Saint Cloud State University

2-D Art

Students will learn the basics in visual communication and expression in 2D media such as drawing, painting and printmaking.

3-D Art

Students will learn the basics in visual communication and expression in 3D media such as sculpture and ceramics.

Accounting

This program is designed for students desiring careers in public accounting, industry, not-for-profit organizations and government. Courses emphasize the development of students' analytical capabilities, communication skills, interpersonal skills, and understanding of the usefulness and limits of accounting information.

Accounting

The Accounting Graduate Certificate is designed to develop skills and knowledge of the effective use of accounting information in professional roles and to analyze questions regarding organization performance, solve problems, and determine valuation. Students will apply different types of accounting information in order to make business decisions and communicate results to proper stakeholders.

Addiction Counseling

Students graduating from these programs meet the training requirements to become a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor in Minnesota, and typically have employment opportunities in counseling, clinical, educational, health, industrial/organizational and community settings. Students also have ample opportunities to continue graduate training in psychology-related areas.

Advanced TESOL

This advanced certificate program is for individuals with a previous Master's degree who would like to teach ESL at the college level.

American Indian Studies

American Indian studies examine additional interpretations of United States history, law, and politics as they relate to indigenous communities in the United States. You'll develop insight into the histories, contributions, social, cultural, and political development, and intellectual expression of the American Indian communities.

Anthropology

Anthropology investigates what it means to be human through a holistic integration of the four anthropological sub-fields: cultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Anthropology students seek to make a difference in a complex global world, through in-depth classroom, field, and laboratory experiences guided by active scholars in the discipline.

Applied Behavior Analysis

This Master of Science program is designed for those students who desire advanced academic and professional training in behavior analysis. Students may specialize by taking electives in areas such as: autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, behavior therapy, functional analysis, or the experimental analysis of behavior.

Applied Clinical Research

The graduate certificate in Applied Clinical Research offers foundational courses in clinical research for medical devices. This graduate certificate is designed for those working in the medical device industry and those looking to enter this industry, including new graduates and working professionals, who will benefit from a basic education in medical device related clinical research requirements.

Applied Clinical Research

The Master of Science in Applied Clinical Research program provides students with the tools and competencies required to design, conduct, evaluate, and report human clinical trials. Graduates will understand the use of clinical evidence on the general population. They will accelerate their development, whether a new clinical research professional or a developing clinical research leader.

Applied Economics

This program focuses on applying mathematical formulations and statistical techniques to economic phenomena in various economic fields such as management and organizational behavior, trade and finance, labor market, health care, education, public finance, industrial organization, and economic growth and development.

Art

The BA-Art major is designed to give all students an opportunity to develop an awareness of and experience in the visual arts, and an understanding of the history and development of art. Students will take a range of classes in a variety of media including traditional studio (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics) lens-based (video and photography), and digital media.

Art Education

This program provides students a broad base of experience in the visual arts, with a professional education series of coursework that allows them to be recommended for licensure as Pre K-12 art teachers in the state of Minnesota. Students in this program complete state-required testing and student teaching in order to qualify for licensure.

Artificial Intel and Machine Learning

Apply principles of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to current problems.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Biochemistry

This program provides graduates with the technical, instrumental and laboratory skills to be successful in a bio-molecular work environment. It also serves as a good preparation for post graduate studies in medical, bio-medical or pharmaceutical disciplines.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Biotechnology

This program provides graduates with the technical, instrumental and laboratory skills to be successful in a bio-molecular work environment. It also serves as a good preparation for post graduate studies in medical, bio-medical or pharmaceutical disciplines.

Biological Sciences

Graduate students in the Biological Sciences M.S. program will gain in- depth knowledge and skills in their chosen specialty while being introduced to a breadth of topics at the cutting edge of biology. Coursework requirements are flexible and can be aligned with students' chosen specialty. Students have access to a variety of laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment.

Biology: Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution

The Biology: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution major is a natural science program with coursework including a breadth of topics at the cutting edge of the biological sciences. The major covers the biology of organisms, including how they live, interact, evolve and adapt over time. Coursework in this major offers educational experience that will prepare you for a variety of careers in scientific research, conservation, federal agencies, industry, academia, veterinary, and more.

Biology for Educators

The Biology for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in biological sciences. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to-18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in biological sciences.

Biomedical Science

This program will allow students to prepare for entrance into schools which provide training in the health care fields, graduate school, or a career in a laboratory or health-related area.

Business Analytics

The Business Analytics Graduate Certificate is designed to prepare leadership to evaluate and apply statistical techniques to evaluate data for decision-making and an organizational strategy. Students will learn to apply multiple frameworks to data driven decisions to business environments and then create communication tools, strategies, and visualizations for the results.

Business Economics

Quantitative analysis of economic phenomena and problems such as management and organizational behavior, trade and finance, banking, economic growth and development, health care, sports, education, and immigration. Topics covered include cost-benefit calculations, market analysis and pricing, managerial decision making, game theory and strategic behavior, business statistics, economic modeling, econometrics, and economic forecasting and evaluation.

