Graduate Courses for Professional and Personal Development

Enroll in a graduate level course for professional or personal development this fall. Qualify for admission as a non-degree seeking graduate student with any bachelors degree. Submit an application and be accepted the same day! Scroll down to view courses.

Graduate level courses taken as a non-degree seeking student can potentially be applied to a degree program. Enrolling in a grad course is a great way to see if grad school is for you! NMU offers several graduate degree programs in online and on-campus format. 

Schedule: Mondays from 6pm - 8:30pm

Instructor: Dr. Jes Thompson - Professor of Communications

This course will provide an in-depth exploration of the theoretical, methodological, and applied aspects of environmental and nonprofit campaign design. Students will put those understandings into practice with the creation of a campaign related to communicating an ecological or social issue, e.g., water quality, local climate change impacts, etc. Additionally, students will learn how to translate complex scientific information for diverse, public Audiences.

 

 

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4:40 p.m. - Web course

Instructor: Aimee Cree Dunn - Professor of Native American Studies

Anishinaabe teachings tell us it was from Ma’iingan (Wolf) that humanity learned of our close relationship to the planet and other species. NAS 440 draws on this teaching to explore the lifeways, cultures, and perspectives of the Animal Nations through advanced forest immersion and through the study of cultural expressions and Traditional Ecological Knowledge from the Anishinaabe and other Indigenous peoples.

Schedule: Tuesdays from 5:30-8pm

Instructor: Elissa Kent - Professor of Social Work

This course is a primary building block in an advanced generalist social work curriculum with a focus on macro-practice with organizations and communities.  The course provides students with the opportunity to practice engagement and assessment skills and helps them develop an understanding of themselves as leaders in the macro-social environment.