Granite State College recently introduced a set of Graduate Certificates, which will provide an affordable, credit-efficient pathway to a master’s-level credential. Options include graduate certificates in Health Care Management, Nonprofit Leadership, Project Management and Administration of Online Education for Adult Learners. These focused, shorter programs allow students to specialize their knowledge and skills through courses in relevant and trending topics that align with workforce needs. Requiring just a bachelor’s degree, graduate certificates can help you advance in your current position and may provide a foundation for a master’s degree.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, allowing students to begin at any point in the calendar year, and financial aid is available.
Graduate Certificate Programs
Health Care Management
In this 9-credit graduate certificate program, choose three courses from the following.
Choose Three Courses
- HLTC 800: Health Care Delivery and Innovations (3 credits)
- HLTC 801: Health Care Financial Management (3 credits)
- HLTC 802: Advocacy and Health Policy (3 credits)
- HLTC 810: Health Care Quality and Safety (3 credits)
- HLTC 811: Health Care Technology and Informatics (3 credits)
Updated May 2020. See catalog for full details.
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Nonprofit Leadership
This 9-credit graduate certificate features a wide variety of electives that allow you to focus your learning on topics that are relevant to your career plans.
Required
- LD 820: Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities (3 credits)
- LD 827: Leading and Governing Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)
Elective Options (select one)
- LD 825: Volunteer Leadership (3 credits)
- APST 805: Grant Writing (3 credits)
- MKT 805: Marketing for Nonprofits (3 credits)
- MGMT 815: Financial Management for Nonprofits (3 credits)
- Program Evaluation Courses (two courses totaling 3 credits)
- INST 803: Foundations of Program Planning and Evaluation (1 credit)
- INST 823 Program Planning and Evaluation (2 credits)
Updated May 2020. See catalog for full details.
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Project Management
This is a 12-credit graduate certificate. It is strongly recommended students take the courses in the following sequence to obtain a solid learning experience.
Required
- PM 800: Introduction to Project Management (3 credits)
- PM 811: Project Chartering and Planning (3 credits)
- PM 813: Delivering Business Value (3 credits)
- LD 804: Leading Teams (3 credits)
Updated May 2020. See catalog for full details.
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Administration of Online Education for Adult Learners
This 18-credit graduate certificate features a wide variety of electives that allow you to focus your learning on topics that are relevant to your career plans.
Required
- INST 803 Program Planning and Evaluation Foundations (1 credit)
- INST 805 Adult Learning Theory Foundations (1 credit)
- INST 807 Finance, Contracts, and Legal Issues Foundations (1 credit)
- INST 809 Program Feasibility Foundations (1 credit)
- INST 811 The Learning Workplace Foundations (1 credit)
- INST 813 Education Technology Foundations (1 credit)
- INST 815 Resiliency: A Future Approach (1 credit)
- INST 817 Roles and Skills Primer: Administration of Online Programs (2 credits)
- INST 819 Engaging Adult Learners in the Digital Age (2 credits)
- INST 821 Administration of Online Education: Self-Designed Topic (2 credits)
- INST 823 Program Planning and Evaluation: Project (2 credits)
- INST 850 Integrative Capstone: Administration of Online Education (3 credits)
Updated May 2020. See catalog for full details.
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