Online Graduate Certificate in Diversity, Equity and Social Change
Merrimack’s diversity, equity and social change certificate is designed for community engagement professionals interested in a tailored, focused diversity and inclusion program.
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Merrimack’s diversity, equity and social change certificate is designed for community engagement professionals interested in a tailored, focused diversity and inclusion program.
Communities today are grappling with the realities of historic and contemporary systemic oppression of groups based on social identities such as race, class, religion, ethnicity, age, gender expression, ability, and sexual orientation. In response, more organizations are offering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, including diversity and inclusion certificate options, to encourage diverse representation, especially from historically underrepresented groups. Merrimack’s DEI certificate provides community engagement professionals in schools, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and other contexts the skills to build institutional policies and practices that are welcoming, inclusive and equitable. Our diversity certificate program stands out for its:
Merrimack’s DEI program has been designed to allow employees and leaders of educational institutions and community-based organizations to pursue the critical skills and techniques they need to become diversity, equity and inclusion professionals without leaving their current position. All courses are offered online.
Drawing from courses in Merrimack’s M.Ed. in Community Engagement, the diversity certificate program is similarly led by nationally prominent researchers and practitioners in the field. You’ll learn in small classes that guarantee extensive face-time and one-on-one support from accomplished scholars such as community engagement specialist Audrey Falk.
If you decide to continue your studies, you can count all the credits from the diversity, equity and social change certificate program toward Merrimack’s master’s degree in community engagement. The graduate certificate amounts to about a third of the total credits needed for the master’s degree.
Join us for robust online diversity and inclusion training. The certificate program’s three-course (12 credit) sequence will give you the tools needed to understand the broader landscape of diversity and inclusion, facilitate intergroup dialogue and assess institutional practices.
Contact the Merrimack College Office of Graduate Admission at graduate@merrimack.edu.
Scholarships and fellowships can make your graduate education affordable on any budget.
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