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Certificates and Endorsements

Professor Celine Dorner with students in a computer lab

School of Business

Accounting Certificate Program

Certificate in Technology and Innovation Management (TIM)

Certificate in Health Care Management

Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Closely-Held Enterprises

Certificate in Supply Chain Management

School of Education and Kinesiology

Bachelor’s Level Teacher Certification:

Elementary Education with options for Special Education, Reading, English Language Learners, and Early Childhood Education
Health and Fitness K12
Music Education K12

Post-Bachelor’s Teacher Certification:

Master of Arts in Education with Certification
M.A.E Alternative Routes to Certification (ARC)

Principal Certification

School of Nursing

Post-Graduate Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner Certificate

Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (P.M.H.N.P.) Certificate 

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