Graduate and Professional Certificates
A graduate certificate indicates completion of a specific set of credit courses designed to provide participants an opportunity to develop or improve specific job-related knowledge and skills. Credits earned in a graduate certificate can be applied to an appropriate graduate degree program. Graduate certificates are issued by the unit offering the courses rather than the Office of the Registrar. Graduate certificates are noted on the student’s academic transcript.
A professional development certificate indicates completion of a specific set of non-credit courses designed to provide participants an opportunity to develop or improve specific job-related knowledge and skills. Professional development certificates are issued by the unit offering the courses rather than the Office of the Registrar. Professional development certificates are not noted on the student’s academic transcript. Participation in professional development courses may or may not be noted as CEU (continuing education units) on the student’s CEU transcript. Participation in professional development certificates may or may not require admission to the University.
The following graduate and professional certificate programs are available to qualified individuals:
College of Natural and Health Sciences
Graduate Certificate in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner
Graduate Certificate in Sports Nutrition
College of Social Sciences, Mathematics and Education
Graduate Certificate in Online Development
Sykes College of Business
Graduate Certificate in Accounting Analytics
Graduate Certificate in Assurance Services
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity
Graduate Certificate in Effective Project Management
Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management
Graduate Certificate in Predictive Analytics
Graduate Certificate in Taxation
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Business Administration
Accelerated and 4+1 Programs
Accelerated and 4+1 programs allow students to complete both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in at least five years. Both programs allow qualified undergraduate students to take selected graduate courses in a specific graduate program during their senior year. Options include:
MBA for business majors
M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction for education majors
M.S. in Accounting for accounting majors
M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice for criminology and criminal justice majors
M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology for communication, advertising and public relations majors
M.S. in Marketing for marketing majors
M.S. in Cybersecurity for cybersecurity majors
M.A. in Social and Emerging Media for advertising and public relations, communication, and journalism majors