HIGHER EDUCATION Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education
Post-Master's Certificate in College Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
The 15-hour Post-Master's Certificate in college teaching, learning, and leadership is designed for current and future faculty and college student educators working in community colleges, baccalaureate-granting colleges, and universities. It is also intended for UNCG graduate students who have completed a minimum of 18 hours in their program and are in good standing with their department. Completion of the master's degree is required for the awarding of the certificate.
The program focuses on the planning, design, and implementation of collegiate learning experiences but also allows the pursuit of a broad range of interests related to learner differences, contexts for learning, transformative learning, academic leadership, and assessment and accountability.
Required Core Course (3 hours)
HED 663 Planning Programs in Postsecondary Education (3)
Electives (12 hours)
Students select 12 hours from the following:
HED 600 The Community College (3)
HED 601 Foundations of College Student Personnel Ad¬ministration (3)
HED 602 Theoretical Foundations of Higher Learning (3)
HED 606 Administration in Higher Education (3)
HED 607 Adult Learning and College Teaching (3).
HED 612 Current Issues in Higher Education (3)
HED 662 Curriculum in Higher Education (3)
HED 663 Higher Education in the U.S. (3)
HED/LIS 672 Instructional Design (3)
HED 745 Higher Education: Equity, Inclusion, and Learn¬ing (3)
HED 748 Seminar in Student Cognition and Motivation (3)
HED 750 Doctoral Proseminar in Higher Education (3)
HED 752 The Law of Higher Education (3)
HED 753 Accountability in Higher Education (3)
HED 756 Public Policy in Higher Education (3)
HED 759 College Teaching Practicum or discipline-based equivalent (3)
Other higher education courses selected under consultation with advisor.
Application Procedures
- All materials should be submitted to the Graduate School, not the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
- Applicants should obtain an application from the Graduate School. Online application is also available. The application fee is $45.
- Two official transcripts are required from every college and university where the applicant previously completed nine hours or more of course work.
- Three recommendations (forms enclosed in application packet) are also required and should be submitted in sealed envelopes to the Graduate School.
- A Residency Statement is required for applicants claiming North Carolina residency.
- GRE scores are not required for the post-master's certificate program.
- We employ a rolling admissions process. Applicants may submit applications at any time throughout the year.
- All applicants must submit a current resume or curriculum vitae, a statement of purpose, and a writing sample. The statement of purpose should explain why the applicant has chosen to pursue the PMC, the learning goals to be achieved during the program, how these goals related to previous educational pursuits and professional interests, and how the accomplishment of these goals will lead to enhanced practice.
The writing sample involves a summary and analysis of a current, data-based article published in one of the three following journals: (a) The Review of Higher Education (b) Journal of College Student Development or (c) International Journal of Lifelong Education. The writing sample should be written in a scholarly style. It should offer a summary of the article, including the purpose of the research, the related literature and conceptual framework, the general research question or questions, research methods, and findings. Authors should then explain why they chose the selected article and how the knowledge produced through the research can improve practice. In other words, authors should demonstrate how they constructed personally meaningful knowledge of the selected research article. The entire writing sample should be limited to 1,800 words. It will be scored on the following criteria: organization, style, accuracy, analysis, and grammar.
Online Application
Apply online now through the Graduate School
Contact Information
David Franklin Ayers, Ed. D.
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Department of Curriculum & Instruction - Higher Education Program
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
dfayers@uncg.edu