Business for Educators

The Geography for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in Geography. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to- 18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in Geography.

Career/Technical Ed: Communication

Graduate Certificate for Career and Technical Education (CTE) license in communications. Program is designed to allow teachers with a current professional Minnesota teaching license to add this license.

Career/Technical Ed: Construction

Graduate Certificate for Career and Technical Education (CTE) license in construction. Program is designed to allow teachers with a current professional Minnesota teaching license to add this license.

Career/Technical Ed: Manufacturing

Graduate Certificate for Career and Technical Education (CTE) license in construction. Program is designed to allow teachers with a current professional Minnesota teaching license to add this license.

Career/Technical Ed: Transportation

Graduate Certificate for Career and Technical Education (CTE) license in transportation. Program is designed to allow teachers with a current professional Minnesota teaching license to add this license.

Chemistry Education Grades 9-12

A program that prepares individuals to teach chemistry at the 9-12 grade levels.

Chemistry/General Science Education Grades 5-12

This program provides the background required by State of Minnesota science-content and science-education licensure standards for science teachers in grades 5 -8 and chemistry teachers grades 9 - 12. All students interested in science teaching must complete both the 5-8 science teaching core and a 9 - 12 science content emphasis.

Clinical Exercise Physiology

The Clinical Exercise Physiology program focuses on prescribing exercise, applying health behavior interventions, and physical activity promotion strategies for individuals with chronic diseases or conditions. Courses explore both primary and secondary prevention strategies designed to improve, maintain, or attenuate declines in fitness and health in those with a variety of chronic diseases.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

The purpose of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is to provide students with self-awareness, knowledge and skills to work as professional clinical counselors with individuals, families, groups and organizations in a variety of mental health and agency settings.

College Counseling and Student Development

The College Counseling and Student Development (CCSD) master’s program prepares students for careers in the field of student affairs and higher education. Our program espouses the following core values: Helping Skills. CCSD students situate their work with college students in helping, advising, and motivational interviewing skills.

Communication Arts and Literature Education

The Communication Arts and Literature (CAL) major is an undergraduate teacher preparation program designed to teach grammar, Communication Studies, composition, and literature for future educators of grades 5-12. Students complete both English and education coursework in content, methods and pedagogy, lesson planning, instruction, assessment, and curriculum design.

Communication in Health Care Contexts

This certificate provides students in the health services industries with competency and comprehension of health communication theories and practices related to patient/provider, social support, health care liaison and other interaction processes.

Communication Sciences and Disorders

The M.S. degree is a professional degree that prepares students to diagnose and treat individuals with communication differences and disorders in a variety of clinical settings and work toward earning the professional credentials set by the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Education and the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association.

Communication Sciences & Disorders

The undergraduate degrees in Communication Sciences and Disorders are offered at a pre-professional level to prepare students to pursue their interests in speech-language therapy and audiology careers. With this undergraduate degree, students will be prepared to enter graduate school in speech-language therapy, audiology, and other related fields.

Communication Studies

This program helps students to understand communication theory in a variety of contexts: interpersonal, small group, organizational, and public communication.

Community Education Administration

The Community Education Administration graduate certificate is a 24- credit program that prepares candidates for employment in public school community education, community recreation, youth and family education, an area education agency or a regional or state agency.

Community Health

A program that prepares individuals to serve as facilitators, advocates, and referral professionals linking health care and related social services with affected recipient communities. Includes instruction in public and community health, human and social services, health services administration, group counseling, health education, group advocacy, cross-cultural and multilingual communication, and applicable laws and policies.

Community Psychology

This program offers students the opportunity to develop combinations of courses in particular areas of psychology in order to meet special academic or career needs. Students may select courses related to the sub-fields of psychological services, education, behavior analysis, chemical dependency and community counseling. Coursework is designed to prepare students for graduate work in psychology and related disciplines.

Computer Engineering

A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of computer hardware and software systems and related equipment and facilities; and the analysis of specific problems of computer applications to various tasks.

Computer Science

This program provides student with a broad competence to take on any role in the IT sector. The program core lays down all the essentials for a strong foundation in Computer Science. Electives provide students with breadth in applications and advanced topics, and the concentrations enable students to go in depth into high-demand specializations. Areas of employment include software development as well as other jobs as a computing professional.

Computer Science

This program uses the same core computer science courses as the computer science major. It requires another major or minor and fewer advanced computer science courses. Areas of employment include software development as well as other jobs as a computer science professional.

Construction Management

The program focuses on construction management principles in both residential and commercial construction. A focus on management principles and hands-on technical courses to prepare for a career in the construction industry.

