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Graduate Certificates

A Graduate Certificate is an integrated group of courses that is designed to have a very clear and focused academic topic or competency as its subject area. Often, a Graduate Certificate may meet a clearly defined educational need of a constituency group, such as continuing education or accreditation for a particular profession; respond to a specific state mandate; or provide a basic competency in an emerging, usually interdisciplinary, area. A Certificate is not a graduate degree program (it is typically between 9 and 15 credits), but it does provide the student formal recognition of the mastery of a clearly defined academic topic.

Graduate Certificates are becoming an increasingly important component of the total range of graduate educational opportunities offered by a modern, comprehensive research university. Often, Certificates are pursued by students who are also pursuing a graduate degree in a traditional discipline, or who may already have earned one or more graduate degrees. Programs or groups of faculty who wish to establish a new Graduate Certificate at the University of Kentucky should consult the Guidelines for Graduate Certificates.

The University of Kentucky currently offers Graduate Certificates in the following areas:

Anatomical Sciences
Dr.Jennifer Brueckner
Anatomy and Neurobiology
MN224 Wm R Willard Med Ed Bldg
Lexington, KY 40506-0298
(859)323-3780
Fax: (859)323-5946
jennifer.brueckner@uky.edu

Applied Statistics
Dr.Arnold Stromberg
Department of Statistics
867 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
(859)257-6903
Fax: (859)323-1973
stromberg@uky.edu

Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology
Dr. Margaret Bausch
Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
232 Taylor Education Bldg
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0001
(859) 257-8810
Fax: (859)257-1325
meb@uky.edu

Clinical and Translational Science
Dr. Thomas Kelly
Department of Behavioral Science
134 College of Medicine Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0086
(859) 323-5206
Fax: (859)323-5350
thkelly@uky.edu

Clinical Research Skills
Dr. Thomas Kelly
Department of Behavioral Science
134 College of Medicine Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0086
(859) 323-5206
Fax: (859)323-5350
thkelly@uky.edu

Cognitive Science
Dr. Lawrence Gottlob
207N Kastle Hall
Department of Psychology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0044
(859) 257-2280
Fax: (859) 323-1979
gottlob@uky.edu

College Teaching and Learning
Dr. Morris A. Grubbs
Graduate School
103 Gillis Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0033
(859)257-9725
Fax: (859)323-1928
morris.grubbs@uky.edu

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Dr. J. M. McDonough
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics
151 RGAN Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0503
(859) 257-6336 x. 80657
FAX: (859) 257-3304

jmmcd@uky.edu

Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Kathy Sheppard-Jones
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute
209 Mineral Industries Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0051
(859) 257-8104
kjone@uky.edu
Distance Education for EDS
Dr. Belva Collins
Dept. of Special Education & Rehabilitation Counseling
115 Taylor Education Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0001
(859) 257-8591
Email: bcoll01@uky.edu
Distance Education for EDC
Dr. Doug Smith
Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction
315 Dickey Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0017
(859) 257-1824
Email: dcsmit1@uky.edu
Environmental Systems
Dr. Gail Brion
367 Oliver Raymond Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0281
(859) 257-4467
gbrion@engr.uky.edu
Gender and Women's Studies
Dr. Susan Bordo, Director
111 Breckinridge Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0056
(859) 257-1895
Bordo@uky.edu
Gerontology
Dr. Michael Smith
Ligon House-658 South Limestone
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0442
(859) 257-8301
Bjhelm2@email.uky.edu
Global Health
Dr. Claudia Hopenhayn
Department of Epidemiology
121 Washington Avenue
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0003
(859) 218-2090
cmhope0@uky.edu
Health Communication
Dr. Timothy Sellnow
College of Communication and Information Studies
133 Grehan Journalism Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0042
(859) 257-7805
tim.sellnow@uky.edu
Human-Technology Interaction
Dr. C. Melody Carswell
Department of Psychology
205 Kastle Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0044
(859) 258-5451
cmcars00@uky.edu
Informatics
Dr. Raphael Finkel
Department of Computer Science
305 Mining Laboratory
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0046
(859) 257-3416
raphael@cs.engr.uky.edu
Latin Studies
Dr. Terence Tunberg
Classics Department
1015 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
(859) 257-3386
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
clatot@uky.edu
Maternal and Child Health
Dr. James Cecil
OHS/Public Health Dentistry
333 Waller Ave Ste 101
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 4050r
(859) 323-6400
Fax: (859) 257-9634
jimc@uky.edu
Medical Behavioral Science
Dr. John Wilson
Behavioral Science
123 College of Medicine Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0086
(859) 323-6257
Fax: (859) 323-5350
jfwilson@uky.edu

Middle and Secondary School Reading
Dr. Douglas C. Smith
Curriculum and Instruction
305b Dickey Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0017
(859) 257-1634
Fax: (859) 257-1602
dcsmit1@pop.uky.edu

Music Theory Pedagogy
Dr. Kate Covington
School of Music
105 Fine Arts Bldg.
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0022
(859) 257-8197
Fax: (859) 257-9576
kcov@uky.edu

Nursing Studies
Dr. Pat Howard
College of Nursing
202 College of Nursing Bldg. University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0022
(859) 323-6332
Fax: (859) 368-0200
pbhowa00@email.uky.edu
Orff Schulwerk
Dr. Cecilia Wang
School of Music
203 Wessels House
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0022
(859) 257-8203
cecilia@uky.edu
Reproductive Laboratory Science
Dr. Doris J Baker
Clinical Sciences
209g CHS Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0200
(859) 323-1100 x80854
Fax: (859) 257-2454
dbake0@uky.edu
Physiology Teaching
Dr. Dexter Speck
Physiology
MS-515 Medical Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40536-0298
(859) 323-5383
dfspeck@uky.edu
School Social Work
Flo Lankster
College of Social Work
619 Patterson Office Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
(859) 257-8233
FAX: (859) 323-1030
lankste@uky.edu
Sensing Technologies
Dr. Leonidas Bachas
Department of Chemistry
207 Chemistry-Physics Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0055
(859) 257-6350
Fax: (859) 323-1069
bachas@uky.edu

Social Theory
Dr. Anna Secor, Director Committee on Social Theory
1463 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
(859) 257-1362

anna.secor@uky.edu

Guidelines for Graduate Certificates

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