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Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education at University of North Dakota

University of North Dakota, United States

Programme overview

Ground your learning in vital early childhood curricular foundations. UND's online Early Childhood Education graduate certificate highlights play-based experiences and assessment, and social-emotional foundations in early childhood.

Faculty: College of Education & Human Development  |  Duration: 1 year (9 credit hours)  |  Study mode: online  |  Intake: Fall (June 1* | Aug. 1), Spring (Nov. 1* | Dec. 1), Summer (April 1* | May 1)  |  Location: Grand Forks, ND, United States

What you will study

The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect future terms. Updates are published annually in April. A graduate certificate is a short series of graduate-level college courses that offer specialized training in a specific industry. Required courses include T&L 517 Social Emotional Learning Guidance; T&L 526 Play in Development and Early Childhood Education; T&L 527 Curricular Foundations in Early Childhood Education.

Career pathways

The Early Childhood Education graduate certificate will prepare you to become/work at:

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Application information

Entry requirements

A four-year bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university. An overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 or greater for all undergraduate work or a GPA of at least 3.0 for the junior and senior years of undergraduate work (based on A=4.0). Satisfy the School of Graduate Studies' English Language Proficiency requirements as published in the graduate catalog.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Terms run Fall (August-December), Spring (January-May) and Summer (May-August).

Apply through the official page: https://und.edu/admissions/graduate/apply.html

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