Curriculum and Instruction

This program offers professional development for licensed teachers in the areas of research, contemporary issues in education, and advanced pedagogical techniques. Students who have already completed a teaching certificate may be able to apply some courses towards the Curriculum and Instruction M.S. program. Curriculum & Instruction is not a licensure program; see the program website regarding a licensure program.

Cybersecurity

Students in the Cybersecurity major will learn all aspects of computer and network security, including ethical hacking, intrusion detection, high-level programming, privacy, legal and ethical issues, and cryptography. Students benefit from a strong core of courses as well as a selection of electives that provide for in-depth education in the subject. Demand is high for students with skills and knowledge in Cybersecurity.

Data Analytics

Designed for working professionals, the Data Analytics Certificate will allow graduates to use existing company data to summarize and make sense of the data, answer questions on company performance, solve problems, and predict growth.

Data Management and Data Visualization

Provide learners from all areas, without programming or advanced math background, an understanding of the principles and tools for data management and data visualization.

Digital Art

The Certificate in Digital Art offers the opportunity for students to take beginning and intermediate studio courses in digital art, exploring a variety of programs and processes.

District Superintendent

The District Superintendent Graduate Certificate in the Educational Administration and Leadership program develops leaders for Minnesota's schools. The program provides coursework leading to eligibility for a District Superintendent license and is accredited by the Minnesota Board of School Administrators (BOSA). Courses offered are competency-based and focused on developing the skills and personal traits necessary for successful school administration and leadership.

Early Childhood Education

This major focuses on preparing teachers of young children from birth through grade 3. The program emphasizes child development, working with parents, inclusive educational practices, understanding diversity and authentic assessment. The program prepares students to work in early education and care settings as well as primary grades (K-3). The program includes a variety of field experiences ending with student teaching experiences in Pre-Kindergarten for 8 weeks and a K-3 setting for 8 weeks.

Earth and Space Science Education

A program that prepares individuals to teach earth and space science education, at the grades 9-12 level.

Earth and Space Science/General Science Education, Grades 5-12

The Earth and Space Science Teaching (5-12) Education major at St. Cloud State University is an interdisciplinary program in the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Education and Learning Design. It prepares students to teach Earth and Space Science classes at the high school level or any science class at the middle school level.

Earth Science

The Earth Science major is a natural science program that prepares students for a variety of careers in the geosciences. Coursework in this major covers regional geological history; interpreting sediments, minerals, and rock types; field-based problem solving of geological questions; and student-led independent research through a capstone experience.

Economics for Educators

The Economics for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in economics. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to- 18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in economics.

Educational Administration and Leadership

The Educational Administration and Leadership Master of Science degree program is a comprehensive and student-centered program tailored to develop foundational skills in PK-12 school leadership. Candidates will develop disciplinary knowledge and skills based on the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL). In addition, candidates will receive an enhanced understanding of how effective school leaders take on today's challenges in order to impact student achievement and success.

Electrical Engineering

This program emphasizes analog and digital electronics, computers, communications, controls and computer aided design. The coursework is designed to equip the student with the skills to work in research and design positions in the high technology electronics industry. The program is also preparation for graduate study in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.

Elementary Education

The elementary/K-6 education program prepares students to be kindergarten to grade 6 (K-6) teachers. Teacher candidates learn to teach all required subject areas to young children. They learn to plan lessons and projects designed to motivate and challenge students, as well as to counsel students and work with families.

Engineering Management

The American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) certified MEM program prepares graduates for leadership positions in today's competitive global environment. It develops the managerial skills of graduates and provides them with analytical and problem-solving tools to lead and manage projects. Students will learn operations management, engineering data analytics, six sigma, engineering economy, supply chain management, and project management.

English: Creative Writing

Write your way toward your future! As a student of Creative Writing, you will advance from foundations in the crafts of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and/or screenwriting to many collaborative opportunities: edit and produce a literary magazine, learn the art of reviewing, write for video and film, and explore experimental forms and media.

English for Educators

The English for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in English. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to-18 requirement to teach concurrent enrollment courses such as Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in English.

English Studies

The study of English opens up possibilities for students interested in the power of the imagination and the written word. You will develop awareness of language and narrative as media through which knowing and perception take place.

Exercise Science

The Exercise Science major prepares students for a variety of careers in the areas of health, fitness, and wellness. Coursework focuses on human movement science, exercise physiology, and exercise assessment program design for a variety of populations.

Film

This program is designed for students who wish to create films, write scripts, and learn film technique while also engaging in a deep study of the history of the moving image. The program values theory and practice equally, emphasizes analysis and imagination, and students are exposed to a variety of perspectives from working filmmakers, and active scholars.

Finance

This program prepares the student for positions as financial managers and investment analysts in private business or non-profit organizations and within governmental units. Those completing the program are qualified for employment in the securities industry, financial intermediaries, financial management or investment organizations, international finance, corporate finance, banking industry and in government regulatory, administrative, or service agencies.

