Graduate Certificate Program

Graduate Certificate Program

Objective: to educate students and post-graduate professionals about nuclear nonproliferation from both the social science and the engineering perspectives.

Audience: open to degree-seeking students at NCSU, students at other institutions of higher education, and post-graduate professionals seeking to expand their educational credentials.

Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Nonproliferation Science and Policy
There is a demand in the government, private, and academic sectors for experts with an interdisciplinary education in both the science enabling nuclear nonproliferation regimes and the policies that create and implement those regimes. North Carolina State University (NCSU) has created an interdisciplinary graduate certificate program in Nuclear Engineering and Political Science focused on Nuclear Nonproliferation Science and Policy to meet this demand.
The Certificate Program
The objective of the program is to educate students and post-graduate professionals about nuclear nonproliferation from both the social science and the engineering perspectives. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the technical and policy challenges to developing and implementing robust international nuclear nonproliferation regimes. Their education will be supported by assignments designed to reinforce understanding of that subject matter, class projects which cover key areas such as proliferation case studies and physical security simulations, as well as interactions with subject matter experts in nuclear nonproliferation technology and policy.
This certificate program is open to degree-seeking students at NCSU, students at other institutions of higher education, and post-graduate professionals seeking to expand their educational credentials.
Requirements
To earn the certificate, you will complete an interdisciplinary mix of four semester-long courses in Nuclear Engineering and Political Science. The eligible courses are listed at the end of this announcement. Note that many of the courses are offered online to enable off-campus students and post-graduate professionals to earn the certificate via distance education.
Certificate applicants will compose a study plan identifying the four courses they will take to earn the certificate. Nominally, you will take two courses in Nuclear Engineering and two in Political Science; the study plan will be reviewed and approved by the certificate program director.
How to Apply
Degree-seeking students at NCSU should apply to the program by completing the Certificate Plan Form at https://grad.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/grad-cert-plan-data-entry.pdf; send the application to the certificate program director (Dr. John Mattingly, jkmattin@ncsu.edu)
Students at other institutions and post-graduate professionals should apply to the program by going to https://grad.ncsu.edu/programs/details/?program=NNSP and clicking “Apply.”
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This certificate program is an excellent opportunity for you to expand your education in the science and policy of nuclear nonproliferation and contribute to the future implementation of international nonproliferation regimes.
Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Nonproliferation Science and Policy
Eligible Courses