Graduate Certificates
The purpose for offering graduate certificates is to meet the supplemental education needs of professionals. As jobs and job-related responsibilities change, a person often needs additional training in a specific area. For example, an architect who once thought s/he would design new buildings may become involved in preservation of historical districts. If this architect had not taken any historical preservation courses for the primary degree, a graduate certificate in Historic Preservation would provide needed knowledge. Providing graduate certificates for workforce development is a high priority for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
A graduate certificate program is a set of courses that provides in-depth knowledge in a subject matter. The knowledge in the set of courses should provide a coherent knowledge base even if the courses are selected from more than one academic program. The set of courses may be more practice-oriented than the set of courses in a graduate academic program.
Departments that wish to develop new certificate programs should consult the Graduate School Graduate Certificate Development page.
Students intending to complete a Graduate Certificate program should use the following forms:
For more details about individual certificate programs, see the TTU Catalog Graduate Certificate Programs page.
| GRADUATE CERTIFICATE | DEPARTMENT |
|---|---|
| Addictions and the Family | Applied and Professional Studies |
| Art History, Criticism, and Theory | Art |
| Autism | Educational Psychology and Leadership |
| Community Design and Development | Architecture |
| Crop Protection | Plant and Soil Science |
| Developmental Literacy | Curriculum and Instruction |
| Dual Sensory Impairment | Educational Psychology and Leadership |
| Ethics | Philosophy |
| Fibers and Textiles | Plant and Soil Science |
| Gerontology | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Health Care Change | Business |
| Historic Preservation | Architecture |
| Horticultural Landscape Management | Plant and Soil Science |
| Leadership | Management |
| Linguistics | English |
| Master Mentor Teacher | Curriculum & Instruction |
| Mental Health Counseling | Educational Psychology and Leadership |
| Personal Financial Planning | Applied and Professional Studies |
| Petroleum Engineering | Petroleum Engineering |
| Piano Pedagogy | Music |
| Publishing and Editing | English |
| Soil Management | Plant and Soil Science |
| Software Engineering | Computer Science |
| Strategic Studies | Institute for Modern Conflict, Diplomacy, & Reconciliation |
| Teaching English in International Contexts | Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures |
| Visualization | Architecture |
| Women's Studies | Women's Studies |
| Wind Energy - Technical | College of Outreach and Distance Education |
| Wind Energy - Managerial | College of Outreach and Distance Education |