Certificates

BGU offers two types of Certificates: Certificates of Achievement and Intensive Certificates. 

  • Certificates of Achievement are offered by BGU professors and alumni for those who love to learn.  The classes are typically available continuously and have no academic entry requirements.  A wide variety of subjects will soon be available.  Certificates of Achievement may offer continuing education credit, but not converted for academic degree credit.                   

  • Intensive Certificates are an excellent way to experience BGU courses without committing to a full graduate-level degree program.  Successful certificate holders can potentially convert their certificate to degree credit.

For more information about Intensive Certificates, please see BGU Core Appendices - Appendix 53  

For inquiries and additional information please contact the Certificates Program Director.


CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

The Certificate of Achievement in Conflict Resolution certifies that the holder has received a basic introduction to the skills required for effective conflict resolution.

CERTIFIED MEDIATOR CERTIFICATE

The Certified Mediator Certificate certifies that the holder is a competent professional mediator. It is the outcome of 45 hours of mediation skills acquisition training, based on rigorous and robust conceptualization, case studies, and hands-on resolution of live conflicts from diverse backgrounds, followed by an equally in-depth professional debriefing by a highly experienced senior mediator. A BGU Certified Mediator is a thoroughbred and confident mediator, remarkable for skills in conflict resolution.


CERTIFIED ARBITRATOR CERTIFICATE (CertArb)

The Certified Arbitrator (CertArb) Certificate certifies that the holder is a competent professional arbitrator. It is the outcome of 50 hours of arbitration skills acquisition training based on rigorous and robust instructions, case studies, and hands-on arbitration of live dispute(s), followed by an equally in-depth professional debriefing by a highly experienced senior arbitrator. A BGU Certified Arbitrator (CertArb) is a thoroughbred and confident arbitrator, remarkable for domestic and international dispute resolution skills in the arbitration process.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR MISSIONAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

The Missional Spiritual Direction Certificate Program trains individuals interested in becoming spiritual directors in today’s context. The program provides participants with the necessary skills, knowledge, and practicum to guide others in their spiritual journey while directing them to integrate mission and calling into their practice of spiritual discipline.


CERTIFICATE IN THE IGNATIAN EXERCISES

You are invited into a spiritual adventure which will begin on the third week of January. We will begin the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in a group format, meeting once a week at a mutually convenient time. We will be able to have 3-4 groups to accommodate different time zones. Our focus will be to share and pray over what God has been revealing to us during the week from our meditations and contemplations. Our meditations will focus on Scripture and contemplations will enable us to enter the story using our five senses.