FORM 7:
Certificate Approval and Modification
Select Action:
New Certificate
Modify Existing Certificate
Certificate Title:
Certificate Level:
Undergraduate
Graduate
College/School/Center or
Department Initiating Change:
Originator of this Request:
Delivery Format:
Resident
Online
Both
CIP Code:
*Proposed Implementation
Date:
FIPSE Code:
*Note: Certificates must receive approval by the U.S. Department of Education before they can be offered. See Item
C.5.
Complete only those items that pertain to the proposed change.
A. Abstract
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2.
Description of the proposed certificate program.
Projected number of students:
Delivery Format
Residential
Distance Education (Online)
3.
4.
Projected Enrollment
Fall 20__
Fall 20_
Primary Target Audience: Who will be attracted to this certificate?
Liberty University Statement of Mission and Purpose
a. Discuss how the proposed certificate supports and is compatible with the University’s mission and
purpose.
b. Explain how Liberty’s Biblical/Christian worldview is integrated into the new certificate.
c. Using the table format below, identify and explain how the proposed new certificate supports, as
appropriate, the eight statements in the University Statement of Mission and Purpose? Be specific.
University Statement of Mission & Purpose –
Statements:
B.
Fall 20__
How does the new certificate support this
statement?
Assessment of Need/Certificate Planning/Approval (Include Minutes)
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4.
Needs Assessment and Market Research: Discuss rationale for certificate, including an assessment of need
(documented feasibility study: e.g., need, market, job market, career advancement opportunities, survey of
student interest data). Provide data and research as an Appendix.
Documentation of SACSCOC “recognition” of proposed certificate, where required.
Documentation that all credits in each certificate are eligible to be transferred/applied to Associate’s degree
program or higher.
Documentation that faculty and other groups were involved in review and approval of certificate program
(include minutes recording approval).
Meeting date(s)
Revised 9/21/2015
Meeting Name/Location
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C.
Certificate Policies (Include Financial Aid Endorsement) (Graduate certificate: include Matrices Endorsement)
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6.
7.
Describe admission, curriculum, and completion requirements, in catalog format.
Graduate Level. If the proposed new certificate is at the Graduate level, secure the Matrices Endorsement
from the Associate Registrar for Graduate Studies and provide as appendix.
Describe any special arrangements for grading, transcripts, or transfer policies.
Indicate if federal financial aid will be available to students for this certificate.
Once full certificate proposal, CCP, and market research is provided for Office of Financial Aid/State
Approvals review, the Vice President for Financial Aid will recommend FSOC code and submit to U.S.
Department of Education at planned points during the year.
Indicate, in writing, the understanding that after the U.S. Department of Education submission, the program
will be tentatively eligible for Title IV aid for next semester that is 90 days or more out from date of submission.
Title IV eligibility ceases if U.S. Department of Education raises questions during that initial 90-day period.
Indicate if any of the courses in the certificate have been in existence for less than one year.
D. Curriculum Proposal (Include Institutional Effectiveness Curriculum Proposal Endorsement Form, CCP, State
Approvals Endorsement)
1.
Provide the following, as appropriate.
Program Director:
Certificate Purpose
Statement:
2.
List program learning outcomes in the table below, if the proposed certificate consists of a group of courses
that does not have a corresponding major or concentration that is currently being assessed.
Program Learning Outcomes for
The student will be able to:
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6.
Field Experiences:
a. Include information on any field experiences (internship, externship, co-op class, etc.) to be completed
in any of certificate courses.
b. Identify potential partner organizations for student field experiences, if students will be required to
complete field experience in certificate course.
State Approvals. Review any relevant state activities that could affect Office of State Approvals in certificate
(staff marketing, travel, location, field experiences, intensives, third party vendors, etc.).
If certificate will be offered in the online format, secure an endorsement from the Office of State Approvals
(stateapprovals@liberty.edu).
List the course numbers and titles of all courses in the proposed certificate. Indicate hours and prerequisites.
Note: Courses in a certificate program MUST be in existence for at least one calendar year prior to
availability for financial aid.
Course Prefix/Number
7.
9.
Hours
If utilizing courses from another discipline/department, check course prerequisites and provide minutes
showing approval from the other department regarding assessment and utilization of courses (provide minutes
as an Appendix with pertinent section recording approval highlighted).
