Graduate Certificates

Floriculture and Nursery Production Management

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Floriculture and Nursery Production Management:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as outlined here, with grades of B or higher in all classes.  Only 1 course per "or" group below may be applied toward this certificate.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Courses (min 5 cr)
HORT 824	Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management
or HORT 842B	Plant Physiology
HORT 842E	Floral Crops Production and Handling
or HORT 843A	Greenhouse Crop Production
or HORT 844A	Environmental Nursery Production Practices
Electives (min 7 cr)
HORT 843B	Seed Sciences	3
HORT 843E	Advanced Interiorscaping	3
HORT 844B	Environmental Stress Physiology	1
HORT 888	Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development	3
ENTO 803	Management of Horticultural Crop Insects	3
or ENTO 812	Entomology and Pest Management
or ENTO 813	Biological Control of Pests
or ENTO 820	Insecticide Toxicology
AGRO 896	Independent Study	1-6
or ENTO 896	Independent Study in Entomology
or HORT 842A	Plant Pathology

 

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as listed below, in this sequence starting with GRBA 851. (Exception:  Certificate applicants admitted in 2014 may begin the sequence with ECON 817 and take GRBA 851 in the summer.)

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required courses
GRBA 851	Business Analytics	3
ECON 817	Introductory Econometrics	3
MRKT 850	Data Driven Marketing Strategy	3
Elective: Take 1 of the following
MRKT 845	Advanced Marketing Analytics	3
SCMA 837	Risk and Simulation Modeling	3
SCMA 851	Predictive Analytics	3
SCMA 852	Data Management and Organization	3
SCMA 853	Business Data Mining and Descriptive Analytics	3
SCMA 854	Advanced Descriptive Analytics	3
SCMA 855	Prescriptive Analytics	3

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 15 credit hours as described here.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
EDAD 923	The Community/Junior College	3
EDAD 929	Organizational Development and Change	3
EDAD 935	Workforce, Economic, and Community Development	3
EDAD 934	Teaching and Learning in the Community College	3
EDAD 912B	Emerging Issues in Community College Leadership	3

Early Childhood Special Education

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Special Education:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as listed below, with grades of B= or higher in all courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
SPED 860	Issues in Early Childhood Special Education	3
SPED 861	Infants with Disabilities and Home Visiting	3
or SPED 862	Preschool Children with Disabilities
SPED 960	Family and School Collaboration in Special Education	3
SPED 863	Medically Fragile infants	3
or SPED 882	Specialized Instruction for Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

Early Literacy

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Early Literacy:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 15 credit hours as described below, with an overall minimum GPA of 3.0.  Only one course per "or" group may be applied toward the certificate.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required
TEAC 802	Contemporary Children's Literature: Principles and Practices	3
TEAC 854	Literature in Education	3-9
TEAC 817	Emerging Reading and Language	3
TEAC 813A	Second Language Acquisition	1-3
or TEAC 811	Reading Processes and Practices
Electives (choose 2)
CYAF 874	Assessment in Early Childhood	3
PSYC 889	Child Behavior and Development	3
TEAC 811	Reading Processes and Practices	1-6
TEAC 836A	Professional Development: Literacy Coaching	3
TEAC 890	Workshop Seminar (section must be approved by advisory committee)	1-12
SPED 815	Reading and Writing Disabilities: Elementary Students	2
or SPED 815A	Practicum in Reading and Writing Disabilities-Elementary

Family Financial Planning

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Family Financial Planning:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 18 credit hours as listed here.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
CYAF 821	Insurance Planning for Families	3
CYAF 823	Estate Planning for Families	3
CYAF 828	Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits and the Family	3
CYAF 836	Financial Planning Case Studies	3
CYAF 840	Personal Income Taxation	3
CYAF 883	Investing for the Family's Future	3

Financial & Housing Counseling

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Financial & Housing Counseling:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 18 credit hours as listed below.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
CYAF 825	Reading in the Content Area	3
CYAF 822	Financial Counseling	3
CYAF 824	Fundamentals of Financial Planning	3
CYAF 841	Housing/Real Estate	3
Electives: Choose 2 courses (6 cr)
CYAF 821	Insurance Planning for Families	3
CYAF 823	Estate Planning for Families	3
CYAF 826	Military Personal Financial Readiness	3
CYAF 828	Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits and the Family	3
CYAF 840	Personal Income Taxation	3
CYAF 883	Investing for the Family's Future	3
CYAF 897B	Practicum in Family Financial Planning	3-6

 

