History for Educators Graduate Certificate

The History for Educators graduate certificate is designed for teachers to enhance their knowledge and training through advanced content in history. Completion of the certificate fulfills the path-to-18 requirement to teach Senior-to-Sophomore or College-in-the-Schools courses in history. This certificate can be taken on its own or in combination with the Social Studies Education master's degree.

Candidates for this certificate must either hold a master's degree or pair the certificate as an elective path with an initial master's degree. The certificate is also beneficial to community college instructors to strengthen their credentials and expand fields of teaching.

The St. Cloud State Advantage

  • Designed to accommodate working educators and provides content course options that will give them the ability to teach college-level courses in high schools and community colleges
  • Eligible for the Pathway to 18 initiative available to Minnesota educators to meet Higher Learning Commission requirements to teach Senior-to-Sophomore and/or Concurrent Enrollment courses at the secondary level
  • Credits can be used toward the Social Studies Education master's degree
  • Learn to use primary sources to construct historical arguments and study diverse people groups across time and space to gain an understanding of various systems and worldviews 
  • Established faculty hold Ph.D.s and are recognized by peers, publishers and experts for their research in their fields of study
  • Opportunities for international and U.S. travel and study including Alnwick Castle in the United Kingdom

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Application Deadlines

U.S. Citizens International
Outside U.S.
International
Inside U.S.
Fall July 15 June 15 July 15
Spring November 15 October 15 November 15
Summer May 15 February 15 May 15

Graduate Director: Dr. Jeffrey Mullins

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