CENTER FOR THE DIGITAL GLOBE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
(Graduate Level)

The Center for the Digital Globe (CDiG) offers a 12 semester hour graduate certificate program for professional students, non-degree graduate students and graduate degree seeking students. Students must formally apply and be admitted to our graduate certificate program in order to complete the program. Your method of applying for admission to our certificate program (through either Application Process 1 or Application Process 2) depends on your current Graduate School admission status. Both application processes are explained below. Also, at the end of your certificate program, you will be required to complete the Application for Graduate Certificate form which verifies that you have met all requirements for your certificate. See our certificate requirements below for instructions on processing this form.

Requirements for our two certificate programs are outlined below. Our required introductory and capstone courses, Management 8100 Exploring the Digital Globe (3 Semester Hrs) (offered fall semesters) and Journalism 8052 Case Studies in the Digital Globe (3 Semester Hrs) (offered fall and winter semesters), give students a great opportunity to get to know professors and students outside of their departments and to share common interests, networks and connections. Students will work closely with their advisor to select the additional courses needed to complete their certificate program. Upon completion of either certificate program, the following notation with your official date of completion will be placed on your official student transcript: Graduate Certificate - Center for the Digital Globe. The Registrar's Office will also send each recipient a framable certificate signed by the Director of the Center for the Digital Globe and the Dean of Graduate School.

Applying for Admission to our Graduate Certificate Program

Students must formally apply and be admitted to our certificate program in order to receive our Center for the Digital Globe Graduate Certificate. Depending on your current Graduate School admission status, you may apply for admission to our graduate certificate program through either Process 1 or Process 2 below.

Application Process 1 (for students already admitted in the Graduate School)
If you are seeking admission to our Center for the Digital Globe Graduate Certificate Program and are currently admitted to the Graduate School as a Non-Degree Graduate Student or are already admitted to a graduate degree program, print and fill out the Application for Graduate Change of Program Form located on the Graduate School web site. (The link to the printable form is shown below.)
Application for Graduate Change of Division, Program, Degree Emphasis or Adviser Form (PDF)
(Printable application form for current Non-Degree Graduate Students or students already admitted to a graduate degree program) http://gradschool.missouri.edu/forms-downloads/repository/change-degree.pdf

Instructions for Completing the Change of Program Form: Print the Application for Graduate Change of Program form from the Graduate School Web Site. Fill in items 1 thru 9. On item 7, place a checkmark beside Grad Certificate. On item 9, write the words Center for the Digital Globe Graduate Certificate in the box labeled New, and leave the remainder of the form blank. Take the form to your graduate faculty advisor for first review and signature. Your graduate faculty advisor will forward the form to their Divisional Director of Graduate Studies for review and signature. Their Divisional Director of Graduate Studies will then send the form to the Graduate School for processing.

Application Process 2 (for new applicants to the Graduate School)
If you are currently enrolled in a professional degree program and have not been admitted to the Graduate School, or if you hold a baccalaureate degree and have not been admitted to Graduate School (new Graduate School applicant wishing to pursue a Center for the Digital Globe Graduate Certificate), you must complete the online submission Application for Admission to Graduate School located on the Graduate School web site. (See link to the online application below.)
Graduate Online Application for Admission to the Graduate School
(Online Application form for students currently enrolled in a professional degree program who have not been admitted to Graduate School or for students who hold a baccalaureate degree and have not been admitted to Graduate School) https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=umc-grad

Instructions for Online Submission of the Application for Admission to Graduate School: This application must be completed and submitted online. Instructions for accessing and filling out the online application and uploading attachments to it are provided on the Graduate School web site. After you submit the application online, it will be reviewed by the appropriate graduate faculty advisor and Divisional Director of Graduate Studies. The Divisional Director of Graduate Studies will then submit a Graduate Admission Communication Form to the Graduate School for processing.

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS

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Certificate Option 1: CDiG Stand-Alone Certificate
(for non-degree graduate students and students completing professional degrees)

The Center for the Digital Globe, established by the College of Business, School of Journalism, School of Law and Department of Textile and Apparel Management in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, offers an interdepartmental certificate to non-degree graduate students and professional students of the University of Missouri-Columbia. The prerequisite for the stand-alone certificate is a baccalaureate degree. The certificate program supplements the students’ studies within the various colleges and schools that make up the University. This certificate attests to the students’ successful completion of a required course of study with emphasis on the managerial, theoretical and policy-related issues associated with digital media, electronic commerce and globalization.

