Licensure, Endorsement, and Certificate Programs:

The following information reflects additional credentials students can elect to pursue in their Ph.D Educational Leadership program. To
learn more about graduate studies at Miami University Click here or the Ph. D Educational Leadership program contact Dr. Tom Poetter.
Graduate Studies Director.
Note: The following information is compiled in this one location for your convenience. The information is gathered across many Miami
University departments. Therefore, you are advised to confirm the final requirements for any program you select through the appropriate
contact. Contact information and department site are included for your convenience.

ENDORSEMENTS

Teacher Leader
Endorsement

Required
Classes

When required
classes are
offered:

Admission
Requirements

ODE
Requirements to
obtain/maintain

Potential
Career
Opportunities/
who would
want to do this

Contact
Information

EDL 603
EDL 640
EDL 644

2 of the required
courses are offered
at least each term
throughout the
school year.

Possession of a
Masters degree
and at least four
years of
successful
teaching
required before
the time of
applying for the
endorsement

Click Here

Not required for

any position but
would make
candidates who
are seeking
mentoring,
department chair,
or other positions
that have a
stipend attached
to them more
appealing

Dr. Kathy
Mecoli
mecolik@mu
ohio.edu
306-F
McGuffey
Hall

Required
Classes

When required
classes are
offered:

Admission
Requirements

ODE
Requirements to
obtain/maintain

Potential
Career
Opportunities/
who would
want to do this

Contact
Information

Course work
requirements
depend on a PHD
candidate's
previous
course work.
Candidates
should submit
transcript for
review to see

Dependent upon
individual
students course
work. Classes for
Masters students
can be taken
during most
semesters.

Must have
three years of
teaching
experience prior
to applying for
licensure

Click Here

-Principal
-Vice Principal
-Supervisor
-Director
-Human
Resources
(Any
administrative
position at
Central Office,

Dr. Molly
Moorhead
SL Program
Coordinator
moorhemh@
miamioh.edu
306-M
McGuffey
Hall
513-529-6640

LICENSURE

School Principal
Licensure

what courses
may substitute.
All courses that
Masters students
take need to be
taken or
substituted by
similar content in
other courses.

Superintendent
Licensure

except
superintendent)
Universities will
recognize
administrative
experience
gained from the
licensure, but not
just the license.

EDL 727
EDL 729
EDL 780Y
EDL 710S
Total of 12
Credit Hrs.

Possession of a
graduate degree
and a
principals
license

Click Here

Superintendent

Dr. Kathy
Mecoli
SLP Program
Coordinator
mecolik@muo
hio.edu
306-F
McGuffey
Hall

CERTIFICATES

Graduate
Certificate in
Family, School,
and Community
Partnerships

Required
Classes

When required
classes are
offered:

Admission
Requirements

Requirements to
obtain/maintain

Potential
Career
Opportunities/
who would
want to do this

Contact
Information

Required:
EDL 614
FSW 562
EDL 648

Refer to
department

Possession of a
Bachelors
degree and
either
acceptance to
graduate
school/nonmatriculating
grad student

No ODE
requirements as
this is a Miami
University
designed
certificate to boost
appeal for
potential jobs by
demonstrating
specialized
knowledge in
family
engagement.

Earn a document
to demonstrate
specialized
knowledge in
family
engagement.

Dr. Evans,
mevans@muo
hio.edu

Procedures:
Students will
apply to the
Certificate in
College Teaching
by submitting a

The purpose of
offering a
certificate in
College Teaching
is to provide
graduate students

513-529-9266
General email
celt@miamioh
.edu

One elective of:

EDP 578
FSW 551
FSW 575
FSW 518

Certificate in
College
Teaching

Program
Structure: The
Certificate in
College Teaching
will consist of a
variety of course

This certificate is
highly
individualized.
Interested students
should visit the
CELTUA website,

work and
experiences
guided by a
student's mentor.
Students will
select a mentor
and develop a
plan of study that
addresses three
major
components:
discipline
specific teaching
experience/study,
interdisciplinary
pedagogy, and
instructional/lear
ning theory

meet with their

mentor to develop
a plan of study and
direct any specific
questions to
CELTUA.

signed Plan of
Study form (which
serves as the
application) to the
College Teaching
Certificate
Committee.
Completed plans
of study should be
submitted to the
Graduate School,
102 Roudebush.

and postdoctoral
fellows with the
opportunity to
develop their
pedagogical
knowledge and
skill in an
interdisciplinary
manner that
facilitates the
development of
teacher-scholars.

