'Professional development' courses count for 18-hr requirement?

I've found some super cheap online professional development courses. They're like correspondence courses, but many are offered online. Looks pretty cool!

I need 12 more hours of political science grad classes so I can teach it on the college level. My question is-- the courses have the EDUC prefix and are technically education courses with a political science/history subject area.

Do you think many colleges will count them toward the 18-hr minimum? The EDUC prefix worries me.

Specifically, I'm looking at University of La Verne's professional development classes. Anyone have any experience with them?

 

If it's a CEU, then no, it won't count as a graduate-level college credit. Unless someone knows something different?

 

My college would say no. They even say no to courses WITH the prefix that are specifically related to education, such as MATH 567 - Teaching Math or something around those lines. They want it to be specifically content related.

-Matt

 

On a side note, consider American Public/Military University. They have relatively cheap 8 week grad courses in PolySci. I took a bunch when I was working on my credentials.

-Matt

 

Same for WNMU
Virtual Campus - Online Programs
http://wnmu.edu/VirtualCampus/programs/POLS-Fall2013.pdf

 

University of La Verne's professional development courses are non-degree, graduate credits, so they won't count. They are basically CEUs. There are companies that do offer graduate level, professional development courses that can count toward a degree, but I haven't seen many for political science.

 

Thanks

Thanks for everyone's help. My school's department head emailed me back and said the courses may count and that she wanted to see copies of the syllabi. I'll let everyone know how it goes!

 

Interesting. It says it's RA and it has higher-level prefixes. Click on one of the courses here:
Teaching Courses for Independent Study and Professional Development.

Their certs stop at 15 credits:
https://www.pdcourses.net/certificates.php

 

I just contacted them. They are graduate-level college credits (not CEUs). However, the certificates are limited to 15 credits (not 18). It's not clear why a certificate cannot be 18 credits.

 

It says that 15 credits are required for the certificate, they are not limiting you to taking only 15 credits. Take the extra class, it will still show up on the transcript.

 

Their only limitation was 15 credits in any one semester.