This 18-credit hour graduate certificate is specifically designed for secondary educators or community college professors who already hold a master's degree in another field and want to gain the credentials necessary to teach Dual Credit U.S. Government or other college-level political science courses.
Targeted Credentialing: Meet state and regional requirements for teaching college-level courses in high school and community college settings.
Flexible Completion: This program is fully online and can be completed in as little as one year (including summer terms) to fit an educator's schedule. Courses will be offered in 8-week intervals.
Stackable Credits: Courses completed for this certificate may be paired with 18 hours in Curriculum and Instruction at ETAMU to fulfill requirements for the C&I Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree, or they may be transferrable to a master's degree program in political science at another institution.
Enhanced Expertise: Deepen your understanding of American politics and the United States in the context of International Relations or Comparative Politics to provide a more rigorous classroom experience.
| Courses | ||
Four Core Courses (12 semester hours) in American Politics | ||
| PSCI 509 | Seminar in American Government and Politics | 3 |
| PSCI 510 | Seminar in American Political Behavior | 3 |
| PSCI 511 | Seminar in American Political Institutions | 3 |
| PSCI 512 | Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
Two Elective Courses (6 semester hours) in International Relations, Comparative Politics or Political Theory from the following: | ||
| PSCI 503 | Proseminar in Comp Pol | 3 |
| PSCI 504 | Sem in Area Studies | 3 |
| PSCI 505 | Topics Comp Pol | 3 |
| PSCI 506 | Proseminar in IR | 3 |
| PSCI 507 | Selected Topics in IR | 3 |
| PSCI 508 | Seminar in Foreign Policy | 3 |
| PSCI 513 | Proseminar in Political Theory | 3 |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