K-3 Mathematics Specialist

To earn the Graduate Certificate in K-3 Mathematics Specialist:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 18 credit hours as described:  the prerequisite course, then the 5 required courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Prerequisite
MATH 800P	Number and Operation for K-3 Mathematics Specialists	3
Required Courses
MATH 801P	Geometry, Measurement, and Algebraic Thinking for K-3 Mathematics Specialists	3
MATH 802P	Number, Geometry and Algebraic Thinking II for K-3 Math Specialists	3
TEAC 808A	Improvement of Instruction in School Mathematics Primary: K-3	3
TEAC 808J	Improvement of Instruction in School Mathematics Special Topics	3
TEAC 907	Seminar in Elementary School Mathematics	3

Medical Family Therapy

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Medical Family Therapy:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.  There are two approaches to completing this certificate:

   • Approach A: Those who hold a qualifying degree will be able to complete the certificate program within one year by taking the four core courses and practicum. For information on qualifying degrees and prerequisites, contact the department.

   • Approach B: Those who do not hold a qualifying degree may complete the certificate as a standalone non-degree objective or as part of the Child, Youth and Family Studies master's degree with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy. Requirements:

     • The core courses and practicum (as for option A)

     • The seven "other required courses" listed below

     • Nine credit hours in individual development and family relations. Courses offered through UNL, UNMC, UNO, and other institutions will be considered on an individual basis. Courses from the UNL Marriage and Family Therapy Program which fulfill this include: CYAF 872, 881, 882, 883, 888, 980, 984.

3. Complete 15 (option A) or 45 (option B) credit hours as described here.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Courses and Practicum
CYAF 951	Theoretical Foundations of Marriage and Family Therapy	3
FMED 741: Theory and Practice of Medical Family Therapy (UNMC)		3
FMED 742: Families, Health, and Illness (UNMC)		3
FMED 743: Applied Medical Family Therapy (UNMC)		3
FMED 744: Clinical Practicum (UNMC)		3
Other Required Courses
CYAF 952	Psychopathology and Dysfunctional Interactions	3
CYAF 954	Assessment in Family Therapy	3
CYAF 955	Clinical Family Therapy (Must take both 955A and 955B)	3
CYAF 956	Couples and Sex Therapy	3
CYAF 953	Issues and Ethics for Family Professionals	3
CYAF 865	Research Design and Methods	3
Individual development and family relations (9 cr, courses vary)

Mixed Methods Research

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Mixed Methods Research:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.  Participants must complete two statistics courses, one measurements course, two qualitative methods courses, and one mixed methods course. See EDPS QQPM courses for details about when these are offered. With advisor and committee approval, students may transfer in three credit hours in either the Statistics area or the Qualitative Methods area; credit hours must be from an accredited institution.
3. Complete 18 credit hours as described here, with a grade of B or better in each course.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Statistics: Choose 2 courses (6 cr)
EDPS 859	Statistical Methods 1	3
EDPS 860	Applications of Selected Advanced Statistics 1	3
EDPS 941	Intermediate Statistics: Experimental Methods	3
EDPS 942	Intermediate Statistics: Correlational Methods	3
EDPS 971	Structural Equation Modeling	3
EDPS 972	Multivariate Analysis	3
Measurement: Choose 1
EDPS 870	Introduction to Educational and Psychological Measurement 1	3
EDPS 970	Theory and Methods of Educational Measurement	3
Qualitative Methods: Choose 2 courses (6 cr)
EDPS 900K	Qualitative Approaches to Educational Research 1	3
EDPS 935	Seminar in Qualitative Research 1	3
EDPS 930A	Ethnographic Methods	1-3
EDPS 930D	Discourse Analysis Across School, Home and Community Settings	1-3
Mixed Methods: Choose 1
EDPS 936	Mixed Methods Research 1	3

¹ EDPS 859, EDPS 860, EDPS 870, EDPS 900K, EDPS 935, and EDPS 936 may be completed online.

Nutrition, Non-coding RNAs, and Extracellular Vesicles (N2V)

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Nutrition, Non-coding RNAs, and Extracellular Vesicles (N2V):

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. [Course and credit hour requirements coming soon...]

