SEAS Certificates
WKU's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is proud to offer certificate options to enhance our student's studies.
Undergraduate students majoring in civil engineering or post-graduate students with baccalaureate degrees in civil engineering, mining, or agricultural engineering accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) may obtain a Certificate in Land Surveying (reference number 1700) in order to pursue licensure as a professional surveyor in the state of Kentucky.
Post-graduate students with baccalaureate degrees in majors other than civil engineering, mining or agricultural engineering may obtain a Certificate in Land Surveying in order to pursue licensure as a professional surveyor in the state of Kentucky.
Available to graduate students only.
This 12-hour program provides preparation for professional certification and covers concepts, principles, and skills related to Six Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints, and total quality management. It is applicable for students and employees seeking Black/Green Belt or Lean certification.
Available to graduate students only.
This 12-hour program provides preparation for the technological advances that have produced increasingly large datasets across a diverse range of scientific domains including biology, psychological science, and geography. Students in scientific disciplines need focused coursework in data analytics. This certificate will serve that need and document that students have acquired this expertise.
This 18-hour, interdisciplinary certificate program is a collaboration between Potter College of Arts & Letters and Ogden College of Science & Engineering and is open to all students with an interest in computer game design. Students will gain specific knowledge of game systems and game design along with a broader awareness of the development process and how major studios operate.
Certificate Application Process
If you are seeking an undergraduate certificate as a stand-alone program, you will
follow the standard application process as determined by the WKU Office of Admissions based on your student classification.
If you are adding a certificate program to a bachelor's degree, please complete the following steps the semester prior to completion of the certificate program:
- Find the Certificate Program Reference Number and Name of Program in the Undergraduate Catalog
- Complete the Undergraduate Certificate Program Form
- Obtain program approval signatures from the department offering the certificate program
- Pay the $15 application fee on TopNet
Click here for more information about the cost of the program, the average time to complete the program, and other important information.
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