Graduate Certificates Available

Some certificates are designated "stand-alone," while others are considered "for degree program students only." Some certificates fall into both categories and could stand alone or be part of a degree program.

Stand-Alone Certificates

Students can earn one of these certificates regardless of whether they are enrolled in a graduate degree (master’s, doctoral, educational specialist) program:

• Center for the Digital Globe (Interdisciplinary)
• Community Processes (Interdisciplinary)
• Education Policy (Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis)
• Food Safety and Defense (Food Science)
• Geographical Information Science (Interdisciplinary)
• Gerontology (Human Dev and Family Studies)
• Health Ethics
• Health Informatics (Health Management and Informatics)
• Higher and Continuing Education Administration
• Nonprofit Management (Public Affairs)
• Nuclear Engineering (Nuclear Engineering)
• Nuclear Safeguards Science and Technology (Nuclear Engineering)
• Nursing
  • Maternal Child Clinical Nurse Practitioner – MCNCNS
  • Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist – AHCNS
  • Child/Adolescent Psychiatric & Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist – C/APMHCNS
  • Family Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – FMHNP
  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – PNP
  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist – PMHCNS
  • Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist – PCNS
  • Family Nurse Practitioner – FNP
  • Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – MHNP
• Organizational Change (Public Affairs)
• Personal Financial Planning
• Public Management (Public Affairs)
• Science and Public Policy (Public Affairs)
• Public Health (Public Health)
• Public Management (Public Affairs)
• Youth Development Specialist (Human Dev and Family Studies)
• Youth Development and Program Management and Evaluation (Human Dev and Family Studies)

For Degree Program Students Only

A student must be enrolled in a graduate degree program (master’s, doctoral or educational specialist) to earn these certificates:

• Center for the Digital Globe (Interdisciplinary)
• Conservation Biology (Interdisciplinary)
• Dispute Resolution
• Education Policy (Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis)
• European Union Studies (Interdisciplinary)
• Higher and Continuing Education Administration
• Information Systems (Accountancy)
• Nuclear Engineering (Nuclear Engineering)
• Nuclear Safeguards Science and Technology (Nuclear Engineering)
• Public Health (Public Health)
• Science and Public Policy (Public Affairs)
• Society and Ecosystems (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources)
• Taxation (Accountancy)