Quilt Studies

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Quilt Studies:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as described here:  three required courses and one elective approved by the Certificate Program Advisor.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
TMFD 818	Quilts, History, Culture	3
TMFD 905A	Advanced Problems: Textiles	1-6
TMFD 905D	Advanced Problems: Design	1-6
Elective (3 cr): Examples of regularly taught courses that may be applied:
TMFD 997	Internship	1-9
TMFD 978	Seminar in Textile History (Various topics offered as 1-week summer seminars. E.g., Colonial Revival Quilts, Quilts of the Depression Era, A Century of Quilts in Women's Lives, 18th and 19th Century Dyeing and Printing Techniques, Quilts of India and Pakistan, Repair and Stabilization of Quilts.)	1-3
TMFD 890	Workshop/Seminar (Craft, Culture, and Fashion)	1-3

Reading Intervention

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Reading Intervention:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 13-15 credit hours as described here:  two core courses, one required workshop, and two other TEAC/SPED courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
TEAC 811B	Special Topics in Reading (Response to Intervention)	1-6
TEAC 893	Workshop Seminar (Response to Intervention)	1-12
Elective: Choose two courses (6-8 cr)
TEAC 811	Reading Processes and Practices (other than Response to Intervention)	1-6
TEAC 806	Reading and Writing Disabilities: Adolescents	2
TEAC 806A	Reading Center Practicum II	2
TEAC 836A	Professional Development: Literacy Coaching	3
TEAC 838	Linguistics in Language and Learning Contexts	3
TEAC 886	Assessment, Evaluation, and Instruction of At-Risk Readers (specific section must be approved for inclusion by the advisory committee)	1-3
TEAC 886B	Internship in Literacy Assessment and Instruction	1-3
TEAC 890	Workshop Seminar	1-12

Sensory Disabilities

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Sensory Disabilities:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as described here.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
SPED 846	Visual Impairments: Characteristics	3
SPED 872	Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Characteristics	3
SPED 960	Family and School Collaboration in Special Education	3
SPED 852	Instructional Methods for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments	3
or SPED 873	Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Content Methods

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as described here:  4 courses at 3 credit hours each, maintaining a 3.25 GPA for these courses and earning a grade of B or better in each course. Up to 6 credit hours of relevant previous coursework may be applied.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
TEAC 813A	Second Language Acquisition	1-3
TEAC 813K	Linguistics for Language Teachers	3
TEAC 813P	Teaching English as an International Language	3
Elective: Take at least 1 of these courses
TEAC 813D	World Languages Assessment	1-3
TEAC 813E	Special Topics in TESOL	1-6
TEAC 813J	Intercultural Communication	3
TEAC 813M	Teaching Multilingual Learners in Content Areas	3
TEAC 833A	Comparative Education Survey	3
TEAC 833B	Comparative Education: Special Topics/Travel Study	3-9
TEAC 897E	Student Teaching Internship: English as a Second Language	1-10
TEAC 838	Linguistics in Language and Learning Contexts	3
TEAC 921D	Seminar in Literacy Studies: Language, Culture, and Education	1-9

Transdisciplinary Childhood Obesity Prevention

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Transdisciplinary Childhood Obesity Prevention:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 14 credit hours as described here, with a grade of B- or better in each course.  Participants must also complete a PhD or MS.  With permission, substitutions of equivalent courses may be accepted.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
NUTR 810	Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention	3
NUTR 910	Research Planning and Grant Writing for Childhood Obesity	3
NUTR 986	Graduate Seminar	1-2
NUTR 911	Practicum: Experiential Learning Experiences in Childhood Obesity Prevention	1
Graduate-level statistics course
Elective: Choose one
EDPS 800	Foundations of Educational Research	3
NUTR 805	Research Methods	3
CYAF 865	Research Design and Methods	3

World Language Teaching: German

To earn the Graduate Certificate in World Language Teaching: German:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 15 credit hours as described below.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Choose any 5 of these:
TEAC 922	Seminar in the Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages	3
TEAC 922C	The Interpretive Mode: Reading and Listening in the German Language Classroom (formerly 922B)	3
TEAC 922G	Interpersonal and Presentational Writing in the German Language Classroom (formerly 922F)	3
TEAC 922P	Assessment in the German Language Classroom (formerly 922O)	3
TEAC 922T	Planning in the German Language Classroom (formerly 922S)	3
TEAC 922X	Technology-Enhanced German Language Instruction (formerly 922W)	3
TEAC 922Z	Teaching for Intercultural Communicative Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom	3

World Language Teaching: Spanish

To earn the Graduate Certificate in World Language Teaching: Spanish:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 15 credit hours as described below.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Choose any 5 of these:
TEAC 922	Seminar in the Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages	3
TEAC 922B	The Interpretive Mode: Reading and Listening in the Spanish Language Classroom	3
TEAC 922F	Interpersonal and Presentational Writing in the Spanish Language Classroom	3
TEAC 922O	Assessment in the Spanish Language Classroom	3
TEAC 922S	Planning in the Spanish Language Classroom	3
TEAC 922W	Technology-Enhanced Spanish Language Instruction	3
TEAC 922Z	Teaching for Intercultural Communicative Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom	3

Youth Development

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Youth Development:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study and choose a focus:  Youth Development Specialist or Youth Program Management and Evaluation.
3. Complete 13 credit hours as described here:  a one-hour foundations course plus 12 hours listed below. Some courses listed here require admission to a Child, Youth and Family Studies graduate degree program or permission.

