The credentialing field of Biology is available to students through the completion of the General Biology Certificate offered by the Biology Department of the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University. The courses are all offered in an asynchronous online format for maximum schedule and location flexibility. A student completing this course of study will be prepared to be credentialed as a college faculty member. Depending on local licensing requirements and the background of the student, this credentialing may also allow for credentialing to teach dual-credit high school courses in Biology.

Core courses for the General Biology Certificate are regularly offered year-round.

Required coursework to include:

Remaining 12 credit hours may be selected from:

For further information about the General Biology Certificate Program at Mississippi State, please see the program web page at online.msstate.edu/biology.

The Communication Credentialing Field is provided by the Communication Department of the College of Arts and Sciences. The department provides a wide-range of regularly offered evening graduate courses that would be appropriate for a community college education credentialing field. The department also offers a limited number of asynchronous online courses that are less frequently scheduled. Consequently, the course and schedule options for distance students are more limited than for the on-ground students. Students can begin the communication credentialing courses without specific prerequisite courses. The following courses are periodically offered that would fit the Communication Credentialing Field.

For further information on Mississippi State's graduate studies in Communication, visit comm.msstate.edu/graduate-program.

For more information contact Dr. Fincher. 

The Data Science credentialing field courses are offered by the Data Science Academic Institute. It comes in the form of a professional certificate in data science pedagogy. A student completing this course of study will be prepared to be credentialed as a college faculty member in data science and to perform data science functions throughout a college or university.

Core courses for the data science professional certificate are regularly offered in an asynchronous online format.  They include:

For further information about the Data Science program at Mississippi State, please see the program web page at online.msstate.edu/datascience. 

The English Credentialing Field is provided by the English Department of the College of Arts and Sciences. The department provides a wide range of regularly evening graduate courses that would be appropriate for a community college education credentialing field. These courses are available at the Starkville campus of Mississippi State University and are very conveniently scheduled for the working professional student. A limited number of graduate history courses are also available at the Meridian Campus and in the asynchronous online format. However, only the Starkville Campus offers enough appropriate courses to effectively provide a credentialing field in English. Consequently, the English Credentialing Field for is only recommended for students who are located within driving distance of the Starkville Campus. Students can begin the credentialing courses without specific prerequisites.

The Geoscience credentialing field courses are offered by the nationally recognized geoscience department of the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State. It comes in the form of a professional certificate in spanning the fields of geography and geology. A student completing this course of study will be prepared to be credentialed as a college faculty member in geosciences and to work in academic leadership roles throughout a college or university.

Courses for the Geoscience professional certificate are regularly offered in an asynchronous online format. They include:

For further information about the Geoscience program at Mississippi State, visit geosciences.msstate.edu.

The History Credentialing Field is provided by the History Department of the College of Arts and Sciences. The department provides a wide-range of regularly evening graduate courses that would be appropriate for a community college education credentialing field. These courses are available at the Meridian campus of Mississippi State University and are very convenient for the working professional student. A limited number of graduate history courses are also available in the asynchronous online format. The course availability, schedule, and sequence at the Starkville Campus does not currently support the History Credentialing Field for working professionals is not recommended for on-ground students at the Starkville Campus. Students can begin the history credentialing courses without specific prerequisites. For further information about the History Credentialing Field please contact Dr. Toby Bates, history advisor for the Meridian campus.

For more information contact Dr. Fincher. 

The Psychology Credentialing Field is provided by the Psychology Department of the College of Arts and Sciences. The department provides a wide range of regularly offered daytime on-ground graduate courses, but evening courses are only regularly offered at the Meridian Campus. Online courses are limited. Consequently, this credentialing field is only viable for working students near the Meridian Campus. Students can begin the psychology credentialing courses without specific prerequisite courses. 

For more information on the Psychology Credentialing Field please contact Dr. Vicki Gier.

The Public Administration Credentialing Field prepares students to take on administrative roles at public or governmental entities. Among these roles are budgeting, government interaction, personnel management, legal issues, assessment, and public administration research. This includes colleges and universities. With this credentialing field, the program also allows the graduates to be credentialed to teach courses in the field of public administration. Mississippi State’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration offers an abundance of courses that can be used to form an effective 18-hour credentialing block for Public Administration. These courses are all offered in an evening, synchronous online format to make them readily accessible to working professionals. The courses are also offered in an on-campus format with variable schedules.  Students much choose between the on-ground or synchronous online format and cannot easily move between formats. Some of the regularly available courses are as follows:

For further information on the courses in this credentialing field, please see the department of Political Science and Public Administration webpage. pspa.msstate.edu