Ursuline College

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

A post master's Certificate of Completion may be obtained in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track. To obtain the certificate, a student must take the associated specialty courses and document completion of the advanced practice core courses in Advanced Pathophysiology, Advanced Health Assessment and Advanced Pharmacology as required.

Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist

A post master's Certificate of Completion may be obtained as an Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist. Graduates are prepared to assume roles as Clinical Nurse Specialists to integrate care across the continuum while working to continuously improve patient outcomes and nursing care.

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

A post master's Certificate of Completion may be obtained as an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, who provides primary care either independently or as part of an adult care team. There is an emphasis on health maintenance, disease prevention, counseling, and patient education.

Advanced Educational Technology

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers AI for educators along with Google Slides, Sites, and fundamental and advanced Google training.

Africana Studies

The Africana Studies Pathway Certificate provides courses that form the pathway which emphasizes historical and contemporary contributions, research, and sociocultural/political issues of people of African and African American descent. The courses offered thread through the core curriculum, allowing students to earn a certificate and learn about the African diaspora while completing their core curriculum requirements.

Art and Design

The Art and Design program at Ursuline College bridges traditional means of making with contemporary technologies with the intent to produce students that are fully marketable in a variety of creative fields. Special emphasis is placed upon the student's development of a working knowledge of traditional materials and concepts combined with emerging trends found throughout the contemporary design field.

Art Therapy

The Undergraduate Art Therapy major provides students with both theoretical foundations and practical experience while learning the diverse application of art therapy. The curriculum prepares students well for entry into graduate level art therapy studies. Students may enter the bridge program, which prepares them for matriculation into the Ursuline Master of Arts in Counseling and Art Therapy, or they may choose to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Athletic Coaching

Athletic Coaching is offered as a concentration within the Master of Arts in Wellness and may also be taken as a stand-alone certificate separate from the MA degree. Coursework covers organization and management, principles of coaching, and upper-level coaching, governance and issues.

Athletic Coaching

The Athletic Coaching program prepares students to coach up to and including the high school level. Students receive a wide range of course offerings that prepare them to understand all aspects of coaching.

Biochemistry

The Biochemistry program combines the strengths of the Ursuline chemistry and biology departments. The program includes hands-on laboratory experiences, strong technology integration throughout lecture and laboratory classes and an ethics-based instructional perspective. The program also prepares students for graduate school in science and professional programs, such as medicine and law.

Biological Sciences

The Biological Sciences major is the Bachelor of Science course of study within the biology curriculum, adding organic chemistry, statistics, scientific communication and population biology to the core biology sequence. Students develop scientific literacy and technological competency along with practical experience and training in applied laboratory protocol, collection and analysis of data.

Biology

The biology curriculum provides academic programs for the preparation and continued intellectual growth of persons involved in the discovery of new knowledge, the application of scientific principles, and the practice of professional skills in the areas of biology and biotechnology.

Biology: Life Science

The Life Science course of study enables students to exercise more choice regarding the coursework required for the baccalaureate, allowing the graduate to pursue a variety of blended career opportunities as well as employment and future graduate work in biology. This course of study also facilitates a student graduating with two majors, one in biology and another that is not in a natural science.

Biology: Medical Laboratory Science

The medical laboratory science major is a joint program between Ursuline College and the Cleveland Clinic School of Medical Laboratory Science. This affiliation benefits students in the demanding field of medical technology by combining the fundamental knowledge gained at Ursuline and the technical skills learned at Cleveland Clinic. Students must earn 88 credits at Ursuline College prior to matriculating into the Cleveland Clinic program.

Brain, Mind, and Instructional Design

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers project based learning and how brain processes give rise to the working mind and to instructional design and learning.

Building Classroom Culture

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers student mindset and classroom management, managing behaviors with SEL strategies, and building a classroom culture.

