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Administrative Policies

Series: 300
Policy Number: 341
Policy Name: Guidelines for Graduate Certificate Programs
Adoption Date: 12/00
Revision Date:
Policy Text:

A Graduate Certificate program is a 12-18 hour, focused collection of courses that, when completed, affords the student some record of coherent academic accomplishment in a given discipline or set of related disciplines. These graduate certificate programs have the following characteristics:

The courses are part of the graduate curriculum of the university.
Faculty have graduate faculty status.
Admission and completion requirements are based upon the policies of the graduate school.
Recognition of the completion is noted on the student's transcript.

Approval Process

The approval process will follow the same steps as all other new graduate program proposals except that approval by the Board of Trustees will not be required.

Notifications

Notification of Graduate Certificate Program additions or deletions will be presented to the Board of Trustees at the first available meeting. Additionally, each fall the Board will be provided with a listing of certificate programs offered during the previous academic year and summer, including the numbers of students served by and the number of certificates granted for each program. Written notification of additions or deletions of graduate certificate programs will be provided to the Arkansas Department of Higher Education as required.

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Administrative Policy contents comments to: Susan Lilly, SusanL@uca.edu