Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Quantitative Methods

The graduate (post-baccalaureate) Certificate in Quantitative Methods (QM) is designed to provide advanced training in quantitative methods for graduate students majoring in other programs. This certificate requires a minimum of 24 graduate credit hours. A total of nine credit hours of QM courses may also count for credit toward a degree program will align with the policy set by the Graduate School. Students must obtain approval from the Faculty in the graduate program in order to count these credits toward a graduate degree. Further, students currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Education-Quantitative Methods, however, are not eligible to earn this certificate.

2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of Bachelor's coursework, 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average). An applicant was awarded a Master's degree at an accredited college/university in the United States and has been in residence in the United States continuously prior to application to SIU (not out of the country for more than one calendar year). You have a minimum of 60 graded (A, B, C) hours of recent coursework completed at an accredited college / university in the United States with continuous residence in the United States prior to application at SIU. Pass / Fail, Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory, or Proficiency credit is not acceptable. The English language requirement may be met by submitting: 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, 80 on the internet-based TOEFL, 6