Certificate Programs
Undergraduate certificates are designed to recognize thematically organized learning and thereby to add value to students' traditional degrees and programs. Certificates shall typically be nine or more credit hours of coursework. The coursework may be outside of a major or minor program, or the coursework may partially fulfill requirements of a major, a minor, or the General Education program. The certificate curriculum can be either within a single academic discipline or interdisciplinary. All classes leading to a certificate must be taken for credit.
There are two types of certificates, workforce certificates and academic focus certificates.
Workforce certificates provide students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions appropriate for immediate application in a specified type of employment. Workforce certificates can be completed while completing an associate's or bachelor's degree, or they may be earned by students not intending to complete a degree. Workforce certificates are transcripted.
Academic focus certificates provide students a thematically unified set of courses within an area of major study, or crossing boundaries between and among majors, or outside of majors. Their primary value lies in recognizing students for this focused study, even though the program of study is less than a major in scope. Academic focus certificates are not transcripted; record-keeping and the awarding of the certificates is the responsibility of the sponsoring academic department.
The process for approval of workforce certificates shall follow the prescribed workflow for new minors or concentrations. Origination shall be at the department level, with approvals from the chair, dean and Assistant Provost for Academic Programs.
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Communication Studies
All Communication Studies Certificates - contact department
General Communication
Organizational Communication
Public Relations and Advertising
Criminal Justice
All Criminal Justice Certificates -- contact department
Corrections
Crime Mapping and Analysis
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Leadership
Criminological Theory
Policing and Homeland Security
Social Justice (Interdisciplinary)
Victim Advocacy
English
Writing - contact Cheryl Duffy
History
Global Studies - contact globalstudies@fhsu.edu or Manamee Guha
Leadership Studies
All Leadership Studies Certificates -- contact department
Criminal Justice Leadership
Global Leadership
Leadership Studies
Modern Languages
German -- contact department
Spanish -- contact department
Philosophy
All Philosophy certificates - contact department
General Philosophy
Moral and Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Political Science
All Political Science Certificates -- contact department
Legal Studies/Pre-law
Paralegal
Political Management
Public Administration
Sociology
Building a Career in a Nonprofit Corporation -- contact: Dr. Keith Campbell
Community Development -- contact: Mr. Mike Walker
Cultural Anthropology and Globalization -- contact: Dr. Pelgy Vaz
Cultural Diversity Studies -- contact: Nicole English
Gender Studies -- contact: Dr. Christy Craig
Grant Proposal Writing and Program Evaluation -- contact: Dr. Keith Campbell
Latine/x Studies -- contact Nicole English
Life Stages and Transitions -- contact: Dr. Kate McGonigal
Sociology of Medicine and Aging -- contact: Dr. Pelgy Vaz
Eight-Week University Grant Writing Certification Program - contact Dr. Keith Campbell
Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Applied Business Studies
All Applied Business Studies Certificates - contact department
Business Report Writing
Business Development and Sales
Digital Business Communication
Marketing
Professional Development
Social Media Marketing
Tourism and Hospitality Management
Tourism and Hospitality Marketing
Workforce Development
Economics, Finance and Accounting All EFA Certificates -- contact department
Accounting (available on-campus and online)
Banking (available on-campus and online)
Economics (available on-campus and online)
Finance (available on-campus and online)
Kansas Insurance Certificate (available on-campus and online)
Informatics
All Informatics Certificates -- contact department
Audio Production
Business Information Systems
Front-end Web Developer
Full Stack Web Developer
Information Networking for Criminal Justice
Internetworking
Management
All Management Certificates -- contact department
Business Law
Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Management (Undergraduate and Graduate Level)
Management
Operations Management
College of Education
Advanced Education Programs
Data Literacy for District Administrators - contact department
College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Allied Health
All Allied Health Certificates -- contact: Ms. Christa Weigel
Cardiovascular Interventional Technology
Computed Tomography
Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography
Healthcare Administration
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Women's Imaging
Health and Human Performance
All Health and Human Performance Certificates -- contact: Dr. Steven Sedbrook
Coaching (available on-campus only)
Consumer Health
Community Health
Community Health Promotion (graduate level)
Healthy Aging
Massage Therapy
Nursing
Nursing certificates are post-Masters in Nursing.
Nursing Administration -- contact department
Nursing Education -- contact department
Psychology
Case Management -- contact: Ms. Miranda Schmeidler
Werth College of Science, Technology, and Mathematics
Agriculture
Agriculture Business - contact department
Applied Technology
All Applied Technology Certificates -- contact department
Applied STEM Technology
Architectural Technology
Cabinetmaking Technology
Construction Management
Drafting/Design Technology
Manufacturing Technology
Geosciences
GIS User -- contact: Dr. Richard Lisichenko
Museum Studies -- contact department
Other
International Studies Certificate - contact Office of Global Partnerships
Corporate Certificates
Department of Informatics
The Department of Informatics offers coursework that provides the knowledge and skills needed to obtain Microsoft, Novell, and Oracle certification for relational database development/programming and computer networking technologies. All courses applied toward certificates must be taken for credit. Contact the department chair for a listing of courses for a specific certificate.
The Department of Informatics also offers five 3-hour courses that allow students to accumulate the knowledge and skills needed to obtain the Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) certification. All courses applied toward the certificate must be taken for credit. Students obtaining any degree from the university may complete the certification courses as free electives.