Earn Academic Credit Through SIIC Workshops


All SIIC 3-day and 5-day workshops are available for academic credit through a cooperative program between the Intercultural Communication Institute and Portland State University. Participants in graduate or undergraduate programs are often able to use their SIIC workshops as elective credits toward their degrees. Others who are working for the SIIC Practitioner’s Certificate can take a 5-day workshop for credit to meet the certificate’s requirements. And still other participants may complete workshops for credit as a way of increasing the knowledge and skills already gained from attending a workshop.

Both graduate and undergraduate credits are available through Portland State University’s Continuing Education/Graduate School of Education unit in the School of Extended Studies. For 3-day sessions, a participant may earn 2 quarter credits and for 5-day sessions, a participant may earn 3 quarter credits. When the workshop/course is completed, all course titles are listed as “Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication,” EPFA 510 or 410.

Information on academic credit will be available on our website about the middle of June. A required academic credit informational meeting will be held each session to answer questions and register students. To earn academic credit, participants must attend workshops full time, read assigned material following the workshops, and complete a written project due before November 1, 2010. Papers will be graded fall term and be available in mid December.

Please contact Dr. Kent Warren (503-297-4622, kwarren@intercultural.org) rather than Portland State University for additional information about the academic credit option.


Continuing Education Credits (CEC) or Units (CEU)

Many SIIC workshops qualify for the continuing education units required by various professional groups (counselors, teachers, attorneys, etc.). Please contact ICI for more information about this opportunity.