Certificate Programs

Upper Iowa University offers a variety of certificate programs designed to provide learners an additional method to learn new skills in a specific area. These certificate programs, using existing UIU courses, provide an opportunity for you to gain experience in a specific area by successfully completing a cluster of college credit classes. You may also choose to use the courses as part of a degree program.

Certificate courses for credit: To pursue a certificate, you must follow the regular admission procedure outlined on page 10 of this catalog.

Certificate courses without academic credit: If you decide to take the certificate courses with no academic credit, a completed Application for Admission is still required and you will be considered a transient/non-degree seeking learner. Upon registration, notify the program staff that you do not want academic credit for the course(s) and complete a Certificate Credit Waiver available through your program office.

Current degree-seeking UIU learners may seek a certificate while working on their degree program. Your academic advisor can assist in coordinating certificate courses as part of your degree program. No additional application or paperwork is necessary to begin working on your certificate.

Upon successful completion of all required courses in the certificate, a Certificate Claim Form must be completed. There is a certificate claim fee of $30. Certificates are awarded on the same dates as the established graduation dates published by the Registrar's Office. Certificate completion will not be posted on the transcript.

Financial aid is only available to learners who are degree-seeking with UIU and have gone through the standard application and award process. Financial aid is not available to non-degree seeking learners pursuing certificates.

As with other course preparation, prerequisite courses represent foundational knowledge the learner needs to be most successful. Your academic advisor can assist in the selection of the most appropriate sequence of courses to match your academic preparation.

Upper Iowa University will accept transfer credit towards the certificate, including courses taken at other accredited colleges/universities, experiential learning portfolio credit through UIU, and CLEP (see policies). The amount transferred and applied to the certificate will not exceed nine of the 15 credits required. A minimum of six semester credits through Upper Iowa University must be completed to earn an Upper Iowa University certificate.

The Certificate Programs available are:

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