The Graduate School offers Certificate Programs in Management and Special Education (see below). These certificates are concentrated programs of study with required graduate credits. Once a student finishes the required slate of courses, a student is required to apply for graduation in order for the certificate to be posted on the transcript.
Certificate of Completion Programs requires seven or less graduate credits and will not be posted to a transcript.
In order for a prospective student to engage in a certificate program, they are required to submit an application to the certificate of choice. Their file will be sent to the department to be reviewed for acceptance into a MSU graduate certificate program.
Certificate in Cyber Security Management
| BIT 560 | Manage/Integrate IS Function | 3 |
| BIT 557 | Foundations of Information Assurance and Security | 3 |
| BIT 575 | Business Network Systems Management | 3 |
Certificate Program: Cybersecurity Certificate: (12 Credits)
This certificate in Cybersecurity is delivered cooperatively among Minot State University, North Dakota State University, and University of North Dakota.
Certificate Program: Management Concepts
The Certificate in Management Concepts provides foundations in management at a graduate level. The three courses, BADM 535 Management Principals and Practices, BADM 525 Strategic Marketing, and BIT 562 Management Information Systems, are part of the Master of Science in Management program. Students who successfully earn the certificate may be eligible to continue on into the master's degree.
| BADM 525 | Strategic Marketing | 3 |
| BADM 535 | Management Principles and Practices | 3 |
| BIT 560 | Manage/Integrate IS Function | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 |
Mathematics Education Certificate
| MATH 508 | History and Philosophy of Mathematics for Teachers | 3 |
| MATH 513 | Algebra for Teachers | 3 |
| MATH 514 | Geometry for Teachers | 3 |
| MATH 521 | Probability and Statistics for Teachers | 3 |
| MATH 565 | Calculus for Teachers | 3 |
| MATH 590 | Trends, Methods, and Technology in Mathematics Education | 3 |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Certificate Program: Knowledge Management
Designed for students who are eager to learn about creating and exchanging organizational knowledge as well as explore graduate education. All courses are offered online and the certificate may be completed in two semesters. Two courses may be applied toward either the Master of Science in Management or the Master of Science in Information Systems.
| BADM 535 | Management Principles and Practices | 3 |
| BIT 560 | Manage/Integrate IS Function | 3 |
| BIT 566 | Knowledge Management | 3 |
| BIT 570 | E-Business Strategy | 3 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
Certificate Program: Leadership Studies
Certificate Programs: the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Education (D/HH), Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), Special Education Strategist (SES), and Learning Disabilities (LD)
These certificate programs have been developed to assist ND teachers to become qualified to work with children and students with disabilities from birth through age 21 by offering a set of coursework at the graduate level that meets the National Council for Exceptional Children’s certification standards for each individual special education discipline. These certificate programs will be identified on the university transcript thus demonstrating completion of the approved certificate program.
Curriculum for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Education
| SPED 510 | Law & Policy in Special Education | 3 |
| SPED 513 | Deaf Studies | 3 |
| SPED 565 | Early Intervention: Deaf/HH | 3 |
| SPED 583 | Strategies to Support Listening & Spoken Language | 3 |
| SPED 584 | Teaching Language to Deaf/HH | 3 |
| SPED 585 | Advanced Audiology for Educators of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing | 3 |
| SPED 586 | Teaching Reading/Academics to DHH | 4 |
| SPED 515 | Practicum | 4 |
| Total Hours | 26 |
Curriculum for Early Childhood Special Education
| SPED 504 | Introduction to Services for Young Exceptional Children | 3 |
| SPED 509 | Infant/Toddler Development | 3 |
| SPED 510 | Law & Policy in Special Education | 3 |
| SPED 530 | Physical and Medical Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 533 | Clinical Practice | 1 |
| SPED 550 | Special Education Assessment | 2 |
| SPED 543 | Methods of Teaching ECSE | 3 |
| SPED 563 | Family and Community Systems in Early Intervention | 3 |
| SPED 515 | Practicum | 4 |
| Total Hours | 25 |
Curriculum for Special Education Strategist
| SPED 505 | Consultation and Supervision in SPED | 2 |
| SPED 510 | Law & Policy in Special Education | 3 |
| SPED 515 | Practicum | 4 |
| SPED 517 | Methods for Mild Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 524 | High-Intensity Support Methods | 3 |
| SPED 531 | Psychoeducational Aspects of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| SPED 533 | Clinical Practice | 1 |
| SPED 543 | Methods of Teaching ECSE | 3 |
| SPED 550 | Special Education Assessment | 2 |
| SPED 561 | Classroom Management and Positive Behavior Support | 3 |
| Total Hours | 27 |
Curriculum for Learning Disabilities
| SPED 505 | Consultation and Supervision in SPED | 2 |
| SPED 510 | Law & Policy in Special Education | 3 |
| SPED 515 | Practicum | 4 |
| SPED 517 | Methods for Mild Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 531 | Psychoeducational Aspects of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| SPED 533 | Clinical Practice | 2 |
| SPED 550 | Special Education Assessment | 2 |
| ED 540 | Reading: Advance Diag & Remed | 2 |
| ED 541 | Clinical Practice Remedial Read | 2 |
| Total Hours | 23 |
