Online Certificates

Certificate: Communication Instructional Development
Department: Communication
Course Level: Graduate
Credit Hours: 18 Credit Hours
Delivery Format: Online

The graduate certificate in Communication Instructional Development was created to enhance students’ ability to teach communication in a variety of settings, suitable for current teachers, education students, or those with a master's degree looking for a qualification to teach public speaking or similar introductory classes at the college level. The certificate is also stackable with bet36365体育's Public Communication M.A. program.

For education students and professionals, the certificate will provide skills to teach these classes and lead clubs effectively and an additional qualification to distinguish them from other applicants for similar positions. For education students and professionals who have completed graduate degrees, the certificate will additionally allow them to teach dual-enrollment courses, which will provide high school students with college credit and improve their desirability to potential employers. For students with master's degrees in either education or communication, this certificate will further provide the necessary qualification to teach public speaking or other similar introductory communication classes as a lecturer, instructor, or adjunct in most 2-year and 4-year institutions, further expanding the students’ career prospects.

Courses

Required

SPCH 802 - Introduction to Graduate Study in Communication
SPCH 830 - Teaching of Communication Studies
SPCH 855P - Communication Training & Consulting

Electives

(6-9 hours in SPCH or JMC courses 800+)
(0-3 hours in any outside discipline 800+)

Certificate: Early Childhood Family Advocate Certificate
Department: Family Studies and Interior Design
Degree Level: Undergraduate
Credit Hours: 15 credit hours
Delivery Format: Online

The Early Childhood Family Advocate certificate is designed for those who are employed or interested in early childhood programs as family advocates (such as those found in Head Start programs) and preschool/childcare settings. This certificate will help students understand the healthy development of children, physically socially, emotionally, and intellectually. It will also help students to support healthy family relationships and understand the dynamics that occur between parents and their children. The certificate will help students develop skills that facilitate family life education. Students will learn how to coordinate services and resources in the community and will be able to identify how to promote school readiness for children and encourage family self-advocacy.

Courses

(15 credit hours*)

FAMS 251 - The Developing Child 0-8
FAMS 302 - Parent Education
FAMS 406 - Family Resource Management
FAMS 476 - Child & Family Home Visitation
TE 347 - Literacy Methods Birth to Age Three

*Courses are subject to change and are each 3 credit hours

Certificate: Public History
Department: History 
Course Level: Graduate
Credit Hours: 15 credit hours
Delivery Format: Online

The online Public History graduate certificate helps meet an expanding societal need for professionals who can connect historical concepts to people and communities. The program provides students with expertise in historical research and analysis, public history theory, hands-on experience, and public outreach.

Program completion will allow students to 1) effectively communicate historical ideas to multiple audiences, 2) understand the theoretical underpinnings of public history as a field and the key debates surrounding the evolution of the field, and 3) articulate ethical and professional standards that inform public history and its subdisciplines. Public historians often find jobs in historical societies, museums, community organizations, and academia. This certificate also provides graduate-level coursework for educators who are interested in continuing their education while advancing on the salary schedule.

Courses

Required (9 credit hours*)

Take all of the following:

HIST 848 – Readings in American History: Public History (3 credit hours)
HIST 868P – Digital History (3 credit hours)
HIST 875 – Internship in History (3 credit hours)

Electives (6 credit hours*)

Select 6 credit hours from the following:

HIST 848 – Readings in American History: Museum and Historic Site Interpretation (3 credit hours)
HIST 848 – Readings in American History: Public History Administration (3 credit hours)
HIST 848 – Readings in American History: Public History in the National Parks (3 credit hours)
HIST 848 – Readings in American History: History and Memory (3 credit hours)
HIST 848 – Readings in American History: Oral History (3 credit hours)

*Courses are subject to change.

Certificate: Spanish
Department: Modern Languages
Course Level: Graduate
Credit Hours: 18 credit hours
Delivery Format: Online

The online Spanish graduate certificate program provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop a deeper understanding of Spanish through the study of language, literature and culture. With a broad range of course topics and learning opportunities, students may personalize the program to best meet their personal and professional interests. Program completion will allow students to gain enhanced marketability to thrive in today's competitive job market. This certificate also provides graduate-level coursework for educators who are interested in continuing their education while advancing on the salary schedule. However, program completion does not grant certification to teach Spanish in K-12 schools.

Courses

Required (18 credit hours*)

Select 18 credit hours of coursework from the following:

SPAN 805 - Structure of the Spanish Language (3 credit hours)
SPAN 815 - Seminar in Contemporary Spanish Thought (3 credit hours)
SPAN 816 - Seminar in Contemporary Latin American Prose Writings (3 credit hours)
SPAN 818 - Seminar in Contemporary Drama (3 credit hours)
SPAN 840 - Topics in Peninsular Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)
SPAN 845 - Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)
SPAN 850 - Topics in U.S. Latino/Chicano Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)
SPAN 875 - Graduate Study Abroad (3 credit hours)
SPAN 876 - Graduate Study Abroad (3 credit hours)
SPAN 880 - Professional Development (3 credit hours)
SPAN 897 - Directed Readings in Spanish (3 credit hours)
SPAN 898 - Special Topics (3 credit hours)
SPAN 899 - Independent Studies in Spanish (3 credit hours)

*Courses are subject to change