interdepartmental certificate to professional students and non-degree graduate students of the University of Missouri. The certificate program is designed to supplement the students’ graduate studies within the various colleges and schools. This is not a degree-granting program. The certificate program will create and make available to non-degree seeking graduate students a certificate demonstrating that each of the students has shown competencies in Technology, Global Communication, Business, Culture and Society. This certificate is designed to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the course work. The required course work will bring students together for an interdisciplinary introduction to this area while permitting them to work separately and within their respective disciplines for further exploration. Students will then come together for a concluding experience which involves working collectively through a case study.
Education Policy
The Education Policy Studies Graduate Certificate provides students with knowledge that they can apply to the study of education policy within their major discipline or their work in policy settings (e.g., government, non-profit agencies, foundations, PK12 school districts, universities); conceptual tools to use to understand and resolve policy process and implementation problems; and skills to analyze education policy issues, i.e., understanding differing values, political and economic arguments, costs/benefits, and policy processes.
Health Ethics
The Department of Health Management and Informatics in partnership with the MU Center for Health Ethics offers a Certificate in Health Ethics. The certificate is designed to develop an understanding of the ethical issues related to health and healthcare and foster skills in analyzing and resolving ethical problems and conflicts in the healthcare environment. While some of the courses are offered online, law students can only count courses taken in residency (i.e., regular class sessions) towards the 89 hours required for graduation.
Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship
A certificate in Life Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri will broaden the training of graduate and professional students from the fields of business, engineering and medicine, among others. A collaborative program among the MU Trulaske College of Business, College of Engineering and School of Medicine, the program will prepare participants for a wider range of employment opportunities and provide core skills for entrepreneurial endeavors. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the program will allow MU graduate and professional students to receive training to translate life science discoveries into products and services that will improve health. The program will require completion of three three-hour core curriculum courses designed to cover the life cycle of a translational science/business venture, as well as elective courses for a total of 12 hours of course credit. The three-course sequence will be augmented by elective courses that round out the educational needs of particular students.
Non-Profit Management
This program provides the administrative skills for ethical, effective leadership and management roles in the public service. Students who complete the certificate will be well-positioned to begin or advance a public service career, with many expecting to pursue management careers in state and local governments. For law students, only courses taken in residence (i.e., regular class sessions) will count towards the 89 hours required for graduation.
Organizational Change and Conflict Management
The courses in the certificate will focus on organizational analysis and change, as well as dispute resolution and conflict management. Courses are drawn from both the Truman School of Public Affairs and the School of Law offerings. Students will have an opportunity to develop knowledge and competencies appropriate to the advanced study and diagnosis of evolving and emerging organizations and communities in the public, private, and nonprofit arena. They will find a curriculum supportive of careers in academics, management, and consulting.
Personal Financial Planning
The Personal Financial Planning Certificate is an 18 hour non-degree, post-baccalaureate program designed to prepare students to sit for the national CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ exam. Program applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree. Completing the Personal Financial Planning Certificate satisfies the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standard’s education requirement, which is one of four requirements leading to approval to use the CFP® designation. The other three requirements are passing the national exam, meeting an experience requirement and agreeing to adhere to the CFP® code of ethics. The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation is widely recognized as the premier professional designation in the personal financial management services industry.