Business Administration

Ursuline College offers a Master of Business Administration program for students to personally and professionally grow, build applicable skills, hone communication capacities, enhance their depth of knowledge in business-related fields, and foster leadership skills to advance in managerial capacities and/or pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.

Business Management

The Business Management major provides a strong background in a variety of subject areas that are needed for excellence in the profession of business management. Students take courses in Accounting, Management and Marketing as well as in Economics, Statistics, Data Analysis, Business Law and Business Ethics. The Business Department has aligned its programs with the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) and is accredited by this agency.

Chemistry

Chemistry provides students with an extensive knowledge base and the critical problem-solving skills, commitment to continued learning, and thorough computer competency necessary to excel in many careers. Addition of a few courses to the chemistry major core allows pre-medical students to prepare for entry into medical school.

Classroom Management

The Classroom Management Certificate prepares individuals to apply behavior management, self-management and cognitive-behavior management to improve learning and social behavior. Completing five asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.

Common Core Standards

The Common Core Standards Certificate prepares individuals to apply reading and writing across the curriculum and explore conceptual methodologies. Completing four asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.

Counseling and Art Therapy

The Master of Arts in Counseling and Art Therapy Program provides education and training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and prepares competent, entry level Art Therapists in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains. Graduates are prepared to work with clients from diverse backgrounds in a variety of clinical, educational, medical, and human service agencies. The program is CACREP and CAAHEP accredited and meets Ohio education requirements for LPC/LPCC and LPAT licensure.

Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

The Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment program prepares individuals to advance in their teaching career and take on leadership roles such as Curriculum Directors, Instructional Coaches, Department Chairpersons and Subject Area Coordinators. The degree requires the completion of eleven courses for a total of 31 credits. It is not a cohort model and can be completed on a part-time basis.

Differentiated Instruction

The Differentiated Instruction Certificate prepares individuals to apply teaching theories and recognize the role of teacher, parents, and students in a differentiated classroom. Completing four asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.

Digital Marketing

Digital marketers learn to be nimble thinkers, skilled in both the art of persuasive communication and the science of data analytics. This certificate program is a quick, low-cost, online micro-credential that can help students advance in their current role or open new doors. Each online course lasts eight weeks.

Diocesan Lay Pastoral Ministry

The sixteen-credit core course from Scripture, systematic theology, moral theology and pastoral and ministerial skills required in the Cleveland Catholic Diocesan Program are available through Ursuline College. Certification is granted by the Diocesan Pastoral Ministry Program.

Early Childhood

The Early Childhood Certificate prepares individuals to enhance their professional practice to overcome biases and improve objective observation skills, as well as enhance positive parent and staff communication and involvement. Completing five asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate.

Educational Administration

The Educational Administration program prepares individuals to function as principle-centered leaders in a school setting. It emphasizes developing positive relationships, identifying personal and professional values, mastering skills necessary for leadership, and integrating knowledge required for leading an effective school. The degree requires the completion of six required courses and a minimum of 30 credits and can be completed on a part-time basis.

Educational Technology

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers diverse technology applications and the use of Google tools in the digital classroom.

Education (Master Apprenticeship Program)

The Master Apprenticeship Program (MAP) is an intensive one-year accelerated program which leads to a Master of Arts Degree in Education and eligibility to apply to the State of Ohio for initial teaching licensure in dual licensure (Primary Education and Primary Intervention Specialist), Adolescence to Young Adult content areas, or Multi-Age Visual Arts.

Emergency Nurse Practitioner

The Emergency Nurse Practitioner track equips Family Nurse Practitioners with specialized skills to manage urgent and emergent care needs across the lifespan in dynamic emergency settings. The program emphasizes the assessment, stabilization, and management of diverse emergency conditions to prevent complications and optimize patient outcomes. Enrollment in this track requires completion of a Family Nurse Practitioner program.

Empowering Women for the GIG Economy

These courses help students learn what it takes to succeed in the Gig economy and ways to sell themselves and their ideas, while gaining a deeper understanding of general business principles. Completing the three-course series equates to a bachelors level micro-credential and nine undergraduate level credits.