Finance

The Finance Graduate Certificate is designed to develop skills and knowledge of international financial management, investments and security analysis, and financial markets and institutions. Students will learn and apply domestic and international risk diversification, modern portfolio theory, and derivatives hedging of risk, including currency risk. Interactions of financial markets and financial regulators are also presented.

Foundations in Library Media

The Foundations in Library Media Certificate is designed to provide an academic credential for those individuals not seeking a Master's degree but are wanting to learn more about the field of library media.

General Business

The General Business major is intended for students who prefer a diversified business background without extensive concentration in any single field. It is intentionally designed to give the student maximum flexibility in course selection and to equip its graduates with multi- career adaptability. Students interested in pursuing a career with a large corporation, government or their own business are provided with an in- depth exposure to several disciplines.

Geographic Information Science (GIS)

The Geographic Information Science (GIS) undergraduate certificate provides students across a range of physical and social science majors with basic knowledge and skills for proficiency in the use and application of GIS techniques, making them more employable in their respective fields or serving as a gateway to a career specializing in geospatial techniques.

Geography for Educators

The Geography for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in Geography. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to- 18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in Geography.

Geography Information Science

Students use the latest software and hardware to learn research methods and build marketable skills for the geographic information sciences.

Graphic Design

The BFA-Graphic Design program teaches students processes to identify and solve visual communication problems in a variety of contexts, investigate conceptual and technical applications for creating and disseminating visual communication, and integrate print and digital practices to create effective user-driven communication.

Graphic Design: Studio Art

The BFA-Studio Art program is a professional art degree that prepares individuals to work as creative artists in a wide range of visual media. Students have opportunities to work in foundation through advanced levels in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and digital and lens-based media. Studio work is complimented by the study of art history, and grounded in art theory, extensive exposure to contemporary art, and interdisciplinary practice.

Higher Education and Student Affairs

The Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and Student Affairs develops higher education professionals at a regional, national, and international level. The program prepares students for entry-level and mid-level positions in four-year, community and technical colleges and universities.

Higher Education and Student Affairs

The mission of the Higher Education and Student Affairs doctoral program is to prepare higher education professionals for advanced leadership positions in a diverse array of post-secondary institutions in academic, student and administrative affairs. The program is driven by a commitment to excellence in teaching, learning, leadership development and understanding of the role the academy plays in a global society for creating and distributing knowledge.

Higher Education & Student Affairs

The Master of Science in Higher Education Administration program develops Minnesota's higher education leaders. The program prepares students for entry-level positions in four-year, community, and technical colleges and universities. Students interested in careers as future higher education administrators receive a comprehensive program of study that explores academic affairs, student affairs, and administrative affairs.

History

The history major is designed to prepare students to be deep thinkers who thrive in a global world. As our students advance through a three- course core sequence, they develop skills critical to historical thinking and contributing to their communities and world. These skills help students confront critical civic problems linked to racial disparities, notions of citizenship, and migration patterns that impact our nation and international relations.

History for Educators

The History for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in history. Completion of this certificate fulfills the path-to-18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in history.

Histotechnician

The Histotechnician Program provides both academic and hospital laboratory training. Graduates work in a vital medical field preparing specimens for medical diagnosis. This certificate program teaches students the technique and art of how to embed, cut, stain and prepare a tissue sample for examination under a microscope. This blended program combines online and face-to-face training in lectures, lab sessions, and clinical rotations.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and group behavior in institutional settings, applications to related problems of organization and industry, and that may prepare individuals to apply such principles in industrial and organizational settings.

Information Assurance

Information assurance is the practice to manage any risk related to data, system, or application. Sometimes it is used interchangeably with information security. It covers risk management, business continuity, disaster recovery, and so on. The Information Assurance (lA) Certificate Program is designed to prepare individuals to have advanced and specialized knowledge and skills in Information Assurance and related area.

Information Assurance

The program is designed to prepare information assurance and security professionals to work in a wide variety of capacities both in management and technical fields, to support and protect information infrastructure, and conduct advanced research. Competencies will be developed in both management and technical areas such as policies, risk management, software system security, database security, and network security.

Information Systems

The Information Systems program offers a variety of courses to provide students a balance of knowledge and skills with both technical and management areas. The graduates should be able to understand both business and IT. The program meets the model curriculum guidelines set by AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals) and the model curriculum of ACM (Association of Computing Machinery).

Information Systems

The Information Systems Graduate Certificate is designed to provide the knowledge, understanding, and application of the integration systems, hardware, and software an organization uses to conduct operations and best practice strategies for securing and improving those systems.

Integrated Studies

Integrated Studies is a customizable academic program that empowers students to explore multiple disciplines and integrate diverse areas of knowledge into a cohesive educational experience. It is ideal for students seeking a broad-based education that allows them to combine personal interests with professional aspirations.

Interdisciplinary Studies

The Special Studies degree allows students to design their own self- directed graduate degrees targeted to their specific career and research interests. Students will tailor the program of study from at least three different areas of study and from two or more academic departments. Students will be able to choose a unique program title in collaboration with their advisors.

