General Requirements for the Certificate (CER)

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The certificate award is designed for students seeking a specialized set of skills for employment or professional advancement. The outline below provides the general guidelines from Board Policy and is used by the college to design specific certificate programs. A student pursuing any of the certificate programs must follow the specific requirements for the program as outlined in the catalog.

Area I: Written Composition A minimum of one written composition course which may have a discipline specific prefix other than COM or ENG or the integration of written communication proficiencies within a required disciplinespecific course(s).	3-6 Credit Hours
Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts	0-6 Credit Hours
Area III: Natural Science and Mathematics A minimum of one mathematics course which may have a discipline specific prefix other than MAH or MTH or the integration of mathematics proficiencies within a required discipline-specific course(s).	3-7 Credit Hours
Area IV: History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences	0 Credit Hours
Area I-IV: General Education Requirements	6-19 Credit Hours
Area V: Technical Core, Technical Concentration, and Electives	11-54 Credit Hours
Total Hours Required	30-60 Credit Hours