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Post-baccalaureate and Graduate Credit Certificate Programs

Post-baccalaureate and graduate credit certificate programs are innovations that reflect emerging academic areas, and may be supplements or enhancements to existing degree programs. These credit certificate programs are designed to foster development of an area of specialty or competency within a discipline and flexibility is essential to accommodate the parameters of the discipline as well as the educational needs of the students. The programs consist of a sequence, pattern, or group of courses developed, supervised, and evaluated by the faculty members of the academic unit offering the program.

This is the official bulletin of The Pennsylvania State University. Programmatic expectations for General Education are those in effect at the time of admission to degree candidacy, and college and major requirements are those in effect at the time of entry to college and major. These are accurately indicated in each student's degree audit.

The University reserves the right to change the requirements and regulations listed here and to determine whether a student has satisfactorily met its requirements for admission or graduation, and to reject any applicant for any reason the University determines to be material to the applicant's qualifications to pursue higher education. Nothing in this material should be considered a guarantee that completion of a program and graduation from the University will result in employment.

The University Faculty Senate has responsibility for and authority over all academic information contained in the Undergraduate Bulletin.