Certificate Programs

A post-baccalaureate certificate is awarded for the successful completion of a minimum of 12 credit hours of graduate-level work in a defined subject area under the following conditions:

•The program must include a minimum core requirement of nine credit hours chosen from a limited list as designated by the graduate program.

•Non-core courses must be chosen from a specific list of acceptable options.

•No fewer than nine credit hours must be earned at the 600 level and above.

•In a twelve credit certificate program three credits may be earned at the 400 level; for certificate programs requiring more than 12 credits, a maximum of six credit hours may be at the 400 level.

•All credits for a certificate must be completed at the University of Maryland.

•A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required for the award of a graduate certificate.

•All requirements for the graduate certificate must be completed within a five-year period.

Information on Graduate Certificates can be found on the program’s website:

• Engineering
• Arabic
• Persian
• Real Estate Development
• Geospatial Information Sciences
• Computational Methods in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
• General Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
• Air Quality Science & Technology
• Mathematics of Advanced Industrial Technology
• Literacy Coaching
• Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation
• Psychiatric Vocational Rehab
• Women's Studies
• Urban Design
• Special Education
• Terrorism Analysis
• Computational Harmonic Analysis
• Critical Theory
• Survey Statistics
• Scientific Computation
• Historic Preservation
• Intermediate Survey Methodology
• Jewish Studies
• Museum Scholarship and Material Culture
• Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences
• Population Studies
• MSDE Administrator I Certification