Unique Interdisciplinary Certificate Option
UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley offers a unique interdisciplinary Customized Certificate Program (CCP) option through our Business and Management Department. This program enables students to create their own customized Business and Management certificate designed specifically to address their individual professional needs and career goals.

Customized Certificate Program Combines Study in Two Areas
To build a Customized Certificate, students must select courses from two subject areas. The combinations can be drawn from the following Business and Management areas of study:

• Accounting
• Business Administration
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Personal Financial Planning
• Project Management
• Technical Writing and Communication

Personalized Certificate Planning Assistance
If you are entertaining the idea of pursuing the interdisciplinary CCP certificate option, a representative is available to help you work out the details of your program. Please send inquiries to: program@ucsc-extension.edu

Designing Your Program
There are two ways you can design your CCP when combining two areas of study:
Option One: Evenly divide your required courses between the subject areas.
Option Two: Take all of the required courses in one subject area and all of the elective courses in the other subject area.

Number of Credit/Hours
A minimum of 160 hours (16 quarter units) is required to complete the Business and Management CCP.

Application Process
You may take up to three courses in a certificate series before requesting a Business and Management CCP. First, you must contact the CCP representative to plan your course of study and receive CCP proposal form. Then, you must file the certificate application.

You will be advised within two weeks of receipt of your completed application package whether your course of study has been approved. Final approval of your program is made by the Business and Management Department, UCSC Extension.

Certificate Application Information
We encourage you to establish candidacy in a certificate program early in your studies. There are substantial benefits in doing so:

• Curriculum changes subsequent to the date your application is received will not affect your course requirements.
• Candidates will be notified of updates or special opportunities related to the program

How to Apply
Certificate applications can be submitted online or by using the PDF application. An application fee, listed on the form, is required to establish candidacy.

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