Earn your graduate-level certificate in UU studies entirely through low-residency study at Starr King School for the Ministry.
The Starr King Certificate in Unitarian Universalist Studies, directed by Dr. Meg Richardson, enables you to study the full complement of Unitarian Universalist topics relevant to ministry and religious leadership and expected by the Ministerial Fellowship Committee.
We offer a wide variety of online courses and short-term intensives in UU theologies, UU history and polity. UU social justice priorities, global religious traditions, and congregational administration.
We designed this certificate for you!
Complete your certificate through any combination of four courses (12 units) taken online and through short-term intensives offered in Berkeley. Register and pay for courses as you go. Note that we are in the process of making our certificate programs eligible for federal financial aid, as SKSM certificates are not currently eligible for federal financial aid. We are accepting applications to enroll in the program now!
See our course descriptions or get tuition information.
Enrollment Requirement for Certificate Program
If you decide you cannot enroll for a class at this time, please inform the director of your respective program stating you are not registering for the current or upcoming semester. If we have not heard from you regarding your intentions for two semesters in a row we will withdraw you from the program.
Sample Courses in UU Studies include:
Immersion Courses
Intensive Courses
Online Courses
Residential students (at Oakland campus) may enroll in residential courses to fulfill the requirements of a certificate program. Please contact the director of the program about specific residential courses.