English

The Department of English offers an undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The major provides a solid foundation in language studies, with a focus on literary works and their interpretation that prepares students for graduate studies or, in conjunction with education, classroom teaching.

English Language Learner

The English Language Learner Certificate prepares individuals to assess, accommodate, review and discuss literacy development for English language learners. Completing four asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.

Enhancing Professional Mindset

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers mindset, brain and education, educator journaling, and educator wellness.

Enhancing Student Mindset

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers creating a trauma sensitive K-12 classroom, teaching students from poverty, social emotional learning, and teaching after critical change.

Ethical Leadership

Students who complete this micro-credential explore theories and standards of ethical practice, frameworks for ethical decision making, and the role of leadership in creating and sustaining a socially responsible environment through modeling values, creating community, and encouraging intentional action guided by mission.

Exercise Science

The exercise science program focuses on the intersection of health, performance and exercise to promote healthy living in our society. Students explore human movement and its impact on the enhancement of overall health and well-being across many populations. The major focuses on utilizing scientific methods in core biological sciences and applied physiology.

Family Nurse Practitioner

A post master's Certificate of Completion may be obtained as a Family Nurse Practitioner. The FNP course of study builds on the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner content and prepares students to provide primary health care to individuals and families across the life cycle.

Fashion Design

Fashion Design is one of two fashion majors at Ursuline, using the latest technology to prepare students for an industry that is dependent on electronic design techniques. Facilities include CAD, 3-D printer, electronic, industrial, cover stitch, multi-thread Serger, and Wolf dress forms. The program also offers a 3+1 track option with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Fashion Merchandising

Fashion Merchandising is one of two fashion majors at Ursuline, covering retailing, branding, buying, visual merchandising and fashion show production. The program is formulated to provide students interested in entrepreneurship with the knowledge of procedures and techniques necessary to successfully start and operate their own fashion business. The program also offers a 3+1 track option with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Financial Planning

Designed especially for busy professionals, Ursuline's financial planning certificate program is offered entirely online in an accelerated format, so students can earn the certificate in less than a year. Students who complete a bachelor's degree, in addition to the seven-course sequence, will fulfill the CFP Board's education requirement and be prepared to sit for the CFP Exam.

Financial Wellness

Financial Wellness is offered as a concentration within the Master of Arts in Wellness and may also be taken as a stand-alone certificate separate from the MA degree. Upon completion of this certificate, one can sit for the Financial Fitness Coach (FFC) credential through the Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education.

Functional Leadership (Essentials for Women - Leadership, Growth and Advancement II)

Courses in this series are designed to help women leaders fill the gaps in their own business acumen and provide a foundation that builds confidence in becoming part of a senior or cross-functional team. Completion of the nine-course series equates to a graduate level micro-credential and nine graduate level credits.

History and Civic Engagement

The History and Civic Engagement Program prepares students to understand the past through a civic engagement perspective, with a critical eye to the many lessons it offers for the present and future. Students develop critical thinking skills and become familiar with various research methodologies that allow for a clearer understanding of the past.

Humanities

The Humanities Program encourages students to take a broad and integrative view of the arts and the humanities. The curriculum includes the study of art, music, drama, foreign languages, history, philosophy, literature, and religion. As components of culture, these studies provide a deeper understanding of the individual and of the world.

Human Resources Management

Human Resources Management is offered as a certificate through the Ursuline College Accelerated Program (UCAP). Coursework introduces the interdisciplinary field of human resources, including human resource management, workplace learning and performance, and human resource administration.

Instructional Delivery

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Candidates choose four courses from offerings on the science of reading, reading comprehension and assessment, differentiating instruction, checking for understanding, and dyslexia.

