Training and Development - Advanced Technical Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility

College of Education

TRNDEV-ATC

Effective Catalog Term: Spring 2024 (630) through Present (CIP#0413121066)

The requirements shown below are valid beginning Spring 2024 (630). Course content may have changed to reflect new developments or improvements, even if the overall program structure has not. Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term.

Program Leadership Information

Dr. Heather Duncan
Dean, College of Education
duncan.heather@spcollege.edu

Program Summary

This is a 6-course certificate program designed to prepare completers for adult learning, corporate training, and professional development. This certificate program emphasizes the application of adult learning theory to the design, implementation and assessment of adult training programs across a diverse set of organizations.

The curriculum focuses on:

Methods, presentation techniques and digital resources to develop and facilitate adult learning experiences.
Assessment strategies for workforce development programs in various fields and contexts.
Exploring a variety of philosophical backgrounds to understand common ethical teaching in multicultural settings.

Completers of this Advanced Technical Certificate may work as:

Trainers for volunteers in nonprofit organizations.
Teaching adult learners in workforce development, literacy or personal development programs.
Training or development roles in the government or private sectors.
Training or development roles for a company in any industry, including manufacturing and technology.

The Academic Pathway is a tool for students that lists the following items:

the recommended order in which to take the program courses
suggested course when more than one option exists
which semester each course is typically offered
if the course has a prerequisite
courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)

If you are starting the program this term, click here to access the recommended Academic Pathway.

If you have already started the program, click one of the following for the archived Academic Pathways.