Internal Auditing

The Internal Auditing certificate provides students with skills and knowledge to begin a career in internal auditing or participate in business activities affected by a company's internal controls, risk management, governance structures, and fraud controls.

International Relations

International Relations focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. It includes instruction in research methods, international relations theory, international security and organizations, and the global political economy. The curriculum includes the comparative study of specific countries and regions around the globe including the non- Western world.

K-12 Principal

The K-12 Principal Graduate Certificate in the Educational Administration and Leadership program develops leaders for Minnesota's schools. The program provides coursework leading to eligibility for licensure as a K-12 Principal and is accredited by the Minnesota Board of School Administrators (BOSA). Courses offered are competency-based and focused on developing the skills and personal traits necessary for successful school administration and leadership.

Land Surveying

Students learn to gather information through observation, measurements, questionnaires, legal research and data analysis. Students will be introduced to the associated services of land surveying such as mapping; construction layout surveys; precision measurements of length, angle, elevation, area and volume; as well as horizontal and vertical control surveys; and the analysis and use of land survey data.

Land Surveying/Mapping Sciences

The Land Surveying program educates students to meet societal and technological challenges through the creation and dissemination of information, knowledge, and technology and the development and provision of innovative solutions. By completing the program, graduates will gain the knowledge, skills, and expertise required for them to become registered as licensed land surveyors after completion of appropriate work experience.

Lens-Based Art

Students will learn the basics in visual communication and expression in lens-based mediums, expressing through photography and video.

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Liberal Arts and Sciences is an individualized academic program that empowers students to explore multiple disciplines and diverse areas of knowledge. Completion of the ten Liberal Education Goal Areas exposes students to the fundamental principles used by different academic areas to approach human societies, cultures, institutions, and endeavors, and the physical and natural environments. Graduates may choose to enter the workforce or continue to a bachelor's degree.

Library Media Specialist

The Library Media Specialist Certificate is designed to provide an academic credential for those individuals not seeking a Master's degree but are wanting to become licensed as a library media specialist. Two licensure options are available: initial and additional. Students may be recommended for licensure to PELSB upon completion of this program and successful passing scores on the MTLE. Additional requirements will apply for initial licensure candidates.

Library Media Specialist

The Library Media graduate program will support students as they seek licensure as a school library media specialist especially if their goal is to work in a public or private school. Students will study library and media management, applications of technology for teaching and learning, and instructional development and media productions.

Life Science Education Grades 9-12

A program that prepares individuals to teach biology, at the 9-12 level.

Life Science/General Science Education Grades 5-12

A program that prepares individuals to teach biology programs at various educational levels.

Management

Our bachelor’s program in Management offers a broad perspective on business and gives you real-world knowledge and skills to jump-start your career. Our program allows you the flexibility to choose your electives to match your career goals. As a graduate of our program, you will be well-equipped to succeed in a variety of organizations, from family-owned businesses to global corporations.

Management and Leadership

The Management and Leadership Graduate Certificate is designed to develop skills and knowledge in the areas of leadership principles, ethical leadership, and business modeling. Students will gain and apply the skills needed to be an effective leader in any organization.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is an applied engineering field that looks for better ways to manufacture products. This includes reducing cycle times, maintaining quality, increasing safety, and keeping costs reasonable. The field emphasizes engineering problem solving using a practical, hands-on approach rather than the complex analysis that a design engineer would typically use.

Marketing

This program examines aspects of strategic planning and tactical decisions appropriate to the management of marketing activities in an organization. Areas covered include product planning and development, distribution, pricing, promotional activities (including advertising), personal selling, consumer behavior, and service aspects of marketing.

Mass Communications

This program is a combination of theory and skills to prepare students with strong backgrounds in media history, ethics, theory, law, social institutions as well as skills to prepare students to be competent media practitioners, savvy media consumers and informed citizens. Courses of study under the domain of mass communications include advertising, public relations, journalism and broadcast.

Master of Business Administration

This program is built for the ambitious, hard-working, hands-on students and professionals who, rather than invest in a logo, are ready to invest in themselves. The Herberger Business School MBA program is where real-world case studies replace theoretical lectures. Where you can build a program focused on your success. Where you can apply your knowledge outside the classroom, through experiences with classmates that you’ll take with you into the next phase of your career.

Mathematics

This program offers training which prepares students for mathematics careers in business, government, industry, education, and/or graduate study.

Mathematics Education

The Mathematics Education program prepares individuals with a broad base of experience in mathematics content and professional education coursework that prepares them to apply for a license to teach 5th-12th grade mathematics in the State of Minnesota. Future educators in the Mathematics Education program are prepared to serve middle and high school students with varying academic, social, and emotional needs through coursework and multiple field experiences throughout the program.

