Undergraduate Certificate Completion

During your last semester of certificate courses, use this form to notify Penn State World Campus of your anticipated certificate completion. 

Before you submit this form, please make sure that you have added your certificate program to your academic plan in LionPATH. If you have not already done this, you can do it on your LionPATH homepage using the Update Academics tool. Visit the LionPATH support page to find tutorials about the Update Academics tool and other actions. 

Undergraduate Certificate Completion Form

Address to which we should mail certificate
Certificate Information
Adult Development and Aging Services Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • BIOL 155 (GN) Introduction to the Biology of Aging
  • H P A 101 Introduction to Health Services Organization
  • HD FS 249 (GS) Adult Development and Aging
  • SOC 035 Sociology of Aging

Electives (one of the following)

  • HD FS 129 (GS) Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies
  • HD FS 216 Personal and Interpersonal Skills
  • HD FS 301 Values and Ethics in Health and Human Development Professions
  • HD FS 311 Human Development and Family Studies Interventions
  • HD FS 315Y (GI) Family Development
  • NUTR 251 (GHA) Introductory Principles of Nutrition
  • PSYCH 100 (GS) Psychology
  • SOC 001 (GS) Introductory Sociology
Children, Youth, and Family Services Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (one of the following)

  • PSYCH 100 (GS) Psychology
  • SOC 001 (GS) Introductory Sociology

Required Courses (one of the following)

  • BIOL 141 (GN) Introductory Physiology
  • BI SC 004 (GN) Human Body: Form and Function
  • NUTR 251 (GHA) Introductory Principles of Nutrition

Required Courses (one of the following)

  • CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech
  • ENGL 015 (GWS) Rhetoric and Composition

Required Courses (all)

  • HD FS 129 (GS) Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies
  • HD FS 229 (GS) Infant and Child Development
  • HD FS 239 (GS) Adolescent Development
  • HD FS 311 Human Development and Family Studies Interventions
  • HD FS 315Y (GI) Family Development
  • BBH 101 (GHA) Introduction to Biobehavioral Health
  • HD FS 301 Values and Ethics in Health and Human Development Professions
Digital Arts Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (one of the following)

  • ART 010 Introduction to Visual Studies
  • ART 020 Introduction to Drawing

Required Courses (one of the following)

  • DART 202 2D Digital Arts & Computer Graphics
  • DART 203 3D Digital Art & Design Fundamentals
  • DART 204 Animation Fundamentals
  • DART Web Design and Visual Web Development

Required Courses (all)

  • ART 211Y Introduction to Digital Art and Design Criticism
  • DART 300 Digital Portfolio Elements
  • DART 412 Portfolio Design and Professional Practices
Diversity Studies Certificate Requirements

Required Courses

  • WMNST 105N

Additional Courses (one of the following)

  • AFAM 100
  • WMNST 100
  • WMNST106N
  • WMNST/ENGL 245

Supporting Courses

  • Select 6 credits from the approved list
Enterprise Resource Planning Certificate with SAP Requirements

Required Courses (three of the following)

  • MIS 404/407C Introduction to ERP and Business Processes*
  • SCM 445 Operations Planning and Control*
  • SCM 460 Purchasing and Materials Management* 

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Information Sciences and Technology Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • IST 110 (GS) Information, People, and Technology*
  • IST 210 Organization of Data*
  • IST 220 Networking and Telecommunications*
  • IST 250 New Media and the Web*

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Labor and Human Resources Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • LER 100 (GS) Employment Relations
    LER 201 (GS) Employment Relationship: Law and Policy

Elective Courses (two of the following)

  • LER 305 Human Resources Fundamentals
  • LER 304 Labor and Employment Relations Fundamentals
  • LER 400 Comparative Employment Relations Systems
  • LER 403 International Human Resources Studies
  • LER 460 Ethics in the Workplace

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Organizational Communication Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • CAS 283 Communication and Information Technology I*
  • CAS 352 Organizational Communication*

Elective Courses (two of the following)

  • CAS 404 Conflict Resolution and Negotiation*
  • CAS 452 Organizational Communication Theory and Research*
  • CAS 475 Studies in Public Address*
  • ENG 419 Advanced Business Writing*

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Basic Turfgrass Management Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • TURF 230 Turfgrass Pesticides*
  • TURF 235 The Turfgrass*

Additional Courses (11 credits)

  • TURF 238 Turfgrass and Ornamental Weed Control*
  • PPEM 412 Turfgrass Disease Management*
  • ENT 317 Turf Insect Pest Management*
  • TURF 425 Turfgrass Cultural Systems*
  • TURF 434 Turfgrass Edaphology*
  • TURF 435 Turfgrass Nutrition*
  • TURF 436 Case Studies in Turfgrass Management*

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Advanced Turfgrass Management Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • TURF 230 Turfgrass Pesticides*
  • TURF 235 The Turfgrass*
  • TURF 490 Colloquium*
  • TURF 495 Internship*

Additional Courses (21-22 credits)

  • ENT 317 Turf Insect Pest Management*
  • PPEM 412 Turfgrass Disease Management*
  • SOILS 101 Introductory Soil Science*
  • TURF 238 Turf and Ornamental Weed Control*
  • TURF 425 Turfgrass Cultural Systems*
  • TURF 434 Turfgrass Edaphology*
  • TURF 435 Turfgrass Nutrition*
  • TURF 436 Case Studies in Turfgrass Management*

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Weather Forecasting Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (all)

  • METEO 101 Understanding Weather Forecasting*
  • METEO 241 Fundamentals of Tropical Forecasting*
  • METEO 361 Fundamentals of Mesoscale Weather Forecasting*
  • METEO 410 Advance Topics in Weather Forecasting*

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Security Risk Analysis Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (take all of the following)

  • IST 110 Information, People, and Technology
  • SRA 111 Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis
  • SRA 211 Threat of Terrorism and Crime
  • SRA 221 Overview of Information Security

*Note: You must earn at least a “C” grade in each course to be eligible for the certificate.

Nanotechnology Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (18 credits)

  • E SC 211 Material, Safety, and Equipment Overview for Nanotechnology
  • E SC 212 Basic Nanotechnology Processes
  • E SC 213 Materials in Nanotechnology
  • E SC 214 Patterning for Nanotechnology
  • E SC 215 Materials Modification in Nanotechnology Applications
  • E SC 216 Characterization, Testing of Nanotechnology Structures and Materials
Fundraising and Advancement Certificate Requirements

Required Courses

  • LA 402
  • LA 404

Select 6 Additional Credits

  • CAS 404
  • COMM 428a
  • ENGL 478
  • OLEAD 409
  • OLEAD 464
  • OLEAD 465
Nursing Forensics Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (12 credits)

  • NURS 245
  • NURS 409
  • NURS 410
  • NURS 411
Nursing Informatics Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (9 credits)

  • NURS 357
  • NURS 458
  • NURS 460
Nursing Management Certificate Requirements

Required Courses (12 credits)

  • NURS 430
  • NURS 431
  • NURS 432
  • NURS 433
Earth Sustainability Certificate Requirements
Required Courses
EARTH 103

9 additional credits from the approved program list
Financial Planning Certificate Requirements
Required
ACCTG 310
FIN 330
FIN 420
FIN 430
FIN 450
FIN 491