Graduate Certificates
These graduate certificates require either an earned bachelor’s degree (HR Management, Nonprofit Studies, Public History and Teacher Licensure Preparation) or an earned master’s degree (Educational Leadership & Policy Studies).
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Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
GC-ELPS Program of Study
An earned graduate degree is required for admission.
Total: 22 semester hours
Core
15 semester hours. All candidates must complete the following courses. Each course includes a 30-hour practicum.
- Foundations of Educational Leadership Studies
- Data for Decision-Making
- Leading and Supervising Instruction
- School Law and Policy for Ethical Leadership
- Organizational Operations in Human Resource and Fiscal Leadership
Field Experience
7 semester hours. Includes 170 hour practicum hours.
- Reflective Leadership Seminar I
- Reflective Leadership Seminar II
Capstone Experience
All candidates must complete a Capstone Assignment.
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Teacher Licensure Preparation
TLP Program of Study
Total: 35-41 semester hours
Professional Studies - All Candidates
12 semester hours. All candidates must complete the following courses.
- Foundations of Education
- Diverse Learners and Human Growth and Development
- Technology-Enhanced 21st Century Teaching and Learning
- Classroom and Behavior Management
- Pre-Internship Workshop Series
Professional Studies—Elementary
15 semester hours. Elementary candidates only.
- Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Science
- Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Social Studies
- Reading Foundations for Early Literacy Instruction
- Assessment, Intervention and Literacy Strategies for Elementary Readers
- Content and Pedagogy for Elementary Mathematics
Professional Studies—Secondary & Comprehensive
9 semester hours. Secondary and comprehensive candidates only.
- Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary and Comprehensive Classrooms
- Assessment and Evaluation in Education
- Content Area Literacy
Clinical Experience
14 semester hours
- Teaching Internship (12 sem. hrs.)
- Capstone Seminar (2 sem. hrs.)
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Human Resource Management
GC-HRM Program of Study
Total: 18 semester hours
Required
15 semester hours
- Human Resource Management
- Legal Issues in Human Resource Management
- Strategic Human Resource Development
- Managing Compensation and Benefits
- HRM in the Global Environment
Elective
3 semester hours. Select from among 500- and 600-level HRM courses not required for the certificate, including
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Nonprofit Studies
GC-NPS Program of Study
Total: 18 semester hours
Required
15 semester hours
- Understanding the Nonprofit Sector
- Financial Management and Budget Development
- Law, Ethics and Governance
- Resource Development and Promotion
- Strategic Human Resource Management
Elective
3 semester hours. Select 1 additional graduate-level Nonprofit Studies (NPS) course or another graduate-level course with approval from the chair.