A certificate program is a sequence of courses that provide specialized knowledge and skills for personal enrichment, professional advancement, or career change. All graduate certificate applicants, including those currently enrolled in a UW-Green Bay graduate degree program, must apply for admission. Minimum eligibility includes a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution, however each certificate program may require additional information or have addition criteria for admission. 

Graduate Certificate Options

Please refer to each of the following certificate program pages for specific admissions and program requirements.

Program Guidelines

Graduate certificates are designed to complement graduate or professional programs of study, and must require a minimum of 9 graduate credits.

The certificate must be associated with a UW-Green Bay graduate degree program, and must include a minimum of three tenured faculty members. The committee can be an existing Executive Committee, such as a budgetary unit or department, or can be developed among interested faculty. The committee must meet at least once a year and forward copies of minutes for all meetings to the Provost’s Office. 

The Executive Committee must appoint an advisor for the certificate or have the Graduate Program Chair from the associated graduate degree serve that function. The advisor or chair advises students and performs necessary administrative tasks such as admissions decisions and approving substitutions.

Certificate Completion

Students must earn a minimum of a 3.0 Grade Point Average in the certificate courses and must earn one half of the total required credits at UW-Green Bay. 

The Registrar’s office transcribes certificates earned on an academic record when a student completes a degree simultaneously with a certificate. The Registrar’s office does not transcribe a certificate on the academic record for students who do not earn a degree, but who complete a series of classes that are a part of a certificate program.

Academic departments are responsible for printing and awarding a certificate of completion. Additionally, when professional licensures or certifications are earned through a Certificate, students must contact their academic department to authorize or confirm completion with granting agencies.

Students may contact the Office of Graduate Studies for a Certificate Verification Letter if a UW-Green Bay confirmation of completion is needed for employment purposes.