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A microcredential is a 9-10 credit program in some professional or academic area. It is smaller than a minor, and focuses on the development of a particular professional or academic skill set. Micro-credential topics can be inside or outside of a student’s major and minor/concentration. A student’s General Education courses, General Education electives and free electives may be counted towards a microcredential, but courses satisfying major/minor requirements may not also satisfy a micro-credential requirement.
Matriculated students completing a microcredential will have the award designated on their transcript. Non-matriculated students will receive a certificate for the award, as well as a designation of their transcript.
Cannabis Industry - Cannabis Management
Curriculum Development and Supervision
Fabrication & Design
International Education with ESL Specialization
Leadership for Health Equity and Social Change
Research and Creative Tools for Marketing
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 9
Note: No credits can be double-dipped with major/minor required courses.
Must take one course from the following list:
Must two courses from the following list:
- BUS 377 Strategic Sourcing and Supply Management (Cr. 3)
Curriculum Development and Supervision (Microcredential)
The microcredential in Curriculum Development and Supervision is a 9 credit-hour program that will give international educators a practical knowledge base in the key conceptual and methodological areas of curriculum development in international schools. Upon completion of the microcredential, students will possess valuable skills that will position them as leaders prepared for supervisory roles in curriculum development.
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 9
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this microcredential, students will:
- Manage vertical and horizontal curriculum development across an international school program.
- Ability to differentiate and generate curricula uniquely suited for an international education environment, and supervise the creation of the same.
- Demonstrate fluency in a variety of measurement and evaluation principles such as norm-based and criterion-based assessment, interpretation of commonly used statistics, and interpretation of large school-wide sets of numerical data.
- Articulate the elements of a standards-based learning system, demonstrating a deep understanding of fair, meaningful, accurate, and educationally sound grading and reporting practices.
- Master the Understanding by Design® framework and apply the “backward design” process to the development of curriculum units and maps for international schools.
- Identify long-term Transfer Goals to serve as the “end points” for a PK-12 curriculum, and develop curricula that meet those goals.
- Create authentic performance tasks using the six “facets” of understanding and GRASPS (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product, Standards).
Fabrication & Design (Microcredential)
The Fabrication & Design microcredential builds competency in skills and tools used during the design, production, and quality control phases of device fabrication. Students develop competency in the engineering design process, and gain skills in microcontroller programming, 3D modeling and printing, and MATLAB scripting for data analysis and visualization. A variety of fabrication offerings provide students with higher-level competency with additional tools, including but not limited to laser cutting and causal analysis.
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 9
Note: No credits can be double-dipped with major/minor required courses.
International Education with ESL Specialization (Microcredential)
The microcredential in International Education with ESL Specialization is a 9 credit-hour program that will give international educators a practical knowledge base in the key conceptual and methodological areas of ESL instruction in international schools. Upon completion of the microcredential, students will possess valuable skills that will position them as leaders prepared for supervisory roles in language instruction.
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 9
Note: No credits can be double-dipped with major/minor required courses.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this microcredential, students will:
- Master and apply the concept/practice of translanguaging to their own ESL teaching in international contexts.
- Master the contemporary research surrounding multilingualism as it applies to international ESL education, and incorporate findings into their own teaching practice.
- Mastery and integration of the most influential contemporary ESL language teaching methods into their own teaching practice.
- Mastery and integration of the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) model, a research-based and validated instructional model, as a lesson-planning tool in their own teaching practice.
- Develop a knowledge base in the areas of assessing and evaluating second language learners in the four areas of language production (speaking, listening, reading, writing), specifically focusing on the WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) model.
- Experience the use of a variety of traditional and non-traditional assessment techniques, including the use of authentic and portfolio assessment, and develop and implement a variety of rubrics and instruments for tracing language growth.
Leadership for Health Equity and Social Change (Microcredential)
The Leadership for Health Equity and Social Change microcredential develops competencies necessary to advocate for equity and to be a leader promoting social justice and inclusion in the health care system and closely related institutions like the labor/economic system, the education system, and the criminal justice system. Students will assess how structures of power have contributed to the creation and perpetuation of power, privilege, and oppression in society and create solutions to address these issues, synthesizing concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in contemporary social contexts.
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 10
Note: No credits can be double-dipped with major/minor required courses.
Required Courses: 4 Credits
Must take one course from the following list: 3 Credits
Must take one course from the following list: 3 Credits
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the bioengineering program, students will demonstrate:
- Identify how existing statues, policies, and practices create inequities in workplaces and in society.
- Demonstrate an awareness of how implicit biases, microaggressions, and stereotypes negatively impact society.
- Employ inclusive communication skills that acknowledge and respect differences.
- Critique institutions and structures of power and how they have contributed to the creation and perpetuation of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity in society.
- Synthesize concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and apply these to contemporary societal contexts.
- Create solutions to address power, privilege, and oppression in the workplace and society.
- Develop and apply leadership skills in advocating for change to eliminate biases and inequities in society.
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 9
Note: No credits can be double-dipped with major/minor required courses.
Introduction to Marketing
One of the following courses is required:
- BUS 3XX Design Thinking (Cr. 3)
Or
Graphic Design/Videography
At lease 1 credit is required.
Working with Data in Spreadsheets
At lease 1 credit is required.
Surveys and Reporting
At lease 1 credit is required.
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals (Microcredenital)
This microcredential develops linguistic and cultural competency required to use the Spanish language in the healthcare field. Students will learn to identify and apply specific terminology applicable in real-world medical scenarios, develop and integrate relevant grammar concepts, and assess the ways in which cultural differences can play a role in patient care. Role-playing scenarios crafted by medical and linguistic professionals will be integral in the application of classroom lessons to the medical field.
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 9
Note: No credits can be double-dipped with major/minor required courses.
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