Certificate Requirements

Certain courses in the certificate award may be accepted in associate degree or baccalaureate programs, but the certificate is primarily designed for students seeking to enter an occupational field upon completion. Following are the certificate requirements per Alabama State Board of Education Policy 712.01.

Area I: Written Composition .................................................................................... 3-6 credit hours

A minimum of one written composition course which may have a discipline-specific prefix other than COM or ENG or the integration of written communication proficiencies within a required discipline-specific course(s).

Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts ............................................................................ 0-6 credit hours

Area III. Natural Science and Mathematics .................................................................. 6 credit hours

A minimum of one mathematics course which may have a discipline-specific prefix other than MAH or MTH or the integration of the mathematics proficiencies within a required discipline-specific course(s).

Area IV. History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences ...................................................... 0 credit hours

Area V: General Education Core, Technical Concentration, and Electives ….. 20-50 credit hours

Area V courses are electives and other courses appropriate to the student’s degree requirements and major.

Semester Credit Hour Range of Certificate ............................................................... 30-60 credit hours