PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE TERMS
Certificates are highlighted throughout this website in their respective areas of study, where the specific requirements and course sequences are outlined.
Most SCPS certificate programs consist of four to six non-degree courses involving 100 to 200 contact hours (50-minute hours) of instruction in a specified field of study. The following rules apply:
- Students must satisfy the certificate program requirements listed in the Bulletin published for the term before they register for the first course toward the certificate.
- Students must maintain a record of successfully completed courses. Grade mailers can be requested at scps.nyu.edu at the end of each term.
- Program administrators may authorize in writing substitutions of specified courses in individual situations (maximum of one substitution for a four-course certificate; two substitutions for a certificate requiring five or more courses).
- All courses to be applied to a given certificate must be completed, with weight grades (A, B, or C). See individual listings for details.
- Certificates must be completed within a period of four academic years from initial date of registration.
- Regular class attendance is required in order for a course to be used toward a certificate program.
- Courses taken at SCPS may be applied to fulfilling the requirements of only one school certificate program. No transfer work or waiver of the total number of courses required is permitted.
- Students are not permitted to be enrolled in full-time intensive certificate programs at the same time that they are registered in SCPS degree or diploma programs or in other schools of the University.
- Only one certificate may be issued in a given semester.
- The name printed on the certificate will match the name on the student’s NYU transcript.
- To receive a certificate, students must submit a request in writing or electronically to the SCPS Office of Student Enrollment Services within one year of program completion.
To fill out a Certificate Request Form click here.
- Approval for an exception to any of the above requirements must be obtained in advance in writing from the program office.
Note: Departments may establish more stringent requirements for their programs. Check individual listings for details.
