Some institutions offering degrees/certificates in comics studies include:

Follow our Comics Studies @UNT Blog and our Comics Studies at UNT Facebook Page to see what's  happening in our local comics studies community!  Also, check out  Graphic Content, the UNT undergraduate comic club.

Here are links to some current or past comics-related events at UNT:

Flyover Comics Symposium (Sept. 24-25, 2020)

Drawn Together Screening (Oct. 24, 2019)

A Brief(ish) History of Comics Studies @UNT Libraries

Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-drawn! (Jan. 29-March 10, 2018)

•  Perspectives on Graphic Medicine: A Panel Discussion (Feb. 8, 2018)
•  A Conversation about Graphic Medicine with Dr. Patti Brennan (March 1, 2018)
• The Spiral Cage Film Screening & Discussion (March 8, 2018)

Bam! Pow! Boom!: Comics in the Library (April 10-Aug. 15, 2017)

• Bam! Pow! Boom!: Comics in the Academy panel discussion (April 13, 2017)
• Sommer Browning: Comics as Poetry webinar (June 7, 2017)
• Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines Film Screening (July 27, 2017)

Monstrous Women in Comics Conference (May 27, 2017)

UNT Comics Studies Conference (March 1, 2014)

• Denton Comics Studies Conference--An ongoing Facebook page for the former Comics Studies Conference at the University of North Texas. Provides news and information about comic-related events and ideas.
   
• Beware the Valkyries--We are the women behind the counters of comic shops worldwide. Owners, managers, salespeople, event organizers and more! We pull accounts, place orders, set up displays and tweet our picks of the week. Some of us are new to comics, some are lifelong devotees, but we share one thing in common – we all live for Wednesdays and the lifestyle that comes with them. The Valkyries are a community of fans and friends, and we’re growing all the time.
   
• CBR.com--A site for comic, movie, and t.v. news and current events.
   
• The Center for Cartoon Studies--The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is dedicated to providing the highest quality of education to students interested in creating visual stories. CCS’s curriculum of art, graphic design, and literature reflect the wide array of skills needed to create comics and graphic novels. CCS emphasizes self-publishing and prepares its students to publish, market, and disseminate their work.
   
• The Center for Comics Studies (Henderston State University)--The Center for Comics Studies at Henderson State University is dedicated to advancing the understanding and application of the comics art form through discovery, education and facilitation.
   
• Comic Con International--Comic-Con International: San Diego is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.
   
• Comic Book Legal Defense Fund--Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. In addition to sponsoring legal action on behalf of comics creators, sellers, libraries, and schools, the CBLDF also has excellent resources for educators and librarians, particularly on issues of censorship and first amendment rights.
   
• The Comics Studies Society--The Comics Studies Society (CSS) is an interdisciplinary society open to all who share the goals of promoting the critical study of comics, improving comics teaching, and engaging in open and ongoing conversations about the comics world.
   
• Comix Scholars Discussion List (University of Florida)--an academic forum which serves the interests of those involved in research, criticism and teaching related to comics art.
   
• Scottish Centre for Comic Studies--The Scottish Centre for Comics Studies (SCCS), based at the University of Dundee, exists to bring together researchers, teachers, students, archivists, artists and writers, and industry professionals to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the medium and its history.
   
• The University of Florida Comics Studies Program--one of the premier academic institutions for studying comics, animation and other forms of visual rhetoric in North America. 

• The Comics Arts Conference--The Comics Arts Conference is an academic conference that meets every year at WonderCon Anaheim and the San Diego Comic-Con International.  Our mission is to bring professionals and academics together with the public to discuss all aspects of the medium of sequential art.
   
• Comics Forum--Comics Forum aims to increase the visibility and accessibility of comics scholarship through an academic conference that brings together scholars, artists and fans in a spirit of mutual cooperation and development.
   
• Comics Studies Society Annual Conference--annual conference of the Comics Studies Society  an interdisciplinary society open to all who share the goals of promoting the critical study of comics, improving comics teaching, and engaging in open and ongoing conversations about the comics world
   
• International Bande Dessinée Society Graphic Novel and Comics Conference--is a forum for scholarly exchange on all aspects of the bande dessinée, or French-language comic strip
   
• The Lakes International Comic Art Festival--an annual festival devoted to comic arts and artists.
   
• The International Association of Word and Image Studies Conference--seeks to foster the study of Word and Image relations in a general cultural context and especially in the arts in the broadest sense.
   
• The International Comic Arts Forum--The International Comic Arts Forum is an annual academic conference dedicated to promoting the scholarly study and appreciation of comic art, including comic strips, comic books, comics albums and graphic novels, magazine and newspaper cartooning, caricature, and comics in electronic media. 
   
• The Michigan State University Comics Forum--a multi-day event that brings together scholars, creators, and fans in order to explore celebrate the medium of comics, graphic storytelling, and sequential art.
   
• The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association--Conference: Includes a Comics and Comic Art subject area that invites papers or panel presentations on any aspect of comics scholarship.
   
• The Toronto Comic Arts Festival--celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, and much more.
   
• The UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels is an annual conference that brings together both artists and scholars to discuss issues centered around what is a unique theme each year related to comics, graphic novels, animation, digital media, and visual culture.