Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education

Thomas University offers Nurse Education and Nursing Administration Graduate Certificate programs with graduate-level academic credit in either field of study. The purpose of the certificate program is to provide the fundamental graduate-level academic foundation for bachelor’s-prepared Registered Nurses interested in these fields.

Program Advantages:

Small class sizes - personalized student-faculty interaction
Interactive online component in all classes
Many classes meet just once/month - creating little disruption to work schedule
All certificate courses will count toward the MSN degree at TU

For more information, e-mail TU Admissions or call 229-227-6925.

Graduate Certificate Brochure (PDF)

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

Possess the values of leadership, open-mindedness, independence, accountability, competency, and interdisciplinary collaboration (SREB).
Function in the roles of teacher, scholar, and collaborator. (SREB)
Implement the NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies:
- Facilitate learning by creating an environment that allows students to achieve the desired cognitive, affective, and psychomotor outcomes.
- Facilitate learner development through engaging activities that foster individual learning styles
- Appropriately assess and evaluate student learning
- Engage in on-going curriculum development and program evaluation
- Model the role of change agent and leader
- Commit to quality improvement through lifelong learning, self assessments, and continuous role socialization
- Engage in scholarship through inquiry, design, and dissemination
- Function within the educational environment through social and political partnerships (NLN).

Completion Requirements

The certificate will require 12 semester credit hours with a grade of “B” or better.

NSG604 Information Technology in Nursing Administration and Education...3
NSG620 Teaching Strategies in Nursing...3
NSG622 Curriculum Development, Assessment, and Evaluation in Nursing Education...3
NSG640 Nursing Education Internship...3

Course substitutions may be possible at the discretion of the Nursing Chair based on prior graduate courses completed and/ or experiential learning experiences.