Microcredentials & Digital Badges

UNH defines a Microcredential as evidence that reflects attainment of specific skills or competencies, issued as a Digital Badge. Currently, CARE offers three Microcredentials. Each one is achieved by completing two UNH Graduate Level Courses.  

All courses can be completed at the UNH campus in person or online.
 

Click on each badge for more details, including how to enroll:
Blue graphic of digital badge for Bioacoustics.

REQUIRED COURSES:

  • BIOL 827: Animal Communication
  • BIOL 828: Marine Bioacoustics
Bioacoustics
Blue digital badge graphic of Digital Signal Processing.

REQUIRED COURSES:

  • ECE 814: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
  • ECE 941: Digital Signal Processing
Digital Signal Processing
Blue digital badge image of Underwater Acoustics.

REQUIRED COURSES:

  • OE 865: Underwater Acoustics
  • OE 965: Advanced Underwater Acoustics
Underwater Acoustics

Time Commitment and Costs

Each Microcredential requires two courses, each of which runs the entirety of a UNH semester. Each course is three credit hours. ​For updated UNH tuition fees, please click here.

Outside Tuition Waivers

Limited tuition waivers for graduate students enrolled at other institutions are available. ​

 

Aid & Scholarships

Scholarship Application

Contact

Jennifer Miksis-Olds
Director, UNH Center for Acoustics Research and Education
J.MiksisOlds@unh.edu

Anthony Lyons
Associate Director for Research, UNH Center for Acoustics Research and Education
Anthony.Lyons@unh.edu

Laura Kloepper
Associate Director for Education, UNH Center for Acoustics Research and Education
Laura.Kloepper@unh.edu