Program Information
Graduate Certificates (GC) require 18 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in a specific content area.
Graduate certificates allow students to document completion of 18 hours within a field. In most states, 18 credit hours at the graduate level qualifies instructors as “content area experts” in that discipline. In combination with a master’s degree, the graduate certificate qualifies instructors to teach at the lower-division college level, including dual enrollment courses.
Program Requirements
Letter of Intent
The Letter of Intent is a formal letter that articulates the student’s goals and proposed plan of study. This letter must be approved by the Interdisciplinary Studies director and the faculty mentor for the discipline.
Additional information regarding the Letter of Intent will be provided when a student receives final admittance in Graduate Admissions.
Graduate Certificate Options:
Department website: https://humanities.wnmu.edu/
English faculty mentor:
Dr. Chris Taylor
Christopher.Taylor@wnmu.edu
Bowden Hall, room 215
Philosophy faculty mentor:
Dr. Phillip Schoenberg
Phillip.Schoenberg@wnmu.edu
Bowden Hall, room 214
(575) 538-6347
Writing faculty mentor:
Dr. Heather Steinmann
Heather.Steinmann@wnmu.edu
(575) 538-6289
Department website: https://wnmu.edu/academic/math_cs/
Mathematics faculty mentor:
Dr. Scott Smith
Scott.Smith@wnmu.edu
Global Resources Center, room 214
(575) 538-6255
Department website: https://natsci.wnmu.edu/
Biology faculty mentor:
Dr. William “Bill” Norris
William.Norris@wnmu.edu
Harlan Hall, Room 142
(575) 538-6625
Geographic Information Systems and Science faculty mentor:
Dr. Kathy Whiteman
Kathleen.Whiteman@wnmu.edu
Harlan Hall, Room 112
(575) 538-6253
Department website: https://socialsciences.wnmu.edu/
History faculty Mentor:
Dr. Andy Hernandez
Andy.Hernandez@wnmu.edu
Global Resource Center, room 202
(575) 538-6212
Latin American and LatinX (LALS) and Ethnic Studies faculty mentor:
Dr. Andy Hernandez
Andy.Hernandez@wnmu.edu
Global Resource Center, room 202
(575) 538-6212
Political Science faculty Mentor:
Dr. Joel Blaxland
Joel.Blaxland@wnmu.edu
Global Resource Center, room 207
(575) 538-6229
Sociology faculty mentors:
Dr. Dara Naphan-Kingery
Dara.Naphan-Kingery@wnmu.edu
Global Resource Center, room 203
(575) 538-6824
Dr. Andreea Nica
Andreea.Nica@wnmu.edu
Email to schedule appointment:
https://wnmu.zoom.us/j/5035740421
Department website: https://behavioral.wnmu.edu
Border Security faculty mentor:
Dr. Damon Bullock
Damon.Bullock@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 237
(575) 538-6187
Criminal Justice faculty mentor:
Dr. Damon Bullock
Damon.Bullock@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 237
(575) 538-6187
Digital Forensics faculty mentor:
Dr. Damon Bullock
Damon.Bullock@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 237
(575) 538-6187
Psychology faculty mentor:
Dr. Po-sen “Mark” Chu
Po-sen.Chu@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 137
(575) 538-6528
Department website: https://sb.wnmu.edu/
Business Administration faculty mentor:
Dr. Ivan Ibarra Sanchez
ibarrasanchez@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 137
(575) 538-6331
Business Management faculty mentor:
Dr. Ivan Ibarra Sanchez
ibarrasanchez@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 137
(575) 538-6331
Management Information Systems faculty mentor:
Dr. Ivan Ibarra Sanchez
ibarrasanchez@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 137
(575) 538-6331
Department Website: https://sonak.wnmu.edu/undergrad-kinesiology/
Kinesiology faculty mentors:
Dr. Garrett Peltonen
Garrett.Peltonen@wnmu.edu
Phelps Dodge, room 134
(575) 538-6451
Dr. Takahiro Sato
Takahiro.Sato@wnmu.edu
(575) 538-6861