Mechanical Engineering

Medical Device Regulation

The graduate certificate in Medical Device Regulation offers foundational courses in regulatory, quality and clinical research for medical devices. This graduate certificate is designed for those working in the medical device industry and those looking to enter this industry, including new graduates and working professionals, who will benefit from a basic education in medical device related regulatory, quality, and clinical research requirements.

Medical Laboratory Science

A program that prepares individuals to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes.

Medical Technology Quality

The graduate certificate in Medical Technology Quality offers foundational courses in quality for medical devices. This graduate certificate is designed for those working in the medical device industry and those looking to enter this industry, including new graduates and working professionals, who will benefit from basic education in medical device-related quality requirements. The certificate is also an efficient transition option for students seeking an MS degree in Medical Technology Quality.

Medical Technology Quality

The Master of Science in Medical Technology Quality is designed in close collaboration with the MedTech industry to provide students with the necessary tools and competencies needed to be effective professionals and leaders in medical technology quality. It will build a solid foundation for students wishing to enter this profession and help to expand and strengthen the knowledge of current quality professionals.

Meteorology

Meteorologists study the physical processes that determine the earth’s weather and climate. The Meteorology Program provides students with the knowledge and skills to pursue careers in the private sector, public sector, and broadcasting or to continue their education in graduate school. Our program meets or exceeds the national guidelines established by the American Meteorological Society.

Nursing

The nursing BS prepares caring professional nurses equipped to practice in contemporary health care settings. The curriculum is student-focused and integrates the art and science of critical thinking, communication, ethics, health promotions, caring alternative healing methods and cultural expertise. The program offers clinical experience in a variety of settings such as hospital, nursing home, home health care and other community-based agencies.

Planning and Community Development

A certificate program providing students in any undergraduate program at St. Cloud State University and other eligible external students an opportunity to develop a body of knowledge in planning and community development that will further their career goals. Planning and community development is a cross-disciplinary field of study that works to improve the economic, social, and environmental qualities of our communities.

Planning and Community Development

Community Development is a dynamic field of study that works to improve the economic, social, and environmental qualities of our communities. It focuses on the design and implementation of programs designed to make a community a better place to live and work.

Planning and Community Development

The Graduate Certificate in Planning and Community Development provides graduate students and professionals in the field with a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary education in planning and community development that will further their career goals. The certificate assumes that planning and community development is a cross-disciplinary field of study that works to improve the economic, social, and environmental qualities of our communities.

Political Science

This program enhances civic understanding, provides pre-professional training, and serves as a basis for entering a professional position. Students complete courses in all general areas of the discipline and are given the opportunity to specialize by selecting electives in areas of American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. The department also offers survey research training and a pre-law program.

Political Science for Educators

The Political Science for Educators Graduate Certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in Political Science. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to-18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in- the-Schools courses in Political Science.

Post Baccalaureate Teaching

Students enrolled in the Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate build a broad base of knowledge and skills in education pedagogy, social, emotional and behavioral support for their students, assessment, and classroom management. Students will engage with faculty and peers in collaborative learning experiences that will provide opportunities to create a curriculum with engaging experiences that will interest their own students.

Professional Communication

This online, interdisciplinary program brings together communication courses primarily from Communication Studies, English, and Mass Communications with a focus on workplace communication and grounded in both theory and application and real-world experience. Students have an opportunity to take courses that emphasize digital communication and communicating with diverse audiences. Students can take the program entirely online, but some courses are also available face-to-face.

Professional Sales

The Professional Sales Graduate Certificate is designed to enhance students’ sales and sales management skills and help them become better communicators in the workplace. Students will gain professional leadership skills and develop self-improvement tools as they learn about the relationship selling process.

Professional Selling Skills

Students will learn the basics of essential communication, leadership, professional selling, and sales management skills to succeed in the world of sales.

Psychology

This program provides students the opportunity to learn the science of psychology and to study a variety of areas of psychology, including disorders, developmental, cognitive, industrial, and social psychology, as well as gain research experience. We prepare students for a variety of career paths in human services, graduate school (e.g., clinical psychology, school psychology, counseling, occupational therapy) or other professional programs (e.g.

Radiologic Technology

As a radiologic technology student, you will learn how to work closely with patients and how to take conventional clinical X-ray images. You will be educated in anatomy, patient positioning, examination techniques, equipment protocols and radiation safety. After graduating you may specialize in one or more specific techniques such as bone densitometry, interventional radiography, computed tomography, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging. The St.

Recreation and Sports Management

Students in the Recreation and Sports Management major learn how to bridge the fields of sports, recreation and business to have an impact in a fast-growing economic segment of a society eager to balance work and life. Courses in business, sales, marketing skills, health and safety standards and public relations techniques are offered.

Regulatory Affairs and Services

The graduate certificate in Regulatory Affairs & Services offers foundational courses in regulatory affairs for medical devices. This graduate certificate is designed for those working in the medical device industry who will benefit from education in medical device related regulatory requirements. The certificate is also an efficient transition option for students seeking the MS degree in Regulatory Affairs & Services.

