Graduate Certificate Programs

About Graduate Certificates

Most graduate certificate are comprised of four courses designed to provide specific knowledge and expertise vital to today's changing and complex needs in the work place. In most cases courses may be applied toward a degree program. 

Requirements to Complete a Graduate Certificate

The courses to complete the certificate must be completed within a five year period with a minimum 3.0 grade point average, and with no more than 3 credits below B. Courses completed for one certificate may not be used for another certificate.

Certificate Application Process

Individuals must complete a simplified application and provide an official undergraduate transcript indicating that a baccalaureate degree has been awarded.  GRE's are not required. NOTE: If your bachelor's degree is from outside of the U.S., you may be required to take the TOEFL examination.

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Completion rates, median loan debts and program costs are outlined for each certificate program and available in PDF format.

Graduate Programs (pdf)

Graduate Certificate Application Form (pdf)

Graduate Certificates:

1. Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (Post-Master's)

2. Applied Statistics

3. Behavioral Intervention in Autism

4. Biomedical Engineering

5. Biotechnology & Bioprocessing

6. Chemistry

7. Clinical Pathology

8. Commercial Development for Plastics Engineers

9. Communications Engineering

10. Composites and Materials

11. Criminal Justice Informatics

12. Criminal Justice Leadership & Policy Development

13. Design and Manufacturing Engineering

14. Disability Outcomes

15. Diversity in the Workplace

16. Domestic Violence Prevention

17. Economic & Social Development of Regions

18. Elastomeric Materials

19. Energy Conversion

20. Environmental Biotechnology

21. Environmental Risk Assessment

22. Family Studies

23. Forensic Criminology

24. Foundations of Business

25. Gerontological Nursing

26. Geropsychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

27. Health Informatics

28. Health Management

29. Health Policy

30. Human-Computer Interaction

31. Identification & Control of Ergonomic Hazards

32. Integrated Engineering Systems (interdisciplinary)

33. Job Stress & Healthy Job Redesign

34. Laboratory and Biosafety

35. Materials Sciences & Engineering

36. Mathematics for Teachers

37. Medical Physics

38. Medical Plastics Design & Manufacturing

39. Microelectromechanical Systems/Nanoelectromechanical Systems (interdisciplinary)

40. Microwave and Wireless Engineering

41. Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Systems and Processes

42. Molecular & Cellular Biotechnology

43. Nanotechnology (interdisciplinary)

44. Network Security

45. New Venture Creation

46. Nursing Education (Post-Master's)

47. Nutritional Sciences

48. Palliative and End-of-Life Nursing Care

49. Peace and Conflict Studies

50. Photonics & Opto-Electronic Devices

51. Plastics Design

52. Plastics Engineering Fundamentals

53. Plastics Materials

54. Plastics Processing

55. Public Health Laboratory Sciences

56. Radiological Health Physics & General Work Environment Protection

57. Renewable Energy Engineering (interdisciplinary)

58. School Based Music Methods

59. Security Studies

60. Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Health and Disease (Post-Master's)

61. Stochastic Systems

62. Structural Dynamics and Acoustic Modeling Techniques

63. Sustainable Infrastructure for Developing Nations

64. Sustainable Polymeric Materials & Additives

65. System Models and Management

66. Teaching Children with Moderate Disabilities

67. Teaching English as a Second Language

68. Telecommunications

69. VLSI & Microelectronics

70. Victim Studies