Accounting Graduate Certificate

The Accounting Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in accounting. The certificate courses invite students to apply their disciplinary content to a range of intellectual and practical questions. The program is open to students who have completed bachelor’s degrees and who have been accepted for enrollment through the Center for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Students who have successfully completed the Accounting Graduate Certificate will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge in the appropriate content area.
• Apply disciplinary theories and knowledge to new contexts.

Accounting Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• BA 610 - Accounting and Finance Foundation
• BA 720 - Applied Managerial Accounting
• BA 765 - Financial Decision Making
• BA 780 - Managerial Finance
• BA 786 - Cash Management and Investments
• BA 795 - Special Studies Project

Biology Graduate Certificate

The Biology Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in biology. The certificate courses invite students to apply their disciplinary content to a range of intellectual and practical questions. The program is open to students who have completed bachelor’s degrees and who have been accepted for enrollment through the Center for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Students who have successfully completed the Biology Graduate Certificate will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge in the appropriate content area.
• Apply disciplinary theories and knowledge to new contexts.

Biology Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• BI 500 - Scientific Literature, Analysis and Writing
• BI 510 - Comparative Anatomy
• BI 550 - Bioinformatics  / CH 550 - Bioinformatics  
• BI 551 - Proteomics  / CH 551 - Proteomics  
• BI 552 - Metabolomics  / CH 552 - Metabolomics  
• BI 600 - Research Methods in Biology

Chemistry Graduate Certificate

The Chemistry Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in chemistry. The certificate courses invite students to apply their disciplinary content to a range of intellectual and practical questions. The program is open to students who have completed bachelor’s degrees and who have been accepted for enrollment through the Center for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Students who have successfully completed the Chemistry Graduate Certificate will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge in the appropriate content area.
• Apply disciplinary theories and knowledge to new contexts.

Chemistry Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• CH 500 - Scientific Literature, Analysis and Writing
• CH 510 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CH 550 - Bioinformatics  / BI 550 - Bioinformatics  
• CH 551 - Proteomics  / BI 551 - Proteomics  
• CH 552 - Metabolomics  / BI 552 - Metabolomics  
• CH 600 - Research Methods in Chemistry

Communication Graduate Certificate

The Communication Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in such subject areas as research, composition and rhetoric, technical and professional writing, and cross-cultural communication. The certificate courses invite students to apply their disciplinary content to a range of intellectual and practical questions. The program is open to students who have completed bachelor’s degrees and who have been accepted for enrollment through the Center for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Students who have successfully completed the Communication Graduate Certificate will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge in the appropriate content area.
• Apply disciplinary theories and knowledge to new contexts.

Communication Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• COM 500 - Survey of Communication Research
• COM 550 - Composition and Rhetoric
• COM 551 - Technical and Professional Writing
• COM 552 - Cross-Cultural Communication
• COM 553 - Persuasion and Argumentation
• COM 600 - Research Methods in Communication

Economics Graduate Certificate

The Economics Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in economics. The certificate courses invite students to apply their disciplinary content to a range of intellectual and practical questions. The program is open to students who have completed bachelor’s degrees and who have been accepted for enrollment through the Center for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Students who have successfully completed the Economics Graduate Certificate will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge in the appropriate content area.
• Apply disciplinary theories and knowledge to new contexts.

Economics Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• BA 600 - Economics and Statistics Foundation
• BA 710 - Applied Macroeconomic Theory
• BA 715 - Applied Microeconomic Theory
• BA 735 - International Trade and Finance
• BA 780 - Managerial Finance
• BA 795 - Special Studies Project

Mathematics Graduate Certificate

The Mathematics Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in mathematics. The certificate courses invite students to apply their disciplinary content to a range of intellectual and practical questions. The program is open to students who have completed bachelor’s degrees and who have been accepted for enrollment through the Center for Advanced Disciplinary Studies.

Students who have successfully completed the Mathematics Graduate Certificate will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced disciplinary knowledge in the appropriate content area.
• Apply disciplinary theories and knowledge to new contexts.

Mathematics Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• MA 500 - Foundations of Mathematics
• MA 550 - Analysis
• MA 551 - Axiomatic Geometry
• MA 552 - Applied Linear Algebra
• MA 553 - Probability Theory and Statistics
• MA 600 - Research Methods in Mathematics

English as a Second Language (ESL) Graduate Certificate

English as a Second Language (ESL) Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• ESL 722 - Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics
• ESL 724 - Teaching Methods in ESL
• ESL 730 - Teaching Practicum and Professional Practice