Advanced Certificates

Advanced (or graduate) certificates provide focused study to support a specific career interest. Certificates are offered online and can be completed as an individual credential or incorporated into a related master's degree for those meeting program admission requirements. You can submit an application for admission during our Application Review period.

Our advanced certificate programs offer:

• Online course flexibility
• Advising by the certificate program coordinator
• Four courses (12 credits), unless otherwise noted
• Fall, spring, or summer starts for new students
• Summer 8-week or 15-week terms

Certificates Offered

Business, Management, and Leadership

• Corporate Board Leadership (9 credits)
• Financial Management and Analysis (12 credits)
• Global Brand Marketing (12 credits)
• Global Finance and Investment (15 credits)
• Healthcare Management (12 credits)
• Human Resource Management (12 credits)
• Information Technology Management (12 credits)
• Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (12 credits)
• Marketing Analytics and Brand Management (12 credits)
• Nonprofit Management (12 credits)
• Optometry Business Management (18 credits)
• Project Management (12 credits)

Education

• Emerging Media and Technology for the Arts (12 credits)
• STEM Education and Emerging Technologies (12 credits)
• Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies (15 credits)

Graduate Liberal Arts and Science

• American Studies (12 credits)
• Community Advocacy (12 credits)
• Child and Family Advocacy (12 credits)
• Cybersecurity (12 credits)
• Heritage Preservation (12 credits)
• Public Administration (15 credits)
• Public History (15 credits)
• Social Entrepreneurship (12 credits)
• Women's and Gender Studies (12 credits)
• Workforce Development (12 credits)