California Coast University Post Graduate Classes

Hello, looking for anyone with practical experience with California Coast University. My situation is this... Finishing an undergrad from CSU-Global and then seeking an M.Div from Luther Rice... Along the way, my employer will pay for master's credits if they are job related. They won't pay for Luther Rice but they will pay for CCU's post graduate classes like Organizational Leadership. My question is this... Are CCU's Post Graduate classes actual Master's Degrees? Or are they certifications? Each "focus" only has 12 credits involved and most masters programs are 30-36. Thankfully Luther Rice takes DEAC credits so I'm interested either way... It would just be nice to have the masters from CCU as well. Thoughts?

 

The 12 credit offerings are certifications, but the credits could be used towards a master's degree if you so desired.

 

To be more specific, the 12 credit programs are Graduate Certificates. That is, they are certificates which are earned by completing graduate level coursework.

A certification, on the other hand, would be an organization certifying that you have completed program requirements for a focused skill set. For example, the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is a certification. The Professional in Human Resources is a certification. Microsoft's MCSE, MTA and MCSA are all certifications.

Certificates typically come in three forms, depending upon the coursework it takes to earn the certificate; graduate, undergraduate and non-credit.

If you earn a graduate certificate, you can typically (I'm sure there's an exception out there) transfer those credits directly into that school's related masters program as Pugbelly2 has stated.

 

Consider for or a mere $21.38 above the CCU per graduate credit hour tuition ($251.38 vs. $230.00)…

For example:

Fort Hays State University offers several graduate certificate options AND is RA (HLC-NCA) vs. CCU’s NA (DEAC). I’m sure there are other RA (reduced tuition amount) options offered via additional RA institutions. Just saying…
Certificate Programs - Fort Hays State University

 

Good clarification. There are also post-graduate certificates which can be applied to a doctorate degree. Bellevue University offers its PhD in this fashion.

 

Are you sure these are graduate level? I couldn't find anything that labeled them as garduate or undergraduate, and course numbering within each seems to be a mix. For example, the certificate in moral and political philosophy requires any three of the following:

PHIL 201 Political Philosophy

PHIL 340 Ethics

IDS 400 Bioethics

IDS 401 Ethical Issues in the Professions and Business

PHIL 401 Philosophy of Law

PHIL 490 Topics in Philosophy (when topic is relevant and chair approves)

PHIL 672 Readings in Philosophy (when topic is relevant and chair approves)

PHIL 675 Seminar in Philosophy (when topic is relevant and chair approves)

Don't those course numbers imply lower level undergrad, upper level undergrad, and graduate?

 

Fort Hays State certificates range from undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, graduate to post-masters; for example/s:

College of Business and Leadership Certificates - Fort Hays State University

Community Health Promotion - Fort Hays State University

Nursing Certificates - Fort Hays State University

Healthy Aging - Fort Hays State University

Certificate in Tourism & Hospitality Leadership (Graduate & Industry) - Fort Hays State University

Operations Management - Fort Hays State University

Human Resource Management - Fort Hays State University

 

An additional option ... Amberton University Graduate Specializations (@$242 /credit hour):

"Specialization programs are offered on the graduate and undergraduate level and can be earned in conjunction with degree programs or as stand-alone programs of study."
Specializations | Amberton University, Garland and Frisco

 

Interesting. Thank you. As an aside, Amberton University, which is also RA, also offers graduate level certificates for about the same tuition.