Microcredentials

 

Summer 2025 Offerings

The Art, Literature, and Politics of Monsters

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    What do monsters tell us about our fears and desires, our cultures and institutions, and how are we to respond to them? 

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    • Oral and Written Communication
    • Problem Solving
    • Visual Design
    • Conceptual Analysis
    • Critical Thinking
    • ARTH 382 - Medieval Monsters
    • ENGL 510 - Medieval Literature and Film: The Hero, the King, and the Outlaw
    • PLSC 351 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought

Career Development and Professionalism

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    Gain career development skills and knowledge that will assist when navigating professional organizational environments.

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    • Business Communication 
    • Ethical Decision Making
    • Personal Branding
    • Job Market Research and Planning
    • Relationship Building
    • MGMT 321 - Management and Organizational Behavior
    • MGMT 365 - Business Communication and Professional Development

Digital Photo and Video with Adobe Creative Suite

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    The courses in this microcredential cover producing digital videos and creative images using Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop.

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    • Decision Making
    • Visual Problem Solving
    • Critical Thinking
    • Elements of Design
    • Photo Communication Skills
    • ARTS 324 - Introduction to Video
    • ARTS 364 - Digital Photography

Fundamentals of Accounting

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    The Fundamentals of Accounting microcredential is designed to provide basic accounting knowledge and skills that are needed by all individuals. 

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    • Managing personal finances
    • Financial Literacy
    • Investing
    • Problem Solving
    • Data Analytics
    • Critical Thinking 
    • ACCT 280 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
    • ACCT 281 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting

Multimedia Technology & User Experience

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    Artists, business owners, journalists, and even teachers must constantly design experiences for a diverse population, across a range of disciplines and domains, from business to education, non-profits to start-ups, or social media to entertainment. 

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    Depending on selected courses, career skills could include:

    • Problem Solving
    • Critical Thinking
    • Data Analysis
    • Decision Making
    • Design Thinking
    • Font Selection
    • User Research & UX

    Choose two from the list below:

    • VCOM 262 - Introduction to Web Design
    • VCOM 322 - User Experience Design
    • VCOM 363 - Multimedia I

Political Rhetoric, Protest, and Women’s and Gender Studies

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    Public rhetoric has become a crucial and divisive political and social arena – the very words we choose and use, our terms and forms of expression, matter now more than ever before in history. 

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    • Written and Oral Communication
    • Problem Solving
    • Critical Thinking
    • Information Analysis
    • Community Outreach
    • Decision Making
    • WRIT 311 - Public Rhetorics: Of Power and Protests
    • WMST 300 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

Supporting Early Childhood Mental Health

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    The purpose of this microcredential is to increase students’ awareness and understanding of mental health in young children.

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    • Reflective Practice 
    • Problem Solving
    • Family Outreach  
    • Critical Thinking 
    • Decision making
    • Data Analysis
    • HDFS 510 - Introduction to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
    • READ 590 - Children's Literature

Theatre Production for Teachers

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    This offering covers the theories and techniques of theatrical costuming focused on the needs of classroom educators in the arts, including basic techniques of costume construction, costume budgeting and resources, and design for the stage and screen.

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    • Decision making
    • Problem Solving
    • Hands-on training of skills needed in K-12 theatre and dance production
    • THRT 597-001 - Costume Design and Construction for the Arts Educator
    • THRT 597-002 - Digital Drafting and Lighting Technology