This 30 credit International ESOL Education (PK-12) Licensure graduate certificate provides coursework leading to an initial teaching license in ESL education. It is intended to assist in the development of a reflective stance toward practice and to enhance ability to address critical issues in language and learning. Candidates whose first language is not English may be required to pass an oral and written proficiency assessment in English to meet state licensure requirements and national professional standards.
The program in Civic Leadership is a means of helping bring intentionality, advice, and support to students' progress through a wide variety of community-based leadership, research, and service activities. Ultimately, completion of the certificate represents that a student has developed core competencies that prepare them to exercise leadership in a variety of roles as an active citizen.
At the center of RCEL is the Engineering Leadership Certificate, an accredited academic credential aimed at preparing students for their first leadership role after graduation. The multi-year certificate program comprises a series of courses, labs, and RCEL-specific learning experiences that supplement the core curriculum of the School of Engineering. The RCEL Certificate Program allows students to learn fundamentals of engineering leadership, practice their leadership skills while participating in engineering-based hands-on activities, give and receive coaching, and critically reflect on their leadership experiences through a series of structured self-assessments.
The Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Certificate, students will: Demonstrate knowledge of historical and contemporary approaches to the study of women, gender, and sexuality across diverse disciplines. Engage through their intellectual production feminist concepts and methodologies and features of women s studies, gender studies, and/or sexuality studies as academic fields. Incorporate critical debates in the study of women, gender, and sexuality in their oral presentations and written analyses, including work for publication and/or use in a dissertation.
The 30-credit Accounting Certificate Program provides an opportunity for post Baccalaureate students to earn the academic credit necessary to qualify to sit for the CPA examination in Virginia.
Considering our global environment, professionals working on large-scale GIS projects often find it only natural to couple management and marketing topics with geography. This certificate accommodates students who are pursuing a degree in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science who also wish to acquire more knowledge on how to manage people and organizations dealing with GIS in a global economy. By understanding marketing terms, financial matters, and also having a good understanding of how to manage people, students will be well prepared to face challenges in multidisciplinary GIS-oriented environments.
This certificate is designed primarily for those students who have earned a bachelor's degree or current undergraduate students who desire deeper knowledge than what can be accomplished through the IT minor. It allows students to augment the knowledge gained through their major-related courses with a foundation of information technology (IT) topics and their application within organizations to achieve organizational objectives. Completing this undergraduate certificate provides students with the necessary skills to improve their attractiveness to employers in our technology-driven society.
This certificate prepares IT and engineering students for successful careers as entrepreneurs in the area of information technology. Specifically, they will acquire a unique body of knowledge related to innovation, both on the information technology/engineering/inventive side and on the entrepreneurial side, which will give them a competitive advantage in the difficult market where only very few new companies are able to survive and grow.
The undergraduate certificate in nutrition offers a variety of courses in nutrition for current and future health care professionals, researchers, and others who are commonly faced with community-related nutrition issues. The program is intended to help health care professionals and others who would like to increase their knowledge in nutrition, and is designed for students from all disciplines.
This certificate provides students who are pursuing or have previously earned an undergraduate degree the opportunity to develop specialized skills unique to a variety of outdoor adventure and experiential activities, such as backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, and challenge-course facilitation. Coursework focuses on the acquisition of technical skills and application of theory-to-experiential learning in an outdoor recreation curriculum. The certificate provides options to attain certification as low and high element facilitators and Wilderness First Responders. Students completing the certificate requirements will be fully prepared to work as challenge course facilitators, work as instructors at Outdoor Education/Adventure Education organizations, and effectively integrate outdoor experiential programs with existing educational curricula.
The department offers a Graduate Certificate in Actuarial Sciences. This 18-credit program can be completed in three semesters and prepares the student for Society of Actuaries Exams and Casuality Actuary Society Exams.
This is a full-time 9-month, 20 credit graduate level certificate program which provides excellent advanced science preparation for health professions including medical, dental and other healthcare-related advanced studies. The program includes preparation for professional examinations (such as MCAT, DAT, or GRE), and outstanding advising and support towards your goals.
This 15-credit certificate provides advanced professional development for teachers on the philosophy, elements, and assessments of the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and Diploma Programme (DP). The coursework focuses on the theory, pedagogy, and research under-girding the International Baccalaureate programs.
This certificate is available to students who hold bachelor s degrees in engineering and scientific disciplines or have graduate status in such programs. Admission requirements are identical to those for the master s degree in systems engineering.
The 21 credit Gifted Child Education graduate certificate provides advanced professional development through endorsement or master's degree for teachers of gifted students. The concentration meets NAGC/CEC graduate standards and focuses on culturally diverse, multilingual, twice exceptional, and traditionally defined gifted students and programs.
The English as a Second Language (ESOL) Education for Practitioners graduate certificate provides courses for licensed teachers to earn an add-on endorsement in English as a second language (ESL) PK-12, also known as English for speakers of other languages (ESOL). Candidates whose first language is not English may be required to pass an oral and written proficiency assessment in English to meet state licensure requirements and national professional standards.
The 27-credit Foreign Language Licensure graduate certificate assists students in developing a reflective stance toward practice and to enhance ability to address critical issues in language and learning. It is designed to provide an interdisciplinary, theory based course of study for initial licensure candidates and provisionally licensed foreign language teachers.
The 27-credit Foreign Language Licensure graduate certificate assists students in developing a reflective stance toward practice and to enhance ability to address critical issues in language and learning. It is designed to provide an interdisciplinary, theory based course of study for initial licensure candidates and provisionally licensed foreign language teachers.
The 27-credit Foreign Language Licensure graduate certificate assists students in developing a reflective stance toward practice and to enhance ability to address critical issues in language and learning. It is designed to provide an interdisciplinary, theory based course of study for initial licensure candidates and provisionally licensed foreign language teachers.
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