Regulatory Affairs and Services

The Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs and Services (RAS) program focuses on the needs of employees responsible for managing the required regulatory approval processes in the medical device industry. The intent of the program is to prepare student to take leadership roles within the regulatory departments of medical device organizations.

RN-BS Completion

The RN-BS Nursing Completion Program is designed to fulfill the baccalaureate nursing degree requirements. This Program will highlight the domains for nursing, with an emphasis on knowledge for nursing practice, person-centered care, population health, and scholarship for nursing discipline. The fully online and asynchronous Program can be completed in 12-months, with the ability for graduates to apply for Public Health Certification.

School Business Manager

The school business manager graduate certificate program is designed to provide professional development and to advance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of school business managers to lead business operations in Minnesota K-12 school districts.

School Counseling

The School Counseling post-master graduate certificate will help students further their career goals as a school counselor. In this program students will develop the professional knowledge, skills and disposition to help the students they serve achieve their maximum level of independence and functioning.

School Counseling

The general purpose of the School Counseling Program in the Department of Counselor Education, Higher Education, and Educational Psychology is to educate students in the areas of school counseling, developmental guidance, and related psychological/educational services. Students develop the professional understanding, knowledge, attitude, and skills needed to assist individuals and groups in a multicultural, democratic society to achieve their maximum level of independence and functioning.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [STEM] Education

The STEM graduate certificate program will provide in depth content knowledge and pedagogy through the integration of technology into all classes. STEM Certificate teachers will be highly qualified in the integration of STEM into the school curriculum.

Social Studies Education

Social Studies Education majors build a broad base of knowledge and skills across the social sciences and in pedagogy to teach 5th-12th grade students. Students will engage with faculty to learn economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology through an interdisciplinary program that also offers the opportunity for global learning experiences.

Social Studies Education

The Social Studies Education master's degree is the only program in the state that is solely focused on Social Studies Education for in-service teachers who are interested in learning both content and pedagogy related specifically to the fields they are currently teaching.

Social Work

This major prepares students for entry-level professional social work practice. Students are eligible to be licensed as social workers by The State of Minnesota. The program emphasizes the development of professional social workers who are committed to working for social justice and life-long learning about human diversity. All graduates complete an internship under the supervision of the faculty and a social worker in the community.

Social Work

The MSW Foundation Program offers both full and part time programs of study. Applicants who have completed a Bachelor's degree with the required (see Admissions Section) enter the MSW Program as Foundation students. If a student's BSW degree is greater than five years old, they are required to take SW 610: Social Work Theory and Frameworks in Summer Session to be granted Advanced Standing Status. Advanced Standing Students join those Foundation students in their second year of study.

Software Engineering

Mechanical Engineering prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses.

Spanish

The program offers students who want to expand their cultural and linguistic horizons to communicate, work, and thrive within Spanish- speaking communities, both internationally and in the USA. Our students develop critical and communicative skills as well as intercultural competency that prepare them to apply their knowledge and skills in various professional fields such as medicine, science, psychology, law and law enforcement, and business in the local and international communities.

Special Education

The Department of Special Education offers two concentrations: an on- campus program that leads to eligibility for teaching licensure, and a fully online program intended for individuals in roles as consultants, advocates, and administration in accessibility/disability focused non- profits, and educators seeking specialized knowledge in special education.

Special Education: Academic and Behavioral Specialist

Special Education at SCSU offers an undergraduate, comprehensive major that leads to recommendation for licensure to teach students with learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, or developmental disabilities. Students will complete a common sequence of coursework culminating in a student teaching experience and specialized coursework during their senior year.

Special Education: Academic and Behavioral Strategist

A Graduate Certificate in Special Education may be earned in Academic and Behavioral Strategies after a student has completed the comprehensive undergraduate Special Education program that leads to teacher licensure. An Academic and Behavioral Strategist would be able to teach students with mild-moderate disabilities across categorical areas. The undergraduate degree in Special Education completes the majority of the coursework for the additional licenses that are offered at the graduate level.

Special Education Administration

The Special Education Administration Certificate in the Educational Administration and Leadership program develops leaders for Minnesota's schools. The program provides coursework leading to eligibility for an administrative license and is accredited by the Minnesota Board of School Administrators (BOSA) for meeting the professional preparation requirements for licensure as a Director of Special Education.

Special Education: Autism

The purpose of the Autism Certificate Program is to provide advanced, specialized training for individuals who work with K-12 pupils with autism spectrum disorders. Although this program does not lead to licensure, it enhances the knowledge and skills of undergraduate or graduate students who are employed in public school and clinical settings.

Special Education: Autism Spectrum Disorders

The Autism Spectrum Disorders Certificate/Licensure program provides advanced, specialized training for teachers pursuing K - Age 21 autism licensure in the state of Minnesota. A teaching license is required for admission into this program, which is offered collaboratively through the Department of Special Education in the School of Education and the Departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Counseling and Community Psychology in the College of Health and Human Services.

