Graduate certificates are designed to provide students with an opportunity for graduate education in a specific area of study. They convey that the student has developed a mastery over course material in a specific area.
While the requirements for each graduate certificate vary among departments and programs, the core is typically 9 to 12 credits of graded coursework taken at the graduate level. These core courses are generally selected to provide the student with expertise on a specified topic.
In order to determine the applicability of any credits earned while a certificate student, the student must file a Program of Study as part of the admission material.
The determination of applicable coursework will be made by the academic department or graduate program at the time of admission. These are the graduate certificates currently offered at Washington State University:
Exercise Science (S*)
Instructional Design
Interdisciplinary Environmental Biogeochemistry
Optoelectronics
Protein Biotechnology
School Psychology (S*, Eastern Washington University)
Sustainable Agriculture
[S=Spokane, T=Tri Cities, V=Vancouver; all degrees are offered on Pullman campus unless *]