Workforce Education, Training and Development Graduate Certificate

A certificate in Workforce Education, Training and Development provides a wide range of professional opportunities including the fields of design, instruction, and organizational development. This graduate certificate is intended for students interested in planning, designing, implementing and evaluating adult learning programs in a variety of postsecondary and professional fields such as education, business and industry, military, continuing education, etc. Upon completion of this certificate, students are prepared to apply their knowledge in the education and training of adults in a variety of professional settings.

This program is offered on campus and online.

COURSEWORK

REQUIRED COURSES – 6 HRS

  • ADED 7600  Nature of Adult Education

  • ADED 7640  Workforce Education

ELECTIVE COURSES – 9 HRS

Select 3 courses from:

  • ADED 7010  Learning Resources

  • ADED 7050  Methods of Teaching in Adult Education

  • ADED 7060  Curriculum and Program Planning in Adult Education

  • ADED 7620  Concepts, Program, and Resources in Adult Education

  • ADED 7650  Teaching the Disadvantaged Adult

  • ADED 7670  Adult Education in Cooperative Extension

  • ADED 7680  Experiential Learning in Adult Education

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Extension Educator Graduate Certificate

This certificate is designed to increase learners’ ability to teach and train within the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.. The Auburn University Adult Education program puts a major emphasis on the Alabama Cooperative Extension and supports the current and future ACES employees through this certificate and other Adult Education degree programs.  

This program is offered on campus and online.

COURSEWORK

REQUIRED COURSES – 12 HRS

  • Nature of Adult Education

  • Teaching the Disadvantaged Adult

  • Practicum

  • Extension Programs & Methods or Adult Education in Cooperative Extension

ELECTIVE COURSES – 3 HRS

  • Approved elective in area of interest

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Adult Education and English Language Teaching Graduate Certificate

Do you want to teach adult post-secondary language education in government and industry programs, either domestically or worldwide?

 Our certificate program will help you develop and evaluate appropriate teaching practices, identify education policies to assist in developing language proficiency, identify the role of language and culture, and develop the ability to compare and contrast sociological, psychological, and physiological factors that characterize adult populations. When this certificate is added to an appropriate master’s program, it also provides the demonstrated competence in English language learning in U.S. intensive English language programs.

This program is offered on campus and online.

COURSEWORK

REQUIRED COURSES – 6 HRS

  • Nature of Adult Education

  • Teaching the Disadvantaged Adult

ELECTIVE COURSES – 6 HRS

Select from:

  • Teaching English as a Second Language

  • Issues in English as a Second Language

  • Applied Linguistics in English as a Second Language

  • Assessment in English as a Second Language

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Application Deadlines

  • Spring 2025 admission: October 15

  • Summer 2025 admission: March 15

  • Fall 2025 admission: June 1

Ready to join the Auburn Family?

Visit Auburn’s Graduate School homepage for checklists, resources, valuable graduate student information and to begin your application. Please contact department faculty listed above with program-specific questions.

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