[La-cgs] Undergraduate course credit for graduate certificate

[Ramu Ramachandran]

Chris:

Most of our graduate certificates are 12 hours in accordance with the 
minimum allowed by the BoR definition: 
https://www.laregents.edu/academicaffairs-policiesandprocedures/. We do 
not allow any undergraduate credits to be applied to a GC or a graduate 
degree.


        Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates provide a shortened, condensed and focused course 
of study that supplements an existing Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral 
degree. They frequently lead to licensure or certification, provide 
needed job-related expertise, or are focused on a timely area of 
discussion in a discipline, and they usually are offered by or through 
the Graduate School.

Final approval authority: Board of Regents.

1.*Graduate Certificate (GC)*– a graduate-level academic offering 
addressing a particular topical area. The number of required courses 
varies, but the typical range is 12-18 credits.

Example: GC in Communications Systems

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We allow graduate credits to be counted towards the UNDERGRAD degree 
through the "Accelerated Bachelors Masters" program (Mary Farmer-Kaiser 
helped formulate the applicable language for the UL System Policies). 
Here is our Catalog statement on that:


      *Graduating Seniors - Accelerated Baccalaureate and Master’s Program*

Louisiana Tech undergraduate students in the Concurrent Enrollment 
Program may, subject to the approval of the undergraduate degree program 
administrators, use up to 12 credit hours of graduate courses to satisfy 
requirements in their undergraduate curriculum. The maximum number of 
hours that can be double counted in this fashion is subject to the 
requirement that the combined Baccalaureate and Master’s curricula will 
total a minimum of 144 credit hours.

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I understand that the total of 144 credit hours for a Bachelors + 
Masters is a SACS-COC requirement.

Best regards,
Ramu
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On 11/27/2022 12:41 PM, Christopher Bonvillain wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm having trouble finding information about undergraduate courses for 
> a graduate certificate andI was hoping that the group might know the 
> answer or point me in the right direction.  We are working on a 
> history dual enrollment graduate teaching certificate (18 hrs) at 
> Nicholls and I'm looking for any requirements for the maximum amount 
> of undergraduate course hours that can be applied to a graduate 
> certificate.  I know for a master's degree a minimum of half of the 
> courses must be graduate courses but does the same apply to graduate 
> certificates?  Any information would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
>
> Chris
>
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> Interim Director of University Graduate Studies
> Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
> Department of Biological Sciences
> *Nicholls State University*
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> Thibodaux, LA 70310
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B. Ramu Ramachandran
Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor
P. O. Box 7923
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272, USA

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