Adult Education—Certificate

Website: Graduate Studies Certificates

School: Dreeben School of Education 

The Adult Education Graduate Certificate acknowledges that the student has completed at least 18 credit hours in the field of Adult Education. Students interested in the Adult Education Graduate 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

12 hours of core coursework is required plus two courses chosen from the list of electives.

Core Coursework

ADED 6381/ADED 7381Adult Learning and Development

3

ADED 6385/ADED 7385Methods and Strategies in Adult Education

3

ADED 6388/ADED 7388Effective Teams and Groups

3

ADED 6390/ADED 7390Practicum in Adult Education

3

Total Credit Hours:12

 

Choose two electives from this list.

ADED 6370/ADED 7370College Teaching

3

ADED 6382/ADED 7382Adult Literacy Education

3

ADED 6384/ADED 7384Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

3

ADED 6386/ADED 7386Educational Gerontology (Education of the Older Adult)

3

ADED 6387/ADED 7387Program Development in Adult Education

3

EDUC 6305/EDUC 7305Multicultural Concepts in Education

3

Total Credit Hours:6

Total Credit Hours: 18