Application
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Development Studies
Name
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Student ID
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Academic Year Address ________________________________________________________________________
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Current Year of Study (1st, 2nd …)
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Degree sought ______________________________
Career plans after graduation
Expected graduation date
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Level of proficiency in languages _________________________________________________________________
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Confirmation of student eligibility by Department or School (application will not be considered unless this section is complete.)
I certify that the applicant is a registered graduate student in good standing.
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Name (please print)
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Signature of DGS or Professional School Officer
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Date
A complete application must contain:
1. Application Sheet (this page).
2. Proposed Academic Plan (next page) to complete certificate requirements. Include documentation of
language proficiency and economic coursework if completed somewhere other than Yale.
3. Personal Statement relating the certificate to your degree program and career plans (not to exceed two
typewritten pages). Discuss how specific courses and language proficiency are relevant to the Certificate.
4. A copy of your most recent Yale transcript.
5. Signature of eligibility from your DGS or Professional School Officer.
Applications must be submitted no later than the beginning of the penultimate term of study. For further
information, see the Graduate Certificate Advisor for Development Studies.
For Office Use Only:
Date application received: ____________________________________________________________
Date application approved or rejected: ____________________________________ ____________
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Signature
Date
updated Fall 2010
Proposed Academic Plan
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Development Studies
Name of candidate
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Home department or school
I.
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Courses to meet Certificate requirements:
List the courses that you have taken or that you plan to take to meet the certificate requirements. Recognizing that
course offerings change from year to year, you may substitute other courses for the ones that you list here, with the
faculty advisor’s approval and within the guidelines below.
< 2 courses may be directed readings/independent study courses
< 4 courses may be from any one discipline or School
A minimum grade of HP must be attained
Undergraduate courses do not count toward Graduate Certificates
Course # & Title
Professor
Term/Year
Grade
(if completed)
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2
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6
II.
Language Proficiency:
Students must demonstrate proficiency of a major world language – other than English – relevant to development
studies or to the region on which the candidate is focusing, with two years of language study at Yale or the
equivalent; translation exams are not sufficient.
Language
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How will proficiency be demonstrated? ___________________________________________________
III. Economics Proficiency:
Students must demonstrate proficiency in the basic concepts of economics, either by demonstrating substantial prior
coursework in economics or by taking a graduate or professional level economics course at Yale. (A basic course in
economics will not count as one of the six courses required for the certificate.)
Coursework _________________________________________________________________________
IV. Research Paper Plan:
The qualifying paper must demonstrate the ability to use interdisciplinary resources in development studies,
including – where appropriate – primary sources, field research, data analysis, and non-English sources
Course, Semester, and Professor _________________________________________________________
Paper Title __________________________________________________________________________