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Professional Certificate |
Graduate Certificate |
| Grades and credits appear on an official ASU transcript |
No |
Yes |
| Credits can be transferred to a degree program |
No |
Potentially. Courses, credits and grades will appear on an official ASU transcript that can be sent to other institutions upon request. Acceptance of these credits is at the discretion of the receiving institution. |
| Certificate appears on an official ASU Transcript |
No. Physical certificates are awarded by the W. P. Carey School of Business and a record of completion of courses and the certificate is kept in the school's permanent database and provided to students and alumni upon request. |
Yes |
| Students earn Continuing Education Units (CEU's) |
Yes. Each course earns 4.5 CEU's. |
No. CEU's are awarded only for non-credit courses. |
| Homework and assignments |
Weekly readings, quizzes and discussion board assignments. On average, students spend 9-12 hours per week on course related activities. |
Same as a Professional Certificate, plus additional assignments (depending on the instructor, these may be in the form of readings, exercises or exams - 12-20 hours in total) intended to assess the degree to which the student has mastered course content. |
| Admission requirements |
Admissions page. |
Admissions page. |
| Exit requirements |
For each course: Average of 80% on weekly quizzes plus satisfactory participation on discussion boards.
For the certificate: Combined quiz and discussion board grade of a minimum of 80% for each course. |
For the certificate: 3.0 GPA average for all courses. |
