2001-2002 - College of Education - University of Illinois at Urbana ...

Advanced Certificate (Adv. Cert.)Requirements for Advanced Certificate CandidatesAll students in the Advanced Certificate program must fulfill thefollowing minimum requirements.1. The entire program must be planned in advance and must bepreceded by at least two years of acceptable professional workexperience.2. Eight or more units in approved courses must be taken beyond themaster’s degree.3. Four of these 8 units must be taken at the 400-level.One copy of the student’s program, signed by the adviser, must be filedin the Instructional Programs Office during the first semester or summersession of registration. Credit for courses not shown on the student’sprogram on file is not acceptable.The student must complete EdPsy 311, 313, or 314; EdPsy 312, 315, or316; one course from the social foundations area (EPS 302, 303, 309, 310,311, 312, 314 and 315); and a second course from the philosophicalfoundations area (EPS 301, 304, 305, 306, 307, and 308). Theserequirements may be met during or prior to the second year of graduatestudy. A student who passes a proficiency examination or receivesapproval to substitute courses taken elsewhere for any of these requiredcourses is excused from that course.27