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):

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

Music Graduate Certificate

The Music Graduate Certificate allows students to gain advanced disciplinary training in music. 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 Music Graduate Certificate will be able to:

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

Music Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 semester hours):

• MU 611 - Solfege I (2 semester hours)
• MU 632 - Choral Literature and Advanced Conducting (2 semester hours) OR MU 633 - Wind Band Literature (2 semester hours)  
• MU 634 - Modern Western Art Music
• MU 650 - History and Philosophy of Music Education (2 semester hours)
• MU 651 - Current Perspectives in Music Education (2 semester hours)
• MU 680 - Special Topics (1-3 semester hours)
• MU 695 - Special Studies Project

English as a Second Language (ESL) Graduate Certificate

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

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

Certificate Pathway

Kodály Certificate Requirements (20 semester hours):

• MU 601 - Choral Ensemble (0-1 semester hours)

• *Students participate each summer. One (1) semester hour is required for certificate, the remaining participation is for zero (0) semester hours.

• MU 610 - Kodály Methods I (2 semester hours)
• MU 611 - Solfege I (2 semester hours)
• MU 612 - Folk Song History and Research I (2 semester hours)
• MU 620 - Kodály Methods II (2 semester hours)
• MU 621 - Solfege II (2 semester hours)
• MU 622 - Folk Song History and Research II (2 semester hours)
• MU 630 - Kodály Methods III (2 semester hours)
• MU 631 - Solfege III (2 semester hours)
• MU 632 - Choral Literature and Advanced Conducting (2 semester hours)
• MU 680 , MU 680A , MU 680B , MU 680C - Special Topics (0-1 semester hour)  *One (1) semester hour required for 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.

Economics Graduate Certificate Requirements (18 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