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In addition to graduate degrees, Bowling Green State University offers graduate certificates. Students may enroll in only a certificate program, or may complete a certificate in conjunction with a graduate degree at BGSU. Certificate program applicants should hold an undergraduate degree prior to application to a certificate program.

Autism Spectrum Disorders

This certificate program is interdisciplinary; it will provide skills and knowledge for understanding, identifying, and programming for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The purpose of this graduate certificate is to offer professional development opportunities for special and general educators, school psychologists, SLP, OT, PT, rehabilitation counselors, medical personnel, educational consultants, etc. who want to support the growth, development, and learning of students with ASD. Bioinformatics, Proteomics/Genomics

Bioinformatics, proteomics, and genomics (BPG) have

transformed biological research. The health of our research and educational programs as well as progress in biology, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, and related fields, depends on incorporating these tools.

To address the need for training in these new disciplines, an interdisciplinary team of professors from BGSU and the University of Toledo now offer a comprehensive set of four BPG courses. These courses are designed for graduate students from a variety of backgrounds. Courses may be taken individually and a Certificate will be awarded on completion of all four courses (12 semester hours). Students participate in classes through internet- based videoconferencing and computer lab sessions at one of the

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institutions.

The four courses are:

• Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Proteomics/Genomics

• Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics • Introduction to Bioinformatic Computation

• Applications of Bioinformatics and Proteomics/Genomics Computer Technology Endorsement

The Graduate Computer Technology Endorsement Certificate (16 hours) may be earned by teachers licensed to teach in the State of Ohio. Teachers with this endorsement will be prepared to not only provide leadership capabilities for local, state or national

educational technology initiatives but also will be licensed to teach computer science courses, K-12. Students may apply for the Computer Technology Endorsement from the Ohio Department of Education after completing the 16 hours of coursework identified for this credential offered through the School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Development. Construction Management

This certificate offers a continuing education vehicle to construction professionals who desire to prepare themselves to upper

management levels. This certificate can be a springboard to the Master in Technology Management (MTM) program – Construction Management and Technology concentration - at BGSU or

elsewhere. This certificate prepares the student to address supervisory and managerial needs in a construction, engineering, and architecture environment. A special feature of the certificate is the flexibility in meeting the needs, interests, and career goals of students while addressing the needs of industry. Therefore, the program is responsive to the needs of the industry for advanced technical management personnel. The certificate consists of five graduate courses in construction management.

Ethnic Studies

The graduate certificate in Ethnic Studies is offered within an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary framework. The curriculum contributes to societal needs as it addresses issues of racial and ethnic diversity in the workplace, community, nation, and world during a period of profound demographic change. It is designed to provide professional study in an area of increasing importance to practitioners in social, health, and immigration service agencies; law; and K-12 and community college education, among other occupations. The certificate also offers a graduate credential to students pursuing advanced degrees and seeking to broaden their teaching and research competencies in order to enhance their

career options and employment prospects. Food and Nutrition

The 15-semester hour graduate certificate in Food and Nutrition allows students to pursue concentrated study of food and nutrition through graduate coursework. The Certificate curriculum includes studies in nutrient metabolism, nutritional principles related to health and disease, community nutrition, and food science. The Certificate Program provides knowledge of food and nutrition that is applicable to health care, business, professional, and personal situations involving nutrition. The Food and Nutrition Graduate Certificate may be desired by students currently pursuing other graduate degree programs (e.g. public health; human movement, sport, and leisure studies; biological sciences), allied health professions, or students in the Dietetic Internship who have an interest in advanced study of food and nutrition but do not wish to complete a graduate degree.

Geospatial Technology

The Geospatial Technology certificate program is designed to provide students with a theoretical base in geospatial technology, a basis for research design in geospatial technology, and also provide students with an opportunity to apply geospatial technology theory and research design to their field of study. Because this is a joint endeavor of Environmental Programs, Geography, and Geology, students may opt for a sequence of courses that will be somewhat focused on either the natural or the social sciences, depending on their disciplinary orientation. The focus of the program will be GIS, remote sensing, and GPS and their applications to research design and problem-solving in the natural and social sciences.

International Scientific and Technical Communication An online graduate certificate in international technical

communication would meet the needs of working professionals by providing them with a distance education opportunity to learn advanced theoretical and practical approaches to composing documents and other information products for local and global translation; writing collaboratively online in increasingly more diverse virtual workspaces; developing best practices for new online writing workspaces that are informed by current technical communication research.