Students receiving the stand-alone certificate will have demonstrated competencies in:

1. Technology. Students need not have achieved mastery of specific engineering, programming or application skills. Instead, the students must demonstrate a working understanding of how digital technologies function.
2. Global Communication. One of the primary characteristics of digital technologies, and particularly the Internet, are their function as worldwide communications media. Whether from the perspective of journalism, business or the law, the impact of these new communications channels has been substantial. Students should achieve an understanding of how new media are different from print or broadcast media and the consequences of those differences.
3. Business. Students should be well grounded in the principles, opportunities and ethical uses of electronic commerce and its impact on journalism, law and commercial practices.
4. Culture and Society. Digital media raise recurrent questions which call for political and social solutions. Students should be able to understand the broader issues raised by technological change and be prepared to take positions of leadership as such issues present themselves. Examples of such issues are questions of globalization, political boundaries, access, ownership and uses of information, marketing, etc.

To achieve the goals of the certificate and assure its value to students, the University and prospective employers or donors, the certificate program enjoys certain characteristics. Perhaps most fundamental is the inter-disciplinary nature of the program. While each department has the capability of offering a course emphasis, track or intra-departmental certificates to students in the area of technology and commerce, one of the fundamental concepts underlying the Center is the value and necessity of approaching these issues from the perspective of various disciplines. With these principles in mind, the program has been designed to assure that the interdisciplinary character of the course of work will be emphasized. The required course work compels students to come together for an interdisciplinary introduction to their studies and permits them to work separately and within their respective disciplines for further study. Students come together for a concluding experience that involves working collectively through a case study.

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR STAND-ALONE CERTIFICATE:
SPECIAL NOTE FOR LAW STUDENTS: No more than six non-Law credits may count toward the JD degree.

Eligibility: Prerequisite for the stand-alone certificate is a baccalaureate degree. Professional students who are pursuing the stand-alone certificate must dually enroll in the Graduate School and receive graduate credit for their 12 semester hours of stand-alone certificate courses.

Credits: At least 12 eligible credit hours, consisting of an introductory, interdisciplinary course (Management 8100), 6 credit hours in two or more eligible graduate courses, and a concluding seminar/research project course (Journalism 8052). The course of work for certificate students is more specifically described as:

1. Management 8100: Exploring the Digital Globe, 3 credits.
   • This inter-departmental course introduces students to the impacts of technological change and globalization from the perspective of business, law and journalism. Students are introduced to electronic commerce, digitization and globalization to prepare them to respond to the challenges of the digital globe. Students do not acquire specific technological skills; they acquire a working understanding of how digital technologies function.
   • The course is taught by faculty from the journalism, business and law schools, and from the Department of Textile and Apparel Management of the College of Human Environmental Sciences. Visiting speakers, including speakers presenting programs for the Center for the Digital Globe, meet with the class to share their research and experience.
     
2. 6 credits of graduate course work. The courses taken to satisfy this requirement are those that have been approved by the Center’s faculty in consultation with the academic programs that offer the courses. The approved courses are graduate level courses that address one or more of the competencies specified above.
   
3. Journalism 8052: Case Studies in the Digital Globe, 3 credits
• The course is designed to further develop the levels of understanding and skills obtained in previous coursework. In this class, students will achieve a better understanding of how new media are different from print or broadcast media and the consequences of those differences. Students are introduced to the principles, opportunities and ethical use of electronic commerce. Students critically analyze issues raised by technological change, including globalization, political boundaries, access, ownership and uses of information, marketing, etc.
• As with the introductory class, this course is taught by faculty from a variety of departments. Visiting speakers, including speakers presenting programs for the Center for the Digital Globe, meet with the class to share their research and experience.
  
4. Grades. Students must maintain a minimum grade of 3.0 or equivalent in each course to receive credit toward completion of the certificate.

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Stand-Alone Certificate Requirements

To be eligible for the stand-alone certificate in the Center for the Digital Globe, students are required to take four courses for graduate credit: two courses offered through CDiG and two electives. The required courses are Management 8100 (Exploring the Digital Globe) and Journalism 8052 (Case Studies in the Digital Globe). The two electives should be determined in consultation with the student’s CDiG affiliated advisor. SPECIAL NOTE FOR LAW STUDENTS: No more than six non-Law credits may count toward the JD degree.

To receive the certificate upon completion of the certificate program, students must fill out the “Application for a Graduate Certificate” form which can be downloaded at http://gradschool.missouri.edu/forms-downloads/repository/cert-plan.pdf

The form asks for a list of courses taken by the student that fills the certificate requirements. The form must be signed by the student, the CDiG executive director and the graduate dean. For students completing a professional degree, a copy of the student's approved degree program must be attached to the certificate application form when submitting it for the CDIG executive director's approval. The form then must be submitted to the Graduate School, 210 Jesse Hall.

