Justice, Belonging, and Community Change Graduate Certificate *

The Justice, Belonging, and Community Change Certificate* is an interdisciplinary graduate certificate program offering students the opportunity to explore concepts that align with Catholic social teaching and Jesuit apostolic preferences such as Walking with the Excluded and Caring for our Common Home through coursework and applied projects. Students will develop the skills and knowledge needed to be an agent of positive change in a culturally pluralistic world and communicate with compassion in diverse environments.
 

This program aims to promote inclusive workplace, educational, and community settings. Guided by Jesuit values, we are called to live a faith that does justice as we work to change social structures to advance the common good.

This program may be completed as a stand-alone certificate, or as one of the three *’stackable’ certificates required to fulfill requirements of the Business Administration, M.B.A.  program or as a ‘stackable’ certificate within the Education and Leadership, Ed.D.  program.

Program Goals 

Students will: 

• actively engage in reflection upon their own cultures, identities, and biases
• explain the historical, political, social, and economic contexts that shape policies influencing institutions, societies, and human life 
• recognize the need to improve social and economic outcomes that benefit individuals, inclusive organizations, and societies with diverse populations
• develop an individual project to apply meaningful knowledge and discernment skills through an applied project designed to promote dignity and well-being in a workplace, educational, or community setting
• incorporate knowledge to build a plan to serve others, especially those in need, with compassion and a commitment to justice as contemplatives in action