Endeavor STEM Teaching Graduate Certificate
18 credit hours
The Endeavor STEM Teaching Graduate Certificate is a 100% online program for K-12 educators focused on training in-service educators to teach STEM education. Endeavor is a program previously funded by a NASA grant that now functions off a formal Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement.
Requirements
Courses required for the STEM Teaching Graduate Certificate include Methods of STEM Education (the first course that students should take of the Endeavor courses) and STEM Leadership Seminar (the final course that students should take of the Endeavor courses). Students will also choose any 3 Endeavor STEM electives.
Certificate Coursework
9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Elective Coursework
9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| EDU 58921 | Life and Marine Science: Tracking Live Marine Animals | 3 |
| EDU 58922 | Math Connections to STEM Education | 3 |
| EDU 58923 | Astronomy and Space Science | 3 |
| EDU 58924 | Physics for Real Beginners: Earth, Moon, and Space | 3 |
| EDU 58925 | Physical Science in Motion: Classroom Applications | 3 |
| EDU 58926 | Literacy and Discourse Practices in STEM | 3 |
| EDU 58927 | Chemistry in the STEM Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 58928 | Coding, Robotics, and 1:1 Devices | 3 |
| EDU 58929 | Advanced Coding, Robotics, and 1:1 Devices | 3 |
| EDU 58930 | The Arts in STEM: Advancing Meaningful Integration | 3 |
| EDU 58931 | Culturally Responsive Teaching and NGSS Science for All | 3 |
| EDU 58932 | The E in STEM: Meaningful Content for Engineering | 3 |
| EDU 58933 | Eyes on Earth: Teaching Earth Science from Space | 3 |
| EDU 58934 | Climate Science: Socioscientific Issues in the STEM Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 58935 | Lessons from the Ocean: Science on the Water Planet | 3 |