STEM Education Graduate Certificate

UHV’s College of Education & Human Development STEM graduate education certificate will strengthen your STEM instruction and promote student learning. The certificate is offered online and designed for educators seeking STEM EC-8th grade professional development.

Project-based constructionist learning.
Learn tools & techniques for integrating STEM in EC-8th grade.
Network with fellow educators.
Engage in rich and rewarding learning experiences.

Take four classes (12 hours) from the list below:
Required: SCIE 6333 STEM Education

STEM Education Graduate Certificate Requirements

Hold a valid Texas teacher certificate.
Bachelor’s degree.
Admission to graduate study within the College of Education & Health Professions must precede the completion of applicable coursework.
Have a signed STEM Education certificate plan on file.
Complete the 12 semester hours of specified graduate-level courses with a B or better.

Graduate Certification Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to a Graduate Certification program, applicants must meet the UHV admissions index requirements.

For individuals with GPAs below 3.0 who are seeking certifications, the following minimum scores on the GRE® are required:

GRE® Verbal Reasoning - 143 or higher
GRE® Quantitative Reasoning - 140 or higher
GRE® Analytical Writing - 3.0 or higher

Note

A student must have received a graduate degree or be accepted to a graduate program at UHV in order to be eligible to enroll in graduate-level classes.

Certificates are non-degree-seeking programs. A student who is pursuing a certificate and wishes to switch to seeking a degree must reapply to the university as a degree-seeking student. A student who is admitted as a degree-seeking student and completes all of the requirements for a certificate will not be awarded a certificate, because certificates are strictly for non-degree-seeking students.

Students who complete a certificate may subsequently apply for a degree program in the same discipline, and all credits may be transferred and applied to the degree in accordance with normal policies and practices related to transfer credit. However, there are limits on how many credits a student may transfer into a program. At the master’s level, 50% of the required credits for the program must be earned while a degree-seeking student at UHV.

All graduate academic standards apply to students enrolled in a graduate certificate program.