Advanced Graduate Certificate in C-STRIDE
Advanced Graduate Certificate in Science Training & Research to Inform DEcisions (STRIDE)
The Institute for Advanced Computational Science houses an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Science Training & Research to Inform DEcisions (STRIDE), available to both PhD and MS/MA students in the following departments: Applied Math and Statistics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ecology & Evolution, Journalism, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Materials Science, Public Health, Technology & Society.. Below are some of the certificate details. Only matriculated SBU graduate students in these departments are eligible to participate in the certificate program.
STRIDE is an innovative training program that provides STEM graduate students with unique interdisciplinary skills to assist, create, and eventually lead in the translation of complex data-enabled research into informed decisions and sound policies.
In addition to training in cutting-edge data analytics and visualization, STRIDE includes the trans-disciplinary skills of decision support including science communication, understanding the perspectives of various stakeholders, and translating scientific uncertainty, that are too often not explicitly taught.
This end-to-end training program aims to transcend traditional graduate education by integrating multiple disciplines and novel training elements that span spatial data, advanced visual data analytics, high-performance and data-centric computing, a science discipline, communication including interpersonal skills and modern media, and decision making.
Students must have the permission of their advisors and their Graduate Program Directors
before enrolling in the certificate program. Students must complete, with the requisite
signatures, and submit to the Graduate School the form entitled Permission to Enroll
in a Secondary Certificate Program.
Certificate Requirements
15 credits, courses can be double counted toward the certificate and the student’s major
COM 565 - Foundations of Science Communication 3 credits
Statistics course - Student can take a statistics course from their home department Credits: 3 credits
MAR 534 - Scientific Decision Support 1 credit
Elective in policy or applied science Credits: 3 credits
CSE 564 - Visualization 3 credits
Seminar electives (2): Two 1-credit seminar electives in environment or energy Credits: 2 credits
What are the first steps?
Students from participating departments should:
Check with their advisors that enrolling is permitted and request permission in writing from Research Advisor and Departmental GPD.
To matriculate into the STRIDE certificate program, please complete the following form: Permission to Enroll in Secondary Certificate Program. Please complete and submit to the Graduate School via email to gradadmissions@stonybrook.edu, copying Jennifer McCauley on the email jennifer.mccauley@stonybrook.edu. Students are encouraged to enroll into the certificate program as early as possible in their graduate studies in order to maximize the amount of courses that can fulfill dual requirements.
Additional Notes
The Permission to Enroll form must be submitted to the Graduate School at least one (1) day prior to the start of the upcoming semester. Any forms submitted once the current semester has begun will be effective as of the following semester. For example, if you submit your form at least one day prior to the start of the fall semester, you will be actively enrolled as of the fall. If you submit it once the fall semester has begun, you will be registered active as of the following spring semester.
Up to 9 course credits taken prior to certificate enrollment can count toward the certificate upon enrollment
For PhD students, some courses may be taken after you advance to candidacy, but you must reduce research credits to stay at 9 overall
For PhD students, there should be no additional tuition costs incurred from any additional coursework
