Micro-credentials
Elevate your career with our certificate and endorsement programs, designed for current educators and professionals to enhance skills in a flexible, supportive environment. Our offerings include:
- Graduate and undergraduate opportunities
- On-campus and online delivery options
- Affordable tuition & minimal student fees
- Programs to satisfy requirements for Iowa teaching endorsements
- Graduate certificates that can be stacked into a future degree
Micro-Credential Basics
Career-focused learning.
Micro-credentials are targeted programs, designed to provide learners with a specific skillset without committing to a full degree program. They are a flexible, efficient, and affordable way for learners to advance in their current careers, provide new career opportunities, and increase earning potential. We currently offer three types of micro-credential programs:
- Iowa Endorsements for Teachers
- Undergraduate & Graduate Certificates
- Stackable Graduate Certificates - leading to a master's degree
Designed for educators and working professionals.
Built with flexibility and affordability in mind, our 40+ certificate and endorsement programs are a great fit for anyone interested in enhancing their skillset or elevating their career, including:
- Current teachers interested in adding an Iowa endorsement to their license
- Educators & professionals who require a streamlined path to increase skills, while earning credit toward a master's degree
- Those who are looking for a flexible, affordable way to elevate their credentials and career potential
Affordable, flexible credentials.
At UNI, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Earn a career-focused certificate or endorsement from a reputable, affordable institution
- Learn from the same, expert faculty who teach in our degree programs
- Study in a supportive online, hybrid, or in-person learning environment, with dedicated support staff available to help you through every step of the process
- Explore stackable certificate programs - allowing you to gain credentials which can be applied to a master's degree
Career-focused learning.
Micro-credentials are targeted programs, designed to provide learners with a specific skillset without committing to a full degree program. They are a flexible, efficient, and affordable way for learners to advance in their current careers, provide new career opportunities, and increase earning potential. We currently offer three types of micro-credential programs:
- Iowa Endorsements for Teachers
- Undergraduate & Graduate Certificates
- Stackable Graduate Certificates - leading to a master's degree
Designed for educators and working professionals.
Built with flexibility and affordability in mind, our 40+ certificate and endorsement programs are a great fit for anyone interested in enhancing their skillset or elevating their career, including:
- Current teachers interested in adding an Iowa endorsement to their license
- Educators & professionals who require a streamlined path to increase skills, while earning credit toward a master's degree
- Those who are looking for a flexible, affordable way to elevate their credentials and career potential
Affordable, flexible credentials.
At UNI, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Earn a career-focused certificate or endorsement from a reputable, affordable institution
- Learn from the same, expert faculty who teach in our degree programs
- Study in a supportive online, hybrid, or in-person learning environment, with dedicated support staff available to help you through every step of the process
- Explore stackable certificate programs - allowing you to gain credentials which can be applied to a master's degree
Dedicated support.
At UNI, we have dedicated support staff available to help you navigate your options and provide a seamless pathway to earning your credential. If you're ready to get started, we encourage you to explore the available programs below and complete an interest form on the program webpage. Our dedicated Student Support Specialist will reach out within one business day to help answer your questions and determine your next steps - to ensure you take only the courses you need, and that you are matched with a program that fits your goals.
Certificate & Endorsement Programs
- Graduate Certificates
- Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Childhood Diversity and Learning
- Instructional Design
- Learning Technologies
- Literacy Leadership Reading K-8
- Online Teaching
- Special and Inclusive Education for Young Learners
- Strategist I Mild/Moderate 5-12-Teaching
- Strategist l Mild/Moderate K-8-Teaching
- Strategist II Behavioral Disorder/ Learning Disability K-12-Teaching
- Strategist II Intellectual Disability K-12-Teaching
- Transformative Education
- Advanced Studies Certificates
- Iowa Teaching Endorsements
- 5-8 Middle School (#1821-1824)
- 5-12 Computer Science (#278)
- 5-12 Instructional Strategist I: Mild Moderate (#261)
- 5-12 Physics and All Science (Physics Coursework Only)
- K-8 Instructional Strategist I: Mild/Moderate (#260)
- K-8 Reading (#148)
- K-12 Instructional Strategist II: Behavior Disorders/ Learning Disabilities (#263)
- K-12 Instructional Strategist II: Intellectual Disabilities (#264)
- Birth-Grade 3 Inclusive Settings (Early Childhood Education) (#1001)
- Career & Technical Education Authorization
- Director of Special Education (#239)
- English as a Second Language (#104)
- Multioccupations (#305)
- PK-K Early Childhood Special Education (#262)
- Physical Education (#146, #147)
- Secondary School Health Education Teaching (#138)
- Teacher Librarian (#108, #109, #174)
- Work-Based Learning Supervisor Authorization
- Undergraduate Certificates
- Applied Business Concepts
- Chinese Studies Certificate
- Entrepreneurship
- French Language Studies
- Geography Information Systems (GIS)/Cartography
- Health Care Administration
- Linguistic Studies
- Literary Publishing
- Organizational Communication and Inclusive Leadership
- Religious Literacy
- Spanish Language Studies
- Women's Health
- Work Psychology
- Youth Work Religious Settings