Overview

This program prepares you to become educators and leaders who practice both self-compassion and compassion for others to create nonviolent environments for both teachers’ professional growth and student success.

Successful completion of this certificate program requires 12 credit hours (four courses) of graduate-level coursework in curriculum studies. These credit hours are transferable to MS and PhD degree programs in curriculum studies:

Teaching, Learning and Leadership, MS

Curriculum and Leadership Studies Curriculum Studies, PhD

Coursework

Courses are delivered online.

Required (three credit hours):

• CIED 5823: Mindfulness, Curriculum and Teaching OR
• CIED 6153: Curriculum of Nonviolence

Electives (nine credit hours - select three of the following):

• CIED 5453 Infusing Aesthetics Across the Curriculum
• CIED 5723 Gender and Curriculum
• CIED 5873 Place as Curriculum Wisdom
• CIED 5563 Learning and Living the Wisdom of Peace
• CIED 6173 International Peace Curriculum Development
• CIED 5533 Writing as Peace Process: Healing Practices, Genre Awareness, and Educational Renewal

Course information
Nirmal and Tara Sethia Compassionate Education Graduate Certificate Scholarship

Admissions Requirements and Deadlines

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis in the Fall and Spring semesters. Summer admission is not available. Applicants will be notified of admission status within four to six weeks of submission.

To apply for the program, submit the following:

• Graduate College application
• Transcripts from all previously attended institutions (undergraduate degree from an accredited university with a minimum 3.0 GPA required; admission with qualifications may be considered)
• Academic vita/resume
• Personal goal statement (approx. 500 words)

Cost

Oklahoma State University offers an affordable single rate for graduate students in online degree and certificate programs.

Cost details for in-state, online graduate students
Cost details for out-of-state online graduate students