College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Center for Anticipatory Intelligence
The Graduate Certificate in Anticipatory Intelligence at Utah State University is part of the nation’s first graduate program in Anticipatory Intelligence. This compact 15-credit graduate certificate is designed to be completed with part-time study across one or two years and is built to complement career tracks or other graduate degrees across a wide range of STEM disciplines, social sciences, humanities, and arts. Its purpose is to equip graduate students and professionals with a sophisticated grasp of how the world’s fast-evolving forces in cyber, big data, artificial intelligence, bioengineering, climate change, information metastasis, societal cohesion, and other domains are converging into transformative threats and opportunities for the twenty-first century.
The Graduate Certificate in Anticipatory Intelligence prepares graduate students and professionals with actionable hard and soft skills in systems-level thinking and emergent security challenges, as well as sophistication in interdisciplinary analysis, synthesis, and cross-domain collaboration relating to the complex security issues affecting their own professional field. This curriculum offers strong value-added benefit for individuals pursuing a wide range of professions in the private sector, public service, nonprofit work, and academia.
Completion of the CAI grad certificate is contingent on fulfillment of the following criteria:
- completion of 9 credits of required courses,
- completion of 6 credits of approved elective courses,
- a “C” grade or better in all classes.
Interested individuals from all programs of study and professional backgrounds are encouraged to apply. In order to apply, applicants must:
- have (or be about to graduate with) a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university,
- have a strong academic record (minimum GPA of 3.0) – work experience of professional applicants will be weighed during application review.
A graduate certificate must be completed within six years of entering the degree program. Additional time may be requested by the department and submitted to the Vice Provost of Graduate Studies for review.
Detailed information on the Graduate Certificate in Anticipatory Intelligence, including application requirements, annual application window, and guidance for prospective students is provided on the program website, cai.usu.edu. Applications require a personal statement, resume/CV, writing sample, official undergraduate transcripts, two (2) letters of recommendation, and payment of the USU SGS application fee. A graduate certificate must be completed within six years of entering the degree program. Additional time may be requested by the department and submitted to the Vice Provost of Graduate Studies for review.
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