Special Policies or Requirements
- Students may apply credit earned as a post-baccalaureate student at UNC Charlotte toward this certificate with program approval. Up to six hours of transfer credit from another institution may be accepted with the approval of the Graduate Program Director or Verified Course Sequence (VCS) Coordinator and the Graduate School.
- Students may apply credit earned in this certificate toward the M. Ed. in Special Education and Child Development with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis. Applying credit toward a different graduate degree is at the discretion of the Graduate Program Director.
- Students who successfully complete the certificate with a 3. 0 GPA and no more than one C grade and who wish to apply to the M. Ed. in Special Education and Child Development with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis must complete a new application, meet admissions requirements, and would qualify for a waiver of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT). No course older than seven years may be applied toward a Master’s degree.
- Students must have an overall 3.0 GPA in the courses with no more than one C grade across the semesters in order to graduate and receive the graduate certificate.
Advising
All students are assigned an advisor upon formal admission to the program. Students should consult with their advisor at least once each semester.
Certification
Students who are seeking graduate-level certification in behavior analysis (i.e., Board Certified Behavior Analyst) through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) must also hold a master’s degree and complete required supervised fieldwork in applied behavior analysis delineated by BACB to be eligible to sit for the certification examination. For details about requirements, refer to https://www.bacb.com/bcba/
Licensure
Completion of this graduate certificate program does NOT lead to a North Carolina Professional Educator’s License.