Stand-Alone Certificate Courses (Courses and Descriptions)

See our "Graduate Courses" link for the CDiG courses and course descriptions.

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Certificate Option 2: CDiG Graduate Degree Dependent Certificate
(for students completing a graduate degree)

The Center for the Digital Globe, established by the College of Business, School of Journalism, School of Law and Department of Textile and Apparel Management in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, offers an interdepartmental certificate to students who are also completing a graduate degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The certificate program supplements the students’ graduate studies within the various colleges and schools that make up the University. This certificate attests to the students’ successful completion of a required course of study with emphasis on the managerial, theoretical and policy-related issues associated with digital media, electronic commerce and globalization.

Students receiving the graduate degree dependent certificate will have demonstrated competencies in:

1. Technology. Students need not have achieved mastery of specific engineering, programming or application skills. Instead, the students must demonstrate a working understanding of how digital technologies function.
2. Global Communication. One of the primary characteristics of digital technologies, and particularly the Internet, are their function as worldwide communications media. Whether from the perspective of journalism, business or the law, the impact of these new communications channels has been substantial. Students should achieve an understanding of how new media are different from print or broadcast media and the consequences of those differences.
3. Business. Students should be well grounded in the principles, opportunities and ethical uses of electronic commerce and its impact on journalism, law and commercial practices.
4. Culture and Society. Digital media raise recurrent questions which call for political and social solutions. Students should be able to understand the broader issues raised by technological change and be prepared to take positions of leadership as such issues present themselves. Examples of such issues are questions of globalization, political boundaries, access, ownership and uses of information, marketing, etc.

To achieve the goals of the certificate and assure its value to students, the University and prospective employers or donors, the certificate program enjoys certain characteristics. Perhaps most fundamental is the inter-disciplinary nature of the program. While each department has the capability of offering a course emphasis, track or intra-departmental certificates to students in the area of technology and commerce, one of the fundamental concepts underlying the Center is the value and necessity of approaching these issues from the perspective of various disciplines. With these principles in mind, the program has been designed to assure that the interdisciplinary character of the course of work will be emphasized. The required course work compels students to come together for an interdisciplinary introduction to their studies and permits them to work separately and within their respective disciplines for further study. Students come together for a concluding experience that involves working collectively through a case study.

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE DEGREE DEPENDENT CERTIFICATE:
SPECIAL NOTE: No more than six of the twelve credits necessary for the CDiG Graduate Degree Dependent Certificate may count toward the graduate degree.

Eligibility: Students who have completed their baccalaureate studies and are enrolled in a master’s, doctoral or professional program and working toward a graduate degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Credits: At least 12 eligible credit hours, consisting of an introductory, interdisciplinary course (Management 8100), 6 credit hours in two or more eligible graduate courses, and a concluding seminar/research project course (Journalism 8052). The course of work for certificate students is more specifically described as:

1. Management 8100: Exploring the Digital Globe, 3 credits.
   • This inter-departmental course introduces students to the impacts of technological change and globalization from the perspective of business, law and journalism. Students are introduced to electronic commerce, digitization and globalization to prepare them to respond to the challenges of the digital globe. Students do not acquire specific technological skills; they acquire a working understanding of how digital technologies function.
   • The course is taught by faculty from the journalism, business and law schools, and from the Department of Textile and Apparel Management of the College of Human Environmental Sciences. Visiting speakers, including speakers presenting programs for the Center for the Digital Globe, meet with the class to share their research and experience.
     
2. 6 credits of graduate course work. The courses taken to satisfy this requirement are those that have been approved by the Center’s faculty in consultation with the academic programs that offer the courses. The approved courses are graduate level courses that address one or more of the competencies specified above.
   
3. Journalism 8052: Case Studies in the Digital Globe, 3 credits
• The course is designed to further develop the levels of understanding and skills obtained in previous coursework. In this class, students will achieve a better understanding of how new media are different from print or broadcast media and the consequences of those differences. Students are introduced to the principles, opportunities and ethical use of electronic commerce. Students critically analyze issues raised by technological change, including globalization, political boundaries, access, ownership and uses of information, marketing, etc.
• As with the introductory class, this course is taught by faculty from a variety of departments. Visiting speakers, including speakers presenting programs for the Center for the Digital Globe, meet with the class to share their research and experience.
  
4. Grades. Students must maintain a minimum grade of 3.0 or equivalent in each course to receive credit toward completion of the certificate.

