The Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences offers a graduate certificate in Teaching Earth & Environmental Sciences, which will enable qualified teachers to teach credit-bearing college courses in their high schools. The certificate requires 18 graduate credit hours within the discipline for completion.
Program Requirements:
Required Courses: 12 Hours
EES 6150 - Global Change for Teachers Credit Hour(s): 3
EES 6230 - Introduction to the Ocean Credit Hour(s): 3
EES 6470 - Astronomy K-12 Teachers Credit Hour(s): 2
EES 6480 - Plate Tectonics for Educators Credit Hour(s): 3
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
College of Science and Mathematics
134 Oelman Hall,
DAYTON,
Ohio,
45435, United States
Students must have earned a 4-year baccalaureate degree/3-year baccalaureate degree from select international institutions or its equivalent from an accredited college, university, or other institution of higher learning.
If your native language is not English and you do not have a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, you must have a minimum score on one of the following exams:
A score of 79/120 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
A band 6 or higher through the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
A score of 57 or higher on the Pearson PTE
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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