Integrative Health

Integrative Health is offered as a concentration within the Master of Arts in Wellness and may also be taken as a stand-alone certificate separate from the MA degree. Coursework covers health behavior and lifestyle change, complimentary integrative health interventions, and comparative health systems.

Interdisciplinary Studies

Students may elect to pursue a major that bridges two or more traditional fields of study with a unifying theme. The student initiates and is responsible for the design of a major that will allow the student to explore a topic in depth and to go beyond the normal departmental boundaries.

Leadership Theories, Strategy, and Emotional Intelligence (Essentials for Women's Leadership, Growth and Advancement I)

Completion of all three courses earns participants a graduate micro-credential in Women's Leadership. Through engaged learning, assessment, and small group coaching, the program provides insight and in-depth knowledge into leadership theories, research, and methodology with a grounding in emotional intelligence, with a particular focus on self and social awareness and strategic communication.

Longevity Wellness

Longevity Wellness is offered as a concentration within the Master of Arts in Wellness and may also be taken as a stand-alone certificate separate from the MA degree. Coursework covers aging policy, programs and supports; family caregiving legal, ethical and financial issues; and aging health promotion.

Mathematics

The mathematics curriculum at Ursuline College offers small classes that encourage questions and participation, and interdisciplinary studies that constitute the liberal arts core work. Students develop effective thinking and communication skills, mathematical independence, and experience open-ended inquiry, and work independently or in a small group on a substantial mathematical project.

Nursing

Graduate nursing courses are presented in Ursuline's value-based framework and emphasize the clinical components of advanced practice nursing. All students take the master's core courses to enhance critical thinking and problem solving, and through the advanced practice core develop the knowledge and skills to become advanced practice nurses.

Nursing

The Ursuline College Breen School of Nursing, founded in the Catholic tradition, is committed to a model of excellence in education that prepares students for diverse and changing roles as clinicians, teachers, and leaders. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program excels in developing compassionate and competent nurse leaders who provide values-based holistic nursing care.

Nursing Practice

The Doctor of Nursing Practice is an advanced-level practice, terminal degree that focuses on the clinical aspects of nursing rather than academic research. The program emphasizes development of nurse leaders who use evidence-based practice for optimizing health care delivery through effective systems transformation, and the curriculum includes advanced practice, leadership, and application of clinical research. Post Master DNP or BSN-DNP programs are available.

Nutrition and Dietetics

Nutrition and Dietetics is a comprehensive nutrition sciences and dietetics education program that will prepare students with the required elements to become a nutritionist. The rigor of the program includes an understanding of community, global and lifecycle nutrition, and policies that affect health and disease. The program also promotes knowledge of supervised practice, professionalism, and managerial preparedness.

Pastoral Ministry

The Certificate in Pastoral Ministry is offered through the Theological and Pastoral Studies program and consists of coursework in foundations of theology, Christian and Hebrew scriptures, liturgy and sacraments, ministry and spirituality, Christology, Christian anthropology, ecclesiology, church history, social justice, and moral theology.

Physician Assistant

Ursuline College's Physician Assistant Program is a 24-month Master of Medical Sciences (MMSc) program. The residential, entry-level physician assistant master's program prepares students to serve their community as primary care providers through on-campus and clinical training, consisting of six continuous semesters with 61 didactic and 39 clinical residency credit hours.

Project Management

In this program students gain the skills and insights to become the central figure who brings a project together. The Project Management certificate distinguishes graduates in the job market for this rapidly growing profession. Each online course lasts eight weeks.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Students develop skills in the assessment and diagnosis of mental illness in the child, adolescent and adult populations, emphasizing the use of healing interaction in communication with individuals dealing with mental health disorders when initiating and evaluating treatment plans. A nationally recognized Board certification as an AG-CNS, AGPCNP, AGACNP, or FNP is required for admission to this program.

Psychology (BA)

Ursuline's Psychology program is designed both for students who are planning to go into the job market after graduation and for those who are seeking solid preparation for graduate school. The psychology student is provided a strong general psychology background that leads to the development of a well-rounded graduate.

