{"id":3035,"date":"2025-05-13T11:40:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=3035"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:35:37","slug":"equity-democracy-graduate-certificate","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/degrees-certificates\/education\/equity-democracy-graduate-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Education for Equity and Democracy Graduate Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong><strong><strong>Inspire Change In the Classroom and the Community<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Address inequity, social injustice, and systemic exclusion in education through the graduate certificate in Education for Equity &amp; Democracy at Boston University\u2019s Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. Take coursework across disciplines and engage with community partners for authentic experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Gain resources and tools to design strategies to prevent and reverse inequities<\/li><li>Fully online, with full- and part-time options<\/li><li>Join a learning cohort with other students enrolled in the program&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development is a top-ranked college that focuses on cross-disciplinary research, experiential learning, and community engagement. We seek to empower our students, faculty, and staff to reshape the systems that impact learning and human development, more firmly centering them in justice, diversity, and belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Change Starts with You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Advance your goals to support equity in learning with the graduate certificate in education for equity and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Five core courses, 18 units total&nbsp;<\/li><li>Can be completed full-time within 12 months or longer on a part-time schedule<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group program-block program-block--requirements program-block--type-degrees\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"program-block__title\">Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns program-block--requirements__inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column program-block--requirements__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group program-block--requirements__group\"><div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/admissions-financial-aid\/graduate-admissions\/application-requirements\/\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"program-block--requirements__group-text\">Learn about application requirements and admissions details.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column program-block--requirements__media\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/online\/files\/2022\/10\/compare-fibre-Y8TiLvKnLeg-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/files\/2022\/10\/compare-fibre-Y8TiLvKnLeg-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/files\/2022\/10\/compare-fibre-Y8TiLvKnLeg-unsplash-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/online\/files\/2022\/10\/compare-fibre-Y8TiLvKnLeg-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, 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