An online graduate certificate program reaches out to workplaces across the state of Ohio whose growing reliance on technology to enhance their productivity requires the expertise of technical communicators.

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By affording continuing education opportunities to these working professionals, our certificate program will directly enhance the productivity of the industries in which they work.

P-6 Mathematics Specialist Endorsement Certificate This graduate certificate is designed for students who have a bachelor’s or master’s degree and at least three years of

successful mathematics teaching at early, middle or AYA level and wish to extend and enrich their mathematics education

background. The goal of the program is to develop local curricular and instructional leaders who can provide professional

development for peers, direct assignment of curriculum to Ohio’s Academic Content Standards, analyze and interpret assessment date, communicate research to constituents, and develop programs for mentoring new teachers and intervening with low performing students.

P-9 Science Specialist Endorsement Certificate

This graduate certificate is designed for students who have a bachelor’s or master’s degree and at least three years of

successful science teaching at early, middle or AYA level and wish to extend and enrich their science education background. The goal of the program is to develop local curricular and instructional leaders who can provide professional development for peers, direct assignment of curriculum to Ohio’s Academic Content Standards, analyze and interpret assessment date, communicate research to constituents, and develop programs for mentoring new teachers and intervening with low performing students.

Performance Studies

This certificate is open to all graduate students enrolled at Bowling Green State University. Through this certificate program the student will explore the histories, theories, and practices of Performance Studies. The focus is on the relationship between text and practice; performance as a reflection of society, a witnessing to an experience, or a challenge to social structures or ways of knowing; emerging ideas of audience reception theory;

interdisciplinary connections with cultural studies, communication studies; and U.S./global performance practices. May be used as a research methodology or area of specialization within a degree program or other course of study, as a gateway into an advanced degree program in Performance Studies/related field, or as a foundation for work in community-based performance or theatre of social action/change.

Core Sequence (9 credits):

THFM 6630 Introduction to Performance Studies (3) THFM 6680 Performance Studies (3)

THFM 6910 Directed Research in Portfolio Development to serve as a capstone experience.

Supplementary Elective Courses (9 credits):

Electives for the Graduate Certificate Program in Performance Studies may be filled by courses in Theatre and Film, and/or other departments and programs. Electives will be selected by the student subject to approval by the graduate coordinator of the Department of Theatre and Film.

Public History

The graduate certificate in Public History offers advanced graduate training for professionals in the public history profession. The program is practical and career-focused in its design, featuring courses in historical museum management, museology, local history, archival administration, and preservation studies taught by academic specialists in these topics and by expert practitioners in the field of public history/historical museum management. The program of study is capped by an internship experience to give students actual hands-on experience in the field.

Quality Systems

Created at BGSU in response to demands from quality professionals, the quality systems graduate certificate (QSGC) reflects the American Society for Quality (ASQ) continuous improvement mission based on disciplined analysis of systems in technical environments. Process analysis for reduction

in variation of product and providing high quality consistently with no defects, is the goal. This includes preparation for management and facilitation of lean, six sigma, ISO/QS 9000 standards registration and maintenance functions and new product launch changes for advanced product quality planning (APQP). The QSGC serves various learners, particularly non- traditional, full- time working professionals from various locations. All work done in quality systems courses is team-based in a project context similar to how quality improvement is pursued in actual professional functions. The curriculum is also designed to facilitate project- based course work via an applied research emphasis. All courses utilize distance technology.

Women's Studies

The graduate certificate in Women’s Studies brings together scholars and graduate students across the University actively

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engaged in interdisciplinary feminist scholarship. This graduate certificate is an official acknowledgement of training and expertise in the field of women’s and gender studies. The certificate program provides students with knowledge of a unified approach to the study of fundamental issues in sex and gender studies. Students examine how sex and gender have been reflected in culture across time; how they shape institutions as well as personal experience; how they interact with issues such as race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class; and how new ways of thinking about gender challenge the processes by which knowledge about human beings and our behavior is acquired, interpreted, and transmitted. The graduate certificate is intended to supplement professional training, whatever it may be. As a stand-alone credential, the certificate is designed for individuals working in fields related to women’s health care and well being, as well as professionals in positions of advocacy for women, elementary, high school, and community college teachers, and returning, nontraditional students. The certificate acknowledges formal training and expertise in issues of cultural diversity, gender equity, feminist theory, feminist methodology, and the infusion of gender into all psychological, social, and mediated relationship.