Special Education: Development Disabilities

The Department of Special Education offers an undergraduate, comprehensive major which leads to licensure to teach students with learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, or developmental disabilities. Students will complete a common sequence of coursework which will culminates in a student teaching experience and specialized coursework during their senior year.

Special Education: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders

Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances. A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with emotional conditions which adversely affect their educational performance and that may prepare individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in identifying students with emotional disturbances, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising emotionally disturbed students, counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

Special Education: Learning Disabilities

Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities. A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with specific learning disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that may prepare individuals to teach such students.

Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

The Speech-Language Pathology-Assistant Certificate (SLP-A) can be completed in conjunction with the Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). This certificate prepares students to take the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Assistants Certification Exam and/or work as licensed speech- language pathology assistants.

Sports Management

A program that prepares individuals to apply business, coaching and physical education principles to the organization, administration and management of athletic programs and teams, fitness/rehabilitation facilities and health clubs, sport recreation services, and related services.

Statistics

The Statistics major is a quantitative program with coursework in statistics, data science, computing, and mathematics. The major provides students with expertise in managing, analyzing, visualizing, and modeling data. The coursework in this major can lead to a wide variety of quantitative careers, including statistician, data scientist, data analyst, business analyst, and data engineer.

Statistics for Educators

This certificate provides additional statistical proficiency for education majors. Useful for teachers of math, science, and other subject areas.

Strategic Digital Communication

Every industry has a need for savvy content strategists and multi-media storytellers. This program prepares working professionals for career advancement in strategic media communications. Through theory and practice, students will hone skills in strategy, content development, and data analytics. This certificate is 1 of 2 stackable credentials that integrate with the Mass Communications M.S. Upon completion of the two stackable certificates, students can complete the M.S.

Strategic Media Comm Leadership

Every industry has a need for savvy content strategists and multi-media storytellers. The Strategic Media Communications Leadership graduate certificate prepares working professionals for career advancement in strategic media communications leadership. Through theory and practice, students will hone skills in strategy and content development with a focus on ethical leadership and diverse approaches to global strategic communication practices.

Strategic Media Communications

Every industry has a need for savvy content strategists and multi-media storytellers. The Strategic Media Communications M.S. prepares working professionals for career advancement as leaders in strategic media communications. Through theory and practice, students will hone skills in strategy and content development, analytics, ethical leadership, and diverse approaches to global strategic communication practices.

Supply Chain Management

The Supply Chain Management Certificate is designed to provide the knowledge, understanding, and application of integrated core business processes and information to make informed data-driven decisions in a modern business environment. Students will develop technical, conceptual, and communication skills necessary to effectively and efficiently manage the flow of goods and services across the value chain.

Teaching Calculus

A program that prepares high school teachers to teach calculus.

Teaching English as a Second Language

The Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) program will prepare you to teach students in the United States and throughout in the world. A campus-wide focus on cultural diversity will introduce you to a community of learners in a local context. You will learn the intricacies of linguistics and teaching from specialists who have lived, worked and taught throughout the world. You will have the opportunity to put your skills to work in a graduate assistantship at St.

Teaching English as Second Language

The Bachelor of Science in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) prepares you to be recommended for a Minnesota teaching license in ESL, allowing you to teach students who are learning English as an additional language. As part of your preparation, you will learn what language is, how people acquire it, and how to teach it. The program requires completing courses in TESL, demonstrating study of a second language, and completing courses in the Professional Education Sequence.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

This TESOL undergraduate certificate will prepare novice Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL) or Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers to teach in entry level positions in non-college teaching positions internationally.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

This TESOL undergraduate certificate will prepare novice Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL) or Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers to teach in entry level positions in non-college teaching positions internationally.

Technology Education

The BS-Technology Education program provides students with a broad base of experience in the technology education field with a professional education series of coursework that allows them to become licensed 5- 12 technology education teacher in the state of Minnesota. Students in this program complete state-required testing and student teaching in order to qualify for licensure.

Technology Education

The program will provide courses needed to earn a Technology Education teaching license in the State of Minnesota.

Technology Education

The Master of Science in Technology Education prepares a student for a profession in teaching environmental courses and technology instruction at the 7-12 grade level and technical college level. This program also is designed to allow students to obtain the necessary skills to conduct both basic and applied research related to social, cultural, environmental or technical concerns involving the implementation of technology.

Traffic Safety Education

This program of study provides the requirements for driver education licensure beyond the B. S. or B. A. teaching degree. SCSU Driver Education Teacher Preparation program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and meets the most recent standards for online learning set by Quality Matters(QM). It is important that the applicant seeking driver education licensure have sufficient credits (13) to meet Minnesota Board of Teaching requirements.

Work Based Learning

The program offers coursework leading to a Work Based Learning license, as an endorsement to an existing grades 9-12 teaching license.