Graduate Certificates
Academic Certificate Policies
A graduate certificate program comprises 12 to 21 credits and can be completed either independently or along with a degree program. Credits earned as a non-degree student may be applied to a graduate certificate. Admission to a certificate program may be required prior to enrollment in specified certificate courses. Students must be admitted to the certificate program in order to be awarded the certificate.
Students who have been provisionally admitted to a certificate program must be reclassified as regular admitted students no later than the semester in which they complete 50 percent of the total credits required for the certificate. With approval from the certificate program, up to 6 of the required credits for a graduate certificate can be transferred from a different institution or applied from another previous or concurrent WVU degree or certificate. Individual course credits may be applied to no more than two degrees, majors, or certificates. Courses applied to a certificate must have been completed no more than eight years prior to certificate conferral as stated on the Time Limits tab of the Degree Regulations section of this catalog.
Some accredited professional certificates, with approval from the associate provost for graduate academic affairs and graduate council, are permitted additional transfer or shared credits as described in their individual curriculum requirements. These programs may also exceed the typical credit limit for a graduate certificate as required by their accrediting body.
See information on Graduate Multiple Curricula on the Academic Definitions tab under the Programs, Courses & Credits section of this catalog for rules concerning the application of credits from a completed certificate to a subsequent WVU degree.
Certificates offered, by college/school:
- Academic Affairs
- Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
- College of Applied Human Sciences
- College of Creative Arts and Media
- Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
- John Chambers College of Business and Economics
- School of Medicine
- School of Public Health
Academic Affairs
Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
College of Applied Human Sciences
- Advanced Sport Management Research
- Applied Sport Science in Coaching
- Athlete Empowerment through Positive Coaching
- Athlete Talent Identification and Development
- Health Professions Education
- Online Teaching
- Program Evaluation
- School Physical Activity Leadership
- Sport Industry Leadership and Change Management
College of Creative Arts and Media
- Artist Diploma in Music Performance
- Creative Strategy
- Data Marketing Communications
- Digital and Social Media
- Healthcare Communication
- Higher Education Marketing
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Media Solutions and Innovation
- Music Industry
- Public Relations Leadership
- Therapeutic Art
Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
John Chambers College of Business and Economics
- Business Cybersecurity Data Analytics
- Business Cybersecurity Foundations
- Business Cybersecurity Management
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Data Science
- Business Data Technology Management
- Business Operations Research
- Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination