What is the 12-credit Certificate of Completion?
The 12-credit graduate-level Certificate of Literacy is comprised of three credits of coursework in each of the core areas of Literacy for Diverse Learners and Literacy Strategies and Methods plus six credit hours of electives. Required core courses are integral to the Reading Endorsement program; teachers can use the Certificate as a stepping stone to the Reading Specialist Endorsement. The Certificate will not qualify a teacher for the Endorsement. If you are interested in the Certificate of Literacy, you may apply to PSU as a post-baccalaureate student or take up to eight credits per term without formal admission to the Graduate School of Education or Office of Admissions at PSU. A certificate of completion in literacy education is granted to the student once 12-credits from literacy education courses are completed. See Program Completion.
