Certificate Programs
Applicants pursuing only a certificate program will be admitted as nondegree students. A student who completes a certificate, however, can apply these credits to a degree-granting program upon receiving departmental approval. An applicant must complete an application from the Department of Educational Studies and provide two copies of official transcripts from the institution granting the baccalaureate degree and each institution attended for undergraduate and graduate work. Standards for admission:
- Hold an earned bachelor’s degree from a college or university that is accredited by its regional accrediting association.
- Satisfy one of the following:
- An undergraduate cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (all undergraduate course work, including work completed prior to the baccalaureate degree, is used to calculate the GPA).
- A cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale in the latter half of the baccalaureate.
- Students not meeting these criteria may be considered for admission at the discretion of the Department of Educational Studies chairperson.
- A student who is currently enrolled in a graduate program of study leading to a degree, who wishes simultaneously to pursue this graduate certificate, must complete the appropriate application, available from the Department of Educational Studies.
- Graduate students enrolled only in certificate programs may not hold graduate assistantships.
- Students may be enrolled full- or part- time in the certificate program.
- Completion of a graduate certificate does not guarantee admission into a graduate degree program.