 

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
May be applied to either focus
CYAF 878	Youth Policy (Michigan State Univ)	3
CYAF 880	Contemporary Youth Issues (Various topics; UNL, Kansas State Univ, Texas Tech Univ, or North Dakota State Univ)	3
Required for the Youth Development Specialist focus
CYAF 861	Foundations of Youth Development (at home univ)	1
CYAF 864	Community Youth Development (Michigan State Univ)	3
CYAF 868	Adolescents and Their Families (UNL or Kansas State Univ)	3
CYAF 872	Youth Development (UNL or North Dakota State Univ)	3
CYAF 875	Youth in Cultural Contexts (Michigan State Univ)	3
Required for the Youth Program Management and Evaluation focus
CYAF 861	Foundations of Youth Development (at home univ)	1
CYAF 873	Program Design, Evaluation and Implementation (UNL)	3
CYAF 863	Youth Professionals as Consumers of Research (UNL)	3
CYAF 869	Administration and Program Management (UNL or Kansas State Univ)	3

Engineering

Construction Engineering & Management

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Construction Engineering & Management:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 15 credit hours as described below.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required
EMGT 805	Teamwork for Organizational Commitment and Collaboration	3
EMGT 905	Strategic Management and Planning	3
Electives
CNST 811	Project Administration	3
CNST 815	Mechanical/Electrical Project Management	3
CNST 820	Professional Practice and Ethics	3
CNST 826	Occupational Health and Safety for Construction	3
CNST 834	The Design/Build Project Delivery System	3
CNST 835	Design/Build: Methods and Application	3
CNST 836	Intent and Application of International Building Code	3
CNST 850	Sustainable Construction	3
CNST 858	Construction Information Management Systems	3
CNST 860	Construction Visualization and Simulation	3
CNST 879	Construction Management and Construction Systems	3
CNST 880	Productivity and Human Factors in Construction	3
CNST 882	Heavy and/or Civil Construction	3
CNST 883	Management of Limited Scope Permitting	3
CNST 885	Construction Planning, Scheduling, and Controls	3
CNST 886	Construction Management Systems	3
CNST 887	Construction Leadership and Strategic Planning	3
CNST 890	Masters Project	3
CNST 844	Construction Site Safety Management	3
CNST 898 / CONE 898	Special Topics in Construction Management **	1-6
CONE 816	Wood and / or Contemporary Materials Design	3
CONE 821	Construction Risk Assessment and Management	3
CONE 859	BIM I: Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM)	3
CONE 866	Heavy and/or Civil Estimating	3
CONE 883	Support of Excavation	3
CONE 981	Precast Concrete Construction	3
**Indicates a course that may count as a graduate credit “only” course. The student must work with their advisor, the graduate committee chair, and the course instructor to determine the status of the section taken. A written contract is required.

Engineering Management

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Management:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 15 credit hours as described below.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
EMGT 805	Teamwork for Organizational Commitment and Collaboration	3
EMGT 905	Strategic Management and Planning	3
Elective Courses (6 cr needed)
EMGT 806	Decision and Risk Analysis	3
EMGT 807	Project Management	3
ENGR 823	Reliability Engineering	3
ENGR 830	Applied Statistics and Quality Control	3
EMGT 901	Total Quality Management Using Six Sigma Techniques	3
ENGR 919	Determinants of Occupational Performance	3
ENGR 891	Special Topics in Engineering Legal Considerations for Engineering Managers and Engineering Leadership	3,6

Fine and Performing Arts

Music Entrepreneurship

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Music Entrepreneurship:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as described here. These courses are offered each fall and spring term, with the business courses (ENTR) also offered in summer. Although these are not part of the regular Master of Music program, they may be used as electives in some master's or doctoral programs in Music.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
MUSC 898	Special Topics in Music	3
ENTR 821	Initiating and Managing Entrepreneurial Growth	3
ENTR 822	Managing Rapid Growth and Change in Organizations	3
MUSC 894	Music Internship	3

Journalism and Mass Communications

Public Relations and Social Media

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Public Relations and Social Media:

1. Apply and get admitted toward this certificate objective.
2. Consult an advisor to develop a plan of study.
3. Complete 12 credit hours as described here, with grades of B or higher in all classes.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required courses
ADPR 830	Strategic Communications: Advertising Issues and Strategies	3
ADPR 834	Digital Insight & Analytics	3
ADPR 850	Public Relations Management and Case Studies	3
ADPR 866	Social Media Theory and Practice	3