Meeting date(s)
8.
Course Title
Meeting Name/Location
Show the complete curriculum in Certificate Completion Plan (CCP) format. CCPs must be prepared using
the CCP Tracking Tool (http://tinyurl.com/DCPtracking).
List degree program(s), cognates or concentrations to which courses in this certificate can be applied.
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Degree Program
10.
Concentration
Cognate
Format
Describe administrative oversight to ensure quality of the certificate.
E. Modify Existing Certificate (Include Draft CCP, Financial Aid Endorsement, Office of State Approvals Endorsement)
1. Provide rationale for proposed certificate modification.
2. Describe in detail the proposed change.
3. If proposed change affects a certificate offered in the online format, secure an endorsement from the Office
of State Approvals (stateapprovals@liberty.edu).
4. Give present status (course number, description, title, and modified status, number, description, and title).
Existing Certificate Requirements
5.
6.
Indicate if any of the courses in the certificate have been in existence for less than one year.
List degree program(s), cognates or concentrations to which courses in this certificate can be applied.
Degree Program
7.
8.
F.
Modified Certificate Requirements
Concentration
Cognate
Format
Show the complete curriculum in Certificate Completion Plan (CCP) format. CCPs must be prepared using
the CCP Tracking Tool (http://tinyurl.com/DCPtracking).
All Programs: If modifying a certificate that affects Liberty University en Español – provide evidence that the
appropriate entities have been informed of the change. It is the responsibility of the school/department that
controls the curriculum to submit changes for programs offered in the bilingual format.
Faculty Needs (Include Faculty Roster)
1. Provide complete roster (see attached Faculty Roster form) of faculty employed to teach in the certificate.
Please note that faculty must have the required teaching credentials for course assignments. If a faculty does
not have the required teaching credential, justify the course assignment using the “Alternative Justification to
Teach a Course” form. (Provide Roster and signed completed Justification Form (if needed) as Appendix)
2. Show faculty course load in the new certificate as well as course work taught in other programs currently
offered.
3. Provide evidence that adequate, qualified faculty members are assigned to support the certificate.
4. Describe impact of the new initiative on faculty workload.
G. Physical Resources: (Residential Certificates Only) Classroom Space, Materials, Equipment Needs (Include
Registrar’s Endorsement only when special facilities or technology are required)
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5.
Location of the program being offered. (If off campus, include site approval)
Regular classrooms needed, projected through first three years.
Labs needed, projected through first three years.
Teaching materials, visual aid, software, equipment, etc. projected through first three years.
Assess impact of proposed change on existing programs and services.
H. Submission of Request
Submit request with appropriate signatures and all appendices and endorsements to the Chair of the Faculty
Curriculum Council for undergraduate certificates and the Dean of the Graduate School for graduate certificates.
Approval to Submit Certificate Proposal:
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Associate Dean, Department Chair or Director
Date
Dean of School/College
Date
George Sherman, Director
Center for Professional and Continuing Education
College of Applied Studies & Academic Success
Date
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Faculty Roster Form
Qualifications of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty
Name of Primary Department, Academic Program, or Discipline:
Date Form Completed:
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2
NAME
(F=Full-time,
P=Part-time)
COURSES TAUGHT
Course Number & Title, Credit Hours
Indicate for each course: D=Developmental;
UN=Undergraduate Nontransferable;
UT=Undergraduate Transferable;
G=Graduate
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
3
ACADEMIC DEGREES &
COURSEWORK
Relevant to Courses Taught:
Include Institution,
Major/Discipline
List specific graduate coursework, if
needed to justify assignment
4
OTHER
QUALIFICATIONS
& COMMENTS
Related to Courses
Taught
1
2
NAME
(F=Full-time,
P=Part-time)
COURSES TAUGHT
Course Number & Title, Credit Hours
Indicate for each course: D=Developmental;
UN=Undergraduate Nontransferable;
UT=Undergraduate Transferable;
G=Graduate
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
Courses Assigned in Proposed
Certificate:
Current Course Assignments:
3
ACADEMIC DEGREES &
COURSEWORK
Relevant to Courses Taught:
Include Institution,
Major/Discipline
List specific graduate coursework, if
needed to justify assignment
4
OTHER
QUALIFICATIONS
& COMMENTS
Related to Courses
Taught