Micro-credentials
Elevate your career with the University of Northern Iowa's certificate and endorsement programs, designed for current educators and professionals to enhance skills in a flexible, supportive environment.
Offerings include:
- Graduate and undergraduate opportunities
- On-campus and online delivery options
- Affordable tuition and 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
Instructional Strategist I: Mild Moderate 5-12
- Delivered online
- Begins each Summer: Fall/Spring options may be available based on previously completed courses.
Instructional Strategist I: Mild/Moderate K-8
- Delivered online
- Begins each Summer: Fall/Spring options may be available based on previously completed courses
Instructional Strategist II: Behavioral Disorder/Learning Disability K-12
- Delivered online
- Begins each Summer: Fall/Spring options may be available based on previously completed courses
Instructional Strategist II: Intellectual Disability K-12
- Delivered online
- Begins each Summer: Fall/Spring options may be available based on previously completed courses
Literacy Leadership - Iowa Reading K-8
- Delivered online
- Begins each Summer: Fall/Spring options may be available based on previously completed courses
Physics Coursework for 5-12 Physics and All Science
- Delivered online
- Begin in Fall, Spring or Summer
Reading K-8
- Delivered online
- Begins each Summer: Fall/Spring options may be available based on previously completed courses
Work-Based Learning Supervisor Authorization
- Delivered online
- Begin any term