Psychology (BS)

The Bachelor of Science in Psychology provides strong scholarly, scientific, and clinical content, adding advanced research methods, human memory and cognition, and physiological psychology to the psychology core. The program prepares students for the job market or for graduate school.

Reading Fundamentals

The Reading Fundamentals Certificate prepares individuals to identify important aspects of phonics instruction and how technology can be used in reading instruction. Completing three asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.

Respiratory Care

The Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care is a degree completion program designed to prepare students for a rewarding career in respiratory care. The program is offered online and asynchronously, and focuses on the professional domains of respiratory care including clinical leadership, education, research, and management. Applicants must hold an AAS in Respiratory Care from a CoARC accredited program and the RRT credential, or be dually enrolled in an accredited associate degree program.

Rust Belt Pathway

The courses that form the pathway emphasize digital skills, mapping, and storytelling to analyze the history of the rust belt region. The pathway gives students the intellectual framework to engage locally with the community as problem-solvers and critical thinkers in Cleveland's specific cultural context. Students must select at least four of the identified courses to earn the certificate.

School Improvement Planning Through Data Analysis

The School Improvement Planning Through Data Analysis Certificate is available within the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment program and can be earned by taking a series of three courses for a total of nine credits.

School Safety

The School Safety Certificate prepares individuals to identify bullying behaviors and recognize prevention, intervention, and supports to prevent such behaviors. Completing three asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.

Social Work

The Social Work Program prepares graduates for social work licensure in the state of Ohio, for entry-level generalist social work practice, and for admission to graduate school. The program is offered online with synchronous and asynchronous class sessions, plus a yearly two-day on-campus immersion prior to field placement. The program is accredited at the baccalaureate level by the Council on Social Work Education.

Special Needs Students

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers gifted learners, co-teaching in the K-12 environment, IEPs and 504s, special and inclusive education, and diverse learners in the classroom.

Sport Management

The Sport Management program prepares students for the traditional sports industry, including roles such as stadium and arena managers, agents, sports advertisers and marketers, fitness center and recreation managers, and athletic directors. Students learn the history of sport and the role it plays in society, how to market and advertise sports, manage a facility, work with coaches at all levels, and the administration of an athletic department.

Teacher Leadership

A graduate-level, online-instructed certificate program that may be added to any standard teaching license and used for license renewal. Coursework covers collaborative coaching, ethics and principles of teacher leadership, measurement-based decision making in professional learning communities, and a practicum in teacher leadership.

Theological and Pastoral Studies

The Theological & Pastoral Studies Program is designed for women and men who are called to leadership and service in the church and in the world. Grounded solidly in the Catholic and Ursuline tradition, the program welcomes students of all denominations and reflects an ecumenical approach in its course content and curricular offerings.

Trauma-Informed Care

Ursuline's courses in trauma-informed care (TIC) prepare students for trauma-responsive work across a variety of settings and human service professions, including counseling, nursing, education, psychology, and social work. Students learn to identify signs and symptoms of trauma exposure across the lifespan and to engage with trauma-exposed populations using strategies that promote resilience and healing.

Wellness

The Master of Arts in Wellness prepares professionals who can improve health and wellbeing in the U.S. through interventions in behavior change, preparedness, and a holistic approach to wellness. The 30-credit hour curated integrative wellness degree includes a four to six-credit capstone project and 10 credits in core courses that incorporate an interdisciplinary perspective focused on wellness in a specific area.

Working with At Risk Students

The Working with At Risk Students Certificate prepares individuals to recognize the educator's role in supporting and accommodating students with special learning needs and learn intervention techniques. Completing three asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate.

Working with Special Populations

The Working with Special Populations Certificate prepares individuals to identify characteristics and implement modifications and accommodations for special needs students. Completing six asynchronous online courses is required to earn the certificate; courses can also be completed individually for continuing education credits.