The curriculum and instruction certificate program is designed for students with an interest in expanding their teaching or supervision skills, but who are not currently pursuing a master’s degree. Students select a focus including literacy, global literacy, educational leadership, and educational technology. 

Admission to the Program

Applications must include transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work, a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) in the last 60 credit hours of undergraduate work and in all graduate work, a statement of purpose, and two letters of recommendation. 

Certificate Requirements

• 18 credit hours of approved graduate work with grades of B- or better, and at least 9 credit hours at the 600-level or above 

Grades below B- in certificate program courses are not accepted toward the fulfillment of certificate requirements, although these grades will be included in the calculation of the GPA. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students in certificate programs must take a minimum of 6 credit hours during each 12-month period and complete the certificate in four years. International students must enroll in 9 credit hours each semester (except for summer). A maximum of 6 credit hours earned at an accredited college or university may be applied toward the certificate as transfer credit. 

Course Requirements

Literacy (18 credit hours) 

• EDU-619 Children’s Literature: A Critical Literacy
      Approach (3) 
• EDU-622 Language and Literacy Learning (3) 
• EDU-623 Topics in Literacy Education (3) 
• EDU-644 Language Development and Remediation (3) 

or 

EDU-671 Foundations of Reading: Diagnosis and Remediation (3) 

• 6 credit hours from the following: 

ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3) 

ANTH-635 Race, Gender and Social Justice (3) 

ANTH-637 Discourse, Narrative, and Text (3) 

EDU-565 Gender and Cultural Diversity in School (3) 

EDU-623 Topics in Literacy Education (3) 

EDU-644 Language Development and Remediation (3) 

or 

EDU-671 Foundations of Reading: Diagnosis and Remediation (3) 

EDU-647 Global and Multicultural Education (3) 

SOCY-553 Multiculturalism (3) 

TESL-527 Cultural Issues in the ESL/EFL Classroom (3) 

Global Literacy (18 credit hours) 

• EDU-622 Language and Literacy Learning (3) 
• EDU-623 Topics in Literacy Education (3) 
• EDU-624 Language, Schooling, and Nation-Building (3) 
• EDU-647 Global and Multicultural Education (3) 
• 6 credit hours from the following: 

ANTH-635 Race, Gender and Social Justice (3) 

EDU-627 Literacy Education Skills Institutes (1) 

EDU-792 In-Service Training Project: Internship in Education (3–9) 

SIS-546 Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Identity (3) 

SOCY-553 Multiculturalism (3) 

Educational Leadership  (18 credit hours) 

• EDU-631 Fundamentals of Management in Educational
      Organizations (3) 
• EDU-632 Case Studies in Educational Management (3) 
• EDU-633 Financing Educational Systems (3) 
• EDU-634 Education and Public Policy (3) 
• EDU-639 Effective Leadership Skills (3) 

EDU-666 Legal Issues in Education (3) 

Educational Technology (18 credit hours) 

• EDU-519 The Uses of Technology in Education (3) 
• EDU-560 Advanced Technology in Education (3) 
• 6 credit hours from the following: 

COMM-652 Web Studio (3) 

CSC-510 Legal Issues in Computing (3) 

CSC-535 User Interface Analysis and Design (3) 

CSC-589 Topics in Computer Science (3) 

• 6 credit hours from the following: 

BIO-550 Developmental Biology (3) and
BIO-551 Developmental Biology Laboratory (1) 

CSC-589 Topics in Computer Science (3) 

EDU-603 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary
School (3) 

EDU-604 Teaching Science in the Elementary School (3) 

EDU-606 Theories and Methods in Diagnostic and Prescriptive Mathematics (3) 

ENVS-580 Environmental Science I: A Quantitative Approach (3) 

MATH-580 Topics in Mathematics (3) 

MATH-585 Mathematics Education (3) 

Science content area elective