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Graduate Degree Dependent Certificate Requirements

To be eligible for the graduate degree dependent certificate in the Center for the Digital Globe, students are required to take four courses: two courses offered through CDiG and two electives. The required courses are Management 8100 (Exploring the Digital Globe) and Journalism 8052 (Case Studies in the Digital Globe). The two electives should be determined in consultation with the student’s graduate advisor. SPECIAL NOTE: No more than six of the twelve credits necessary for the CDiG Graduate Degree Dependent Certificate may count toward the graduate degree.

To receive the certificate upon completion of the certificate program, students must fill out the “Application for a Graduate Certificate” form which can be downloaded at http://gradschool.missouri.edu/forms-downloads/repository/cert-plan.pdf

The form asks for a list of courses taken by the student that fills the certificate requirements. The form must be signed by the student, the CDiG executive director and graduate dean. A copy of the student's approved graduate degree program must be attached to the certificate application form when submitting it for the CDIG executive director's approval. The form then must be submitted to the Graduate School, 210 Jesse Hall.

Graduate Degree Dependent Certificate Courses (Courses and Descriptions)

See our "Graduate Courses" link for the CDiG courses and course descriptions.

NOTE: See our MU Graduate Catalog page under Graduate Catalog Index - Graduate Certificates.

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Departmental Guidelines

• College of Business
• School of Journalism
• College of Human and Environmental Sciences
• School of Law

The College of Business does not have a certificate in e-commerce, but it has a concentration as part of its MBA. The following description contains what is believed to be the most recent information regarding the E-Commerce and IT Concentrations in the MBA Program (College of Business). The two proposed concentrations were approved by the Management Department and the College of Business in the Fall 2001. So, the concentrations are now in full force. In the fact, the College of Business has over 30 MBA students who are participating in or who have expressed the intention to participate in either the E-Commerce or Information Technology concentrations. More information can be found shortly on the College of Business MBA website at http://business.missouri.edu/degrees/masters/mba/.

Information Technology (MIS/IT) Concentration
The MIS/IT concentration consists of three courses: MGT 446 Systems Approach to Business Application Development, MGT 435 Web Programming, and one course from a set of electives. The MIS/IT concentration is meant for those MBA students who are interested in gaining extensive hands-on experience in more technically oriented technology courses, including programming, web development, telecommunications and (through electives) data warehousing and ERP. It is strongly recommended that students taking this concentration have some prior programming experience (Visual Basic, Java or C++ would be fine). The Systems Approach to Business Application Development (SABAD) course (MGT 446) should be completed before the Web Programming (MGT 435), which will emphasize programming projects. The objective of this concentration is to allow the students to acquire sufficient basic IT skills to render them very attractive and competitive in the job market.

E-Commerce (MIS/EC) Concentration
The MIS/EC concentration requires three courses which emphasize a broad managerial understanding of the strategic issues underlying the use of IT/E-Commerce in business: MGT 415 E-Commerce, MGT 443 Database Management and one course from a set of electives. The E-Commerce course will emphasize business activities via internet technologies. Database Management will emphasize data modeling concepts and implement projects in appropriate database software products. Electives will be offered as needed and as staff is available. A student in the EC concentration can take a required course in the IT concentration as an elective (for the EC concentration), but only if all course prerequisites are satisfied.

See a CDiG faculty advisor.

See a CDiG faculty advisor.

14 hours: 7 hours of required courses + 6 hours of elective courses (at least one course from each of 2 lists) + a 1-hour research paper

Two of the following 3 courses:
5455 Copyright Law (2)
5820 Patent Law (3)
5920 Trademark Law (2)

One of the following 2 courses:
5495 Cyberspace Law (3)
5535 Electronic Commerce Law (3)

One or more of the following:
5460 Corporate Finance (3)
5795 Modern Payment Systems (3)
5880 Sales and Leases of Goods (2)
5885 Secured Transactions (3)
5890 Securities Regulation (3)
5495 Cyberspace Law (3)*
5455 Copyright Law (2)*
5535 Electronic Commerce Law (3)*
5565 European Union Law (3)
5590 Freedom of Speech and Association (3)
5500 Digital Divide (3)
5605 Government Information & Privacy (2)
5650 International Business Transactions (2-3)
5820 Patent Law (2-3)*
5645 International Intellectual Property (3)
5900 Software Law (3)
5920 Trademark Law (2)*

* If not taken as a required course.

NOTE: See course descriptions for all MU graduate courses under MU Graduate Catalog and all MU undergraduate courses under MU Undergraduate Catalog.

NOTE: See our MU Graduate Catalog page under Graduate Catalog Index - Graduate Certificates.