Adult Education (Certificate)

This certificate acknowledges that the student has completed (at least) 18 credit hours in the specified field of study. Students interested in this certificate must be admitted to UIW as a non-degree seeking student or admitted into the graduate degree program in the Dreeben School of Education.

When the coursework is completed for the certificate, students must file a request for the certificate, accompanied by a copy of the transcript, with the Dean of the Dreeben School of Education. Courses taken for the certificate may be accepted as work toward a master’s degree if the student is accepted into a master’s degree program in the Dreeben School of Education.

NOTE: The certificate program at UIW is not applicable to Texas Teaching Certification or any State Professional Certification program.

Graduate Certificate in Adult Education

(18 semester hours)

ADED 6381Adult Learning and Development

3

ADED 6385Methods and Strategies in Adult Education

3

ADED 6388Effective Teams and Groups

3

ADED 6390Practicum in Adult Education

3

And, choose two electives from the following:

ADED 6370College Teaching

3

ADED 6382Adult Literacy Education

3

ADED 6384Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

3

ADED 6386Educational Gerontology (Education of the Older Adult)

3

ADED 6387Program Development in Adult Education

3

EDUC 6305Multicultural Concepts in Education

3