Upon the
completion of the
program plan, the
student and
mentor will
submit a statement
indicating that the
program plan was
completed,
including a selfassessment by the
student and an
assessment by the
mentor, to the
College Teaching
Certificate
Committee, who
determines if the
student has
completed all
program
requirements.
Students will NOT
receive a State of
Ohio certificate in
teaching

Graduate
Concentration
in Womens
Gender, and
Sexuality
Studies

Required
Classes:
1. Introduction to
Graduate
Womens Studies
(WGS 601, 3
hrs)
2. Feminist
Theory and

Fall and Spring

Graduate
standing

Business,
Government,
Education, Fine
Arts

Anita Mannur

mannura@Mi
amiOH.edu

Methodology
(WGS 602, 3
hrs)
3. Electives (6-8
hurs) Each
elective must be
3 or 4 credit
hours, one class
in the students
major, and one
outside the
major. These
courses must be
at the 500 level
or higher. The
students WGS
advisor must
assist in selecting
elective courses.
4. Give a public
presentation
about an aspect
of your work in
this certificate
program.
Graduate
Certificate in
Interactive
Media Studies
The Graduate
Certificate in
Interactive
Media Studies
requires a
minimum of 16
credit hours of
graduate course
work, as
follows:

Required
Foundation
Course:
take one (3-4
credits),
preferably in
their first
semester enrolled
in the program:
ENG/IMS 507,
Interactive
Business
Communication
(3)
IMS 510, Digital
Development
Methods: Theory
and Practice (4)
IMS 518, Social
Media Marketing
and Online
Community
Management (3)

Refer to
department

The graduate
certificate is
open to degreeseeking students
as well as to
non-degreeseeking
students.

N/A

Those who wish

to gain
knowledge about
and develop
management and
leadership skills
in developing
digital media for
social and
organizational
applicationsfor
business,
educational
institutions,
government, and
community
organizations and
nonprofits.
The program
emphasizes
multidisciplinary
thinking,
organizational
problem solving,

If you have
questions
about the
graduate
certificate
program,
contact Glenn
Platt at
glenn.platt@
miamioh.edu.

IMS/MKT 519,
Digital Branding
(4)
IMS 522,
Advanced Web
Design (3)
Elective
Courses:
select three
(minimum of 9
credits), not
already used
above as their
foundation
course.
ENG/IMS 507,
Interactive
Business
Communication
(3)
IMS 510, Digital
Development
Methods: Theory
and Practice (4)
ENG/IMS 511,
Visual Rhetoric
(3)
IMS 512,
Advanced Game
Studies (3)
IMS 513,
Usability and
Digital Media
Design (4)
IMS 514, Web
and Social Media
Analytics (3)
IMS 518, Social
Media Marketing
and Online
Community
Management (3)
IMS/MKT 519,
Digital Branding
(4)
IMS 522,

research and
inquiry, creative
production and
design, and
communication
skills

Advanced Web
Design (3)
IMS 561,
Advanced 3D
Visualization and
Simulation (3)
IMS 587, Game
Prototyping,
Pipeline, and
Production (3)
IMS 590, Special
Topics in
Interactive Media
Studies (3)
IMS 677,
Interactive Media
Studies
Independent
Study (3)
ENG 514,
Usability and
User Experience
(4)
ENG 516,
Writing and
Designing for
International
Audiences (3)
ENG 760, Issues
in Professional
Writing (3)
MKT 632,
Marketing in an
Information and
Network
Economy (4)
Required
Practicum:
Students should
take the
practicum in
their last
semester of
program work, or
near the end of
their program.
IMS 540,

Interactive Media
Studies
Practicum (4)
Graduate
Certificate in
Assessment and
Evaluation

All of these: (9
hours)
EDP 607
Educational
Measurement
and Evaluation
(3)
EDP 655 Theory
and Problems in
Educational
Measurement (3)
EDP 690
Seminar in
Educational
Psychology (3)

Course Sequence:
The following are
sequences of
course offerings
developed so that a
student could
complete the
certificate in a
year.
Example of a
potential course
sequence:
Fall 2020 EDP
607----> Spring
2021 EDP 655--->
Summer 2021
EDP 690
Example of a
potential course
sequence:
Summer 2021-->EDP 690--->Fall
2021 EDP 607->Spring 2022 EDP
655
Course Format
and Resource
Plan:
The course
sequence has been
developed to allow
students to
complete a
certificate in one
year if they begin
in the summer or
the fall. The
sequence makes
use of existing
courses, as well as
the
needs/availability

Students must
be enrolled in a
MU Masters, MU
Ed.D. or Ph.D.
program. OR:
Students must
apply (and be
admitted to) a MU
masters program.
OR:
Students must
apply for nondegee status in
the MU graduate
school and have
a 3.0 GPA in their
undergraduate
degree. OR:
Students must
have been
admitted to a
masters program
at another
accredited
university.

N/A

N/A

Dr. William
Boone
boonewj@mia
mioh.edu
serves as the
certificate
program
director.
Financial
assistance:
Miami's
TEAM
Scholarship
provides a 50
percent
reduction in
tuition and
fees to Ohio's
professional
educators.
You must be
employed full
time and be an
Ohio resident.
For more
information,
check out
the Team
Scholarship
website.
Questions?
Contact
Sharron
Roberts at
513-529-6317
or email her
at roberts@mi
amioh.edu.
Additional
resources are
available
at Miami
University's
Office of
Financial
Assistance.

of targeted course
takers.
Sequence required
that EDP 607 must
be completed
before EDP 655.
Graduate
Certificate in
Applied
Statistics

Introductory
Statistics (STA
671, EHS 667,
GTY 708, PSY
601, STA 501 &
562)

Contact the
department that
offers specific
class for most
accurate course
offering
information

The certificate
is available to
any graduate
student except
those receiving
a masters
degree in
Statistics.

N/A

Would be
beneficial for any
student
considering a
career that
involves
producing and
consuming
research

Dr. Jing
Zhang
(zhangj8@Mi
amiOH.edu)

Schedule:
June 10-12
July 15-17
Sept 16-18

Registration

N/A

Designed for
students who
already have a
business and
wish to enhance
it.

Susan Thomas
513-529-1490
tomass1@mu
ohio.edu

Regression and
Experimental
Design (STA
672, EHS 668,
GTY 718, PSY
602, STA 563)
Statistical
Programming
(STA 502, STA
504, CSE 603)
Advanced
Methods
(Satisfied by any
of the STA topics
classes at the
5xx/6xx level)
Professional
Arts Certificate
Program
The courses and
certificate are
offered at the
Non-Credit
level.
Admission into
the program is
based on desire
to take the
coursework and
no previous
degree
requirement is
necessary.
To earn a

All three
required courses
taught at the
VOA campus:
1. Managing
Yourself (and
ART) as a
Business
2. Marketing and
Self Promotion
3. Technology
and Social Media

No previous
degree is
required,
courses are for
no credit. You
are asked to use
your own
business as your
case study, and
apply your
coursework to
it.

Professional
Artist
Certificate you
must
successfully
complete all
three courses.
Success is
defined as
completing any
assignments
well and
participating in
class
discussions in a
meaningful
way. You will
be asked to use
your own
business as your
case study and
apply any
assignments to
it.

Instructional
Design and
Educational
Technology

Required
Courses:
EDP 631
Introduction to
Instructional
Design &
Technology (3)
EDP 632
Instructional
Design Theory
and Models (3)
EDP 633Evaluation and
Assessment for
Instructional
Design (3)
Elective Courses
(Select 1):
EDP 645
Curriculum and
Technology (3)

Schedule of
Certificate
Courses
Required courses,
EDP 631, EDP
632, and EDP 633
will be offered
online on a regular
basis (at least
annually and
frequently biannually).
Elective courses
are also offered
online on a regular
basis and
additional sections
tailored to
graduate certificate
students may be
added if there is
sufficient demand

You must either

be currently
enrolled as a
graduate student
or apply for
enrollment as a
continuing nondegree student.
If you are
currently a
graduate student
or have
continuing nondegree student
graduate status
from Miamis
Graduate
School
download this
form and send it
to
edp@miamioh.e
du.
If you have not
been accepted

Refer to
Department

This certificate is
appropriate for
both active K12
practitioners
seeking
professional
development and
individuals who
aspire to hold
positions that
require
knowledge of
instructional
design for
education and
training.
Learning
Outcomes: Upon
completion,
certificate
recipients will be
able to:
Understand
foundations of
diverse

Please refer to
department
201 McGuffey
Hall
Oxford, OH
45056
513-529-6621
513-529-3646
(fax)
edp@miamioh
.edu

EDP 643
Interactive
Design (3)
EDP 639 Issues
and Trends in
Instructional
Design &
Technology (3)
EDP 625: Mobile
Learning
Environments**
EDP 637:
Distance
Education
EDP 583:
Serious and
Educational
Game Design *
*Course name
will soon be
changed to
Gamification
and Game-based
Learning
** New course
currently being
developed

to the Graduate
School as a
degree student
or as a
continuing nondegree student,
you must apply.
The application
is online and
transcripts are
required. To
start the
process, go
here.
Once you have
been notified by
the Graduate
School of your
acceptance,
download this
form and send it
to
edp@miamioh.e
du.

disciplines that
inform
instructional
design
Conduct a needs
analysis of a
learning
environment and
targeted learners
Design and
develop
instructional
systems,
methods, and
media for
meaningful
learning
Conduct
formative and
summative
evaluations of
design
Utilize data to
inform design
and strategic
planning