Applications for the Graduate Certificate in Middle East Politics and Society will be considered from students enrolled in a graduate degree program at Virginia Tech and from non-degree and Commonwealth Campus students who have been permitted to take courses by the Graduate School. Certificates will be awarded upon application for the certificate and application for certificate conferral once course requirements have been completed.
Non-degree seeking applicants
A person who wishes to enter Virginia Tech to obtain a graduate certificate, without being enrolled in a degree program, may apply for admission to Graduate Certificate status. Such applicants submit an Application for Admission and a Graduate Certificate Application, and
must meet the following criteria:
• GPA of 3.0 for the last half of the credits earned for the undergraduate degree,
• Submission of official transcripts,
• academic background appropriate for the Certificate, and
• International applicants must submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) with a minimum of 550 paper-based (PBT) or 80 internet-based test (iBT), or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a minimum score of 6.5.
Non-degree seeking applicants will be required to get permission of instructor before enrolling inindividual classes.
Total Number of Credit Hours: 9 credit hours. Transfer credits are not permitted.
Required courses—9 credits
Students will choose three courses:
• GIA 5314 Middle East Geopolitics (3 cr)
• GIA/PSCI 5614 (HIST 5544)Understanding the Israeli Palestinian Conflict (3 cr)
• ASPT 5134 Islamic Political Thought (3 cr)
• ASPT/HIST/RLCL 6124 (PSCI 6234) Pre-Modern Christian and Islamic Political Theory (3 cr)
Another 5000-level or 6000-level course subject to approval by the certificate candidate’s advisor.