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 four 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.

Introduction to Ocean Acoustics

Required Courses

  • Attended one of two weeklong acoustics short courses with UNH’s CARE
  • Completed three asynchronous online tutorials

Learn more about Introduction to Ocean Acoustics

Bioacoustics

Required Courses

  • BIOL 827: Animal Communication
  • BIOL 828: Marine Bioacoustics

Learn More About Bioacoustics

Digital Signal Processing

Required Courses

  • ECE 814: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
  • ECE 941: Digital Signal Processing

Learn More About Digital Signal Processing

Underwater Acoustics

Required Courses

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

Learn more about 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

Contacts

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