Certificate Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours from the approved courses below.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 12 upper-division (3000-level and above) credit hours taken from the approved courses.
3. Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all courses that apply to the certificate and must achieve a minimum cumulative certificate GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the certificate GPA. Courses taken using pass/fail grading cannot apply to certificate requirements.
4. Students must complete all credit hours applying to the certificate with CU Denver faculty. 

Required Courses

• ETST 3036 American Indian Cultural Images (Core Cultural Diversity course, offered fall semester)
• ETST 3110 Indigenous Studies (Core International Perspectives course, offered every semester).
• ETST 3396 History of the American Indian (offered spring semester)
• ETST 3939 Internship or ETST 3840 Independent Study 

Application Procedure

To sign up for the certificate or to learn more contact Dr. Faye Caronan at Faye.Caronan@ucdenver.edu. Please indicate the student’s name, student ID number, major, and expected degree graduation date.