Graduate Certificates can be obtained concurrently with a graduate degree or can be obtained by students who have completed an undergraduate degree and apply to Michigan Tech as non-degree graduate students. Undergraduate/Graduate certificates can be obtained concurrently with an undergraduate or graduate degree or can be obtained by part-time students without enrolling in a degree program. All students must, however, comply with the procedures for admission to Michigan Tech.
Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificate in Sustainability— This Certificate formally recognizes curricular breadth in the following areas: i) policy, societal, and economic systems, ii) environmental systems, and iii) industrial systems. The student has the opportunity to achieve specialized education in engineering, forestry, science, social sciences, humanities, business, and economics. Further information: http://www.sfi.mtu.edu/grad_certificate_for_web.htm.
Undergraduate/Graduate Certificates
Design Engineering—Contact the College of Engineering
Industrial Forestry Certificate—designed to give students a working knowledge of critical aspects of business and forestry. Contact the School of Business and Economics or the School of Forestry and Wood Products.
International Business Certificate—includes modern language, international affairs, and international business and economics. Contact the School of Business and Economics.
Media —Contact the Humanities Department
Mine Environmental Engineering Certificate—Through this curriculum, mining engineering students gain knowledge and develop skills necessary to solve problems in the area of environmental impacts of mining. Contact the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering Sciences.
Modern Languages, Literatures, and Area Study Certificate Programs and Proficiency Certificates
Certificates and advanced certificate are available in Modern Languages, Literatures, and Area Study (in French, German, or Spanish) to students who meet specified course requirements. Students who want an advanced certificate must first complete the Certificate in Modern Languages, Literatures, and Area Study. Contact the modern languages faculty in the Department of Humanities.
In addition, the following proficiency certificates are available:
- Certificat Pratique de la Chambre de Commerce de Paris—certifies French proficiency adequate for business
- Zertifikat Deutsch*—certifies German proficiency adequate for work; Zentrale Mittelstufenprufüng*—certifies German proficiency adequate for university work
- Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International*—certifies German proficiency adequate for business. (*Tests for these certificates are provided through the Goethe Institute and are recognized worldwide.
Writing—contact the Department of Humanities.
Teacher Certification Program
Michigan Tech offers programs leading to Michigan Secondary School Teacher Certification with majors and minors in biology (clinical laboratory science), chemistry, computer science, earth science, social studies, English, mathematics, science, and physics. Students with undergraduate degrees combine a sequence of professional education courses with student teaching to get teacher certification at the secondary school level. Contact the Department of Cognitive & Learning Sciences for specific requirements.