Degrees & Majors

The undergraduate certificate in management consulting will prepare you to compete for and succeed in entry-level management consulting positions. You'll build strong leadership, teamwork, critical problem-solving, and communication skills through unique experiential learning opportunities completed in partnership with top consulting firms.

The Certificate in Risk Management and Insurance explores the principles of insurance, provides an overview of commercial and personal insurance coverages, and teaches the fundamentals of business risk management. The insurance industry continues to be a strong job market for undergraduate students and the certificate should instigate more students to consider the industry for careers regardless of college major.

Increasing inequality, political polarization and the value of diversity in growing numbers of organizations have increased demand for Social Justice professionals in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profit institutions, grassroots activist collectives and corporate departments whose work involves subjects like multiculturalism, community outreach and equity.

To provide the skills necessary for such work, the Department of Sociology offers a multi-disciplinary Certificate in Social Justice. This certificate provides specialized curricula to strengthen the candidacy of graduates for post-graduate professional activities concerned with social justice, provides opportunities to apply course material via experience-based learning activities and forms a comprehensive and interdisciplinary field of social justice from relevant courses in various university departments.

The certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) equips students with skills that will enable them to teach English as a Foreign Language abroad. The TEFL certificate is designed as a credential for those who plan short-term stays overseas and is open to Georgia State University students in any undergraduate major.

The program requires students to complete a series of five undergraduate courses offered by the Department of Applied Linguistics & English as a Second Language.

Students who are likely to be interested in the certificate program include:

• Those in disciplines where an extended stay abroad would enhance their skills, employment or graduate school admission possibilities upon their return.
• People who are simply interested in the adventure of living in another culture and of gaining knowledge of the world.
• Individuals with a bachelor’s degree who are interested in working abroad but do not want to make the long term professional commitment involved in earning a graduate degree.
• Majors in Language Studies interested in further graduate study in applied linguistics. For these students, earning the certificate as part of their undergraduate degree requirements can enhance their graduate school potential.

Find out more about applying for a College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Certificate.

Georgia State also offers a graduate certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). This certificate is likely a better choice for students interested in continuing on to earn an MA. For more information about the graduate certificate, go to the TESOL program page.

The Georgia State University Workplace Intercultural Competence certificate prepares students with the knowledge and skills needed to manage diverse workplaces in various settings including business, construction, agriculture, education and healthcare.

Students will acquire and hone the skills required to work in a diversity-rich setting and engage in intercultural communication, including working with second-language learners.