Campuses:
Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Parent Education Postbaccalaureate CertificateCurriculum & Instruction
College of Education and Human Development
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 125 Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Drive S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-2545; fax: 612-624-8277)
Email:
cigs@umn.edu
Website: http://cehd.umn.edu/ci
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The parent education certificate program is designed to prepare professionals to plan, coordinate, and teach parent education programs and services for families with children from early childhood through adolescence.
The 16-credit program prepares professionals who are well qualified to deliver programs designed to address the intellectual, emotional, cultural, social, and physical needs of parents and children. In addition to educational settings that may include public-school parent education programs, preschools, child care centers, and Head Start programs, parent educators may also work in health care and social-service agencies and institutions, and faith-based settings.
Certificate courses are offered online. Online coursework is designed to meet the needs of local and distance learners in Minnesota, around the country and the world.
Students participate in live online chat sessions and weekly reflections with their course instructors. They interview parents, read the latest research, and view presentations by University of Minnesota faculty and noted experts in the field.
The capstone course (CI 5949 - Student Teaching in Parent Education) allows students to teach and interact with parents in a parent education setting under the supervision of a licensed or highly qualified parent educator approved by core faculty. This individualized student teaching allows each program participant to integrate and apply what they have learned to parent education experiences, preparing them for professional work in the field.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Complete the equivalent of six semester undergraduate or graduate credits in child development courses before entering the parent education certificate program, completed within 10 years of admission to the certificate program. If these credits have not been completed at the time of application, the applicant may be admitted conditionally until they are completed and recorded on a transcript. The following CEHD courses are examples of child development courses that may meet this requirement:
CPSY 4302 - Infant Development
CPSY 4331 - Social and Personality Development
CPSY 4343 - Cognitive Development
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Course Group 0
Note: CI 5943 through CI 5949 must be taken in the sequence listed. CI 5932, CI 5937, and CI 5942 can be taken in any sequence.
FSOS 5932 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
FSOS 5937 - Parent-Child Interaction
(3.0 cr)
FSOS 5942 - Diverse Family Experiences
(3.0 cr)
FSOS 5943 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
FSOS 5944 - Curricular Design in Parent Education
(3.0 cr)
FSOS 5945 - Teaching and Learning in Parent Education
(3.0 cr)
FSOS 5946 - Assessment and Evaluation in Parent Education
(3.0 cr)
FSOS 5949 - Student Teaching in Parent Education
(3.0 cr)
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