Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Certificate in Post-Secondary Mathematics Education


Plan Description


The certificate will be an 18 credits program that is intended to prepare current instructors of remedial or secondary-level mathematics to be eligible to teach co-requisite introductory mathematics courses in higher education institutions in Nevada or other states with similar programs.

For more information about the program, please visit the Degree Directory.

Plan Admission Requirements


Application deadlines

Applications available on the UNLV Graduate College website.

  1. Students must have a Bachelor’s degree related to mathematics to apply for this certificate.
  2. Qualified students must apply for admission to the Graduate College via the online application portal.
  3. All minimum Graduate College requirements MUST be met.

Students are accepted into a certificate program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The faculty and corresponding sub-disciplines and sub-plans within the described programs are subject to change at any time.

Plan Requirements (Fully Online option* available)


Total Credits: 18

Course Requirements


Certificate Requirements


  • This Program is available In-Person, Blended (courses available in person and/or online), or Fully Online (Please see the Fully Online Modality Tracks in Programs section of this Catalog for more information). *Exclusively Fully Online Programs: A fully online student is one who has committed to pursue their entire degree, certificate, or microcredential exclusively through online education. Modality change process: Programs may be offered in more than one modality (instructional mode). If programs offer a fully online option, students may opt for a fully online offering at the time of admission. They will be tagged as a fully online student. Once admitted, students can only change their program modality by sending an email to their respective Graduate College Retention, Progression, and Completion (RPC) Coordinator (grad.rpc@unlv.edu).
  • Students must earn an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in all courses for the certificate.

Plan Certificate Completion Requirements


Certificate will be awarded upon the student’s successful completion of all certificate requirements. The student must submit all required forms to the Graduate College as well as apply for graduation by the appropriate deadline. A maximum of 15 credits may be eligible for transfer into a Master or Doctoral level program.

Students may apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements. All required forms must be submitted to the graduate college via the Grad Rebel Gateway.