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

Certificate Pathway

Kodály Certificate Requirements (20 semester hours):

• MUS 542 - Kodály Methods I (2 semester hours)
• MUS 543 - Kodály Methods II (2 semester hours)
• MUS 544 - Kodály Methods III (2 semester hours)
• MUS 521 - Solfege I (2 semester hours)
• MUS 522 - Solfege II (2 semester hours)
• MUS 523 - Solfege III (2 semester hours)
• MUS 501 - Folk Song History and Research I (2 semester hours)
• MUS 502 - Folk Song History and Research II (2 semester hours)
• MUS 644 - Choral Literature and Advanced Conducting (2 semester hours)
• MUS 560 - Choral Ensemble (0-1 semester hours) *

•      *Students participate each summer, two may be taken for 0 semester hours.

• MUS 580A , MUS 580B , or MUS 580C - Special Topics (0-1 semester hour)  

 

Plan of Study:

Plan of Study: Kodály Certificate  

Human Resources Graduate Certificate

The Human Resources Graduate Certificate provides students with broad graduate training in human resource management.

Human Resources Graduate Certification Requirements (9 semester hours):

• BA 775 - Human Resources Management 
• BA 776 - Human Resources Strategy and Planning 
• BA 784 - Talent Development and Performance Management 

Leadership Graduate Certificate

The Leadership Graduate Certificate provides students with a broad training in current leadership issues and techniques.

Leadership Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• LO 700 - Leadership: Theories and Perspectives  
• LO 710 - Leadership Seminar: Systems Theory, Adaptive and Servant Leadership  
• Three (3) additional semester hours in any graduate business administration (BA) or leadership and organizational development (LO) course

Project Management Graduate Certificate

The Project Management Graduate Certificate provides students with broad graduate training in project management concepts and techniques.

Project Management Graduate Certificate Requirements (9 semester hours):

• BA 781 - Fundamentals of Project Management 
• BA 782 - Managing the Project Team 
